Sun Damage Articles

• Types of Sun Damage: Actinic Cheilitis
  Actinic cheilitis is caused by excessive sun exposure to the lips. It usually affects the bottom lip and is often precancerous. Actinic cheilitis is...Continue Reading

• Types of Sun Damage: Actinic Keratosis
  Actinic keratosis is characterized by a small rough patch of skin usually resulting from excessive exposure to the sun. It can vary in size from 2 m...Continue Reading

• Types of Sun Damage: Atypical Moles
  As you continue to go outside unprotected from the sun’s rays, the risk of sun damage to your skin rises. Moles, or nevi, are one of the signs ...Continue Reading

• Types of Sun Damage: Sunburn
  As you take to a more outdoorsy lifestyle unprotected from the sun’s rays, the risk of sun damage to your skin also rises. Excessive exposure t...Continue Reading

• Medical Treatment Options for Sun Damage
  Information from the American Academy of Dermatology Association indicates the majority of sun damage occurs in younger years, and by the time it&rsq...Continue Reading

• Sun Damage in Children
  Sun damage may occur in children and adults alike, due to repeated exposure to UV rays. The UV rays may have damaging effects on the skin, and in chi...Continue Reading

• Sun Damage in the Elderly
  Sun damage may affect the elderly, due to the fact that their skin is thinner and more sensitive. The skin of the elderly is as sensitive as the skin...Continue Reading

• Sun Damage and Dark Skin Tones
  Sun damage affects people of all skin types, but dark-skinned people are often at a different type of risk than lighter-skinned people. In some ways,...Continue Reading

• Sun Damage and Medium Skin Tones
  Sun damage can be a severe condition, depending on how affected the skin is. In people with medium skin tones, the sun damage may not be as severe as...Continue Reading

• Sun Damage and Fair Skin Tones
  Sun damage may be of various degrees ranging from skin texture changes and spots to painful wounds. The sun may also have damaging effects on the ski...Continue Reading

• Alternative Treatment Options for Sun Damage
  Sun damage is more common in fair skin toned people, but may also occur in people with other skin types. Sun exposure has been directly linked to the...Continue Reading

• When to See a Dermatologist about Sun Damage
  Sun damage is a very serious issue that must be addressed by every individual. Sun damage can discolor skin and even cause skin cancer, making it imp...Continue Reading

• How Sun Damage Develops
  Sun damage is the effect that the sun has on your skin. Too much sun exposure can cause damage in the form of wrinkles, age spots, freckles, leathery...Continue Reading

• Sun Damage Side Effects
  Over and over, beauty and health experts warn people to wear sunscreen to avoid sun damage. Yet still, people who love to tan, people who think that ...Continue Reading

• What is Sun Damage?
  Overexposure to the sun's harmful rays may lead to sun damaged skin in some patients. There are several possible symptoms of sun damage spanning from ...Continue Reading

• Treatment for Sun Damaged Skin
  Symptoms of sun damaged skin may range from fine lines and wrinkles to skin cancer. Treatment will depend on which symptoms are present and may range ...Continue Reading

• Tips for Choosing a Sun Damage Specialist
  There are various treatments for sun damaged skin, and which treatment is used often depends on which symptoms are present. Cosmetic symptoms of sun d...Continue Reading

• Symptoms of Sun Damage
  Many people experience some degree of sun damage over the course of their life. Individuals who spend (or spent) a lot of time outdoors in the sun wit...Continue Reading

• Sun Damage Prevention
  Sun damage is caused by the sun's harmful rays. Sun exposure during the teen or young adult years may have negative effects on skin health and appeara...Continue Reading

• Risk Factors for Developing Sun Damage
  Many people face the effects of sun damage. As people age they may develop certain symptoms attributed to sun damage such as wrinkles, age spots, disc...Continue Reading

• Cost of Sun Damage Treatment
  Sun damaged skin may require different treatments depending on symptoms. Treatment for sunburn is usually relatively inexpensive, while treatment for ...Continue Reading

• Causes of Sun Damage
  Sun damage to the skin is a problem affecting many people. Effects of sun damage may include sun spots, sunburn, freckling and other symptoms. Skin ca...Continue Reading

• Sun Care Tips and Facts - Protect Yourself and Your Skin.
  Protect Yourself and Your Skin By SkinCareGuide.ca It's summer! That means vacation, beaches, tennis and of course sun...Continue Reading

• Your Skin and the Sun - Choosing the Right Sunscreen.
  Choosing the Right Sunscreen by D. R. Thomas, MD, FRCPC The skin has evolved to protect us from the harmful effects of u...Continue Reading

• Learning About Sun Protection
  By The SkinCareGuide Advisory Board Options for Caring For Your Skin this Summer Sunshine, although essential for health a...Continue Reading

• What Is In Your Sunscreen? The ingredients are important.
  By Kevin C. Smith MD FACP FRCPC There is more to sunscreens that meets the eye. Here are a few points you should keep in m...Continue Reading

• Cosmetics and Their Ingredients: Some facts to know
  Some facts to know By Skincareguide.ca Cosmetics play many roles as they are more than just blush and mascara. They can pro...Continue Reading

• Outdoor Skin Care Tips - Learn to look after your skin
  By SkinCareGuide.ca It's Fall and we all know we need to take extra care of our skin in the summer due to an increase in sun ex...Continue Reading

• Great Skin Care Tips for the Holidays
  Keep Your Skin Looking Fabulous By SkinCareGuide.ca It's that time of year; parties, company dinners, family get-together...Continue Reading

• The Best Moisturizers: Myth or Medicine?
  By Charles Lynde, MD, FRCPC Who doesn't want smooth, hydrated, healthy skin? From basic formulas that claim to keep skin mo...Continue Reading

• The Largest Organ in Your Body - Your Skin!
  By Skincareguide.ca Unwanted facial hair for a woman can be annoying and embarrassing. The condition, called hirsutism, may be...Continue Reading

• Are Retinoids The Answer To Ageing?
  By Mariusz J.A. Sapijaszko, MD FRCPC (Dermatology) Prevention; it's still the key when it comes to avoiding excessive aging...Continue Reading

• Should tanning bed be banned for use by teenagers?
  By Richard Thomas, MD, FRCPC There is no doubt that the light and warmth of the sun makes most of us feel good. Small quantit...Continue Reading