Since I have moved to a sunnier climate, I get constantly reminded of all the sneaky ways unintentional sun exposure can happen. I know, poor me with all of these sunny scenarios to cope with daily…sigh… I will handle it somehow… Through you car window? Yes! For two months I couldn’t figure out how I was getting more sun spots …

It’s almost summer, it’s skin cancer awareness month, and, oh yea, it’s always a good time to talk sunscreen. We have seen some (great) changes in our sunscreen labels starting in January, making them more honest and easy to understand. There is one rating included on some sunscreen labels that you might not recognize; the PA rating. SPF measures how …

“What are these red things?” This is a common refrain in my office. Cherry angiomas are small red flat or dome-shaped growths and occur almost anywhere on the skin. It’s harder to find a person (over the age of 30) without a few of these spots; they are that common. They tend to like the trunk the best, but arms, …