Skin Magazine

Question: Whenever I go on holiday I always return with sunburn. I do try to be careful and I do use tanning lotion, but each year it’s the same old story. How can I best protect myself in the sun and what natural remedies would you recommend if I do get burnt? 17 September, 2008 [...]

If you’ve ever wondered why some people just can’t seem to even get enough sun, it’s because tanning is actually addictive. BY News Editor 13 July, 2007 A new study, published recently in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, found that exposure to UV light could be as addictive as alcohol and smoking and that [...]

You might think of raspberries as being more at home on the top of your ice cream Sunday than on your skin, but in fact they could be a new weapon against the damaging effects of sunburn. BY News Editor 17 July, 2007 New research, carried out at Ohio State University in the US, found that a [...]

Our skin is constantly under attack from what we might consider ‘normal’ exposure to the sun or ultraviolet light, so ideally we should be wearing sun screen at all times. Prolonged or unaccustomed exposure will only accelerate this process, causing sunburn initially but also premature ageing and possibly skin cancer in later life. 17 September, [...]

A new prescription cream called Imiquimod was found to be very effective after 24-week of use for the treatment of the skin lesion called actinic keratosis, which is caused by long-term exposure to the sun. These show themselves as brown patches of skin. The 28-week trial, carried out by researchers at the Mount Sinai Medical [...]