Skip The Sunburn! Doctors Separate The Fact From Fiction

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06/21/2010 - By Karen Sorensen
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"It’s too late for sunscreen to do any good.

FALSE Age makes skin more sensitive, and just one day of overexposure to the sun can be enough for skin cancer to develop, Horn says. While taking precautions doesn’t eliminate the dangers, it “can make a huge difference in the number of skin cancers and the severity of skin cancer,” he says. Every day you should apply a skin lotion with an SPF of 15 or higher, use a facial sunscreen and take a vitamin D supplement, says Dr. Michael Spicer, a Miami dermatologist and spokesman for the Skin Cancer Foundation."

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