We all love to feel the sun's rays when we're enjoying the
great outdoors.
I love it no matter the season.
But sun worshippers beware.
Those rays can be really harmful to your skin.
There are; however, ways to protect
ourselves, and we really must do this.
With more on this is Dermatologist, Dr. Melissa
Lazarus, of Lazarus Dermatology, in Miami Beach, Florida.
Boy, you're right around the corner
from me.
So you're right here!
Welcome to Miami exactly.
Thank you.
Yeh, exactly.
Speaking of Miami.
Lots of sun.
I'm sure you've been exposed to it as
well.
This month is Melanoma Awareness Month, and even though
people are aware, sometimes I wonder if they really are
because they are unprotected.
Well, a lot of people don't think that they have to be
protected all the time.
Right.
And really, no matter where you live, either living in South
Florida or living in the midwest or living in the mountains.
The sun is the sun and it's whether
it's cloudy or it's a sunny day, we need to be protected
everyday.
And when I was growing up, I don't know if this
happened to you because you grew up here as well.
You know my mother took care of me but way
back when, we didn't have this awareness.
So I'm gonna give you the classic picture of my
weekends.
We would go to the beach, fabulous 5 friends of
mine, and we would all put baby oil, I'm not kidding, from head
to toe, aluminum foil and then we just wanted to toast and
burn.
Again, innocents, but all that can be really harmful.
Absolutely.
I'm sure I'm paying the price right now for that.
Hey, I grew up down here too, so I had the same issues.
You know, sun protection is cumulative
over time.
So the damage continues to accumulate.
So it's really important to start very
young with sun protection.
But it doesn't mean as you get older
we should stop.
It's something we should continually do
throughout our lifetimes.
And we know that there are so many
cancers, but skin cancer is the most common of all cancers, and
it can be so serious and deadly for that matter.
Exactly.
Well skin cancer is the number one
type of cancer.
One in five Americans will have skin cancer
in their lifetime.
Wow, huge!
That's startling.
And one in fifty will get Melanoma, which
is a deadly skin cancer.
People don't believe that you can die
from skin cancer, but I've seen it happen.
So what can we do to protect ourselves.
Well it's really important just when you
wake up in the morning, the first thing usually brushing
your teeth.
We should put on sun block.
That's the first step.
When you're going to be outside, we should be wearing hats, we
should be wearing sunglasses, sun protective clothing.
Not trying to get tanned.
There's no such thing as a healthy tan.
So the idea that being tanned is
something that's, that we wanna do, is something we really wanna
avoid.
A spray tan is fine.
The other thing we should really do
is avoid the sun at the peak hours.
So really make an effort.
But the sun can come through the glass in our cars.
It comes through the windows in our
offices.
So really being vigilant everyday is important.
My kids laugh so much at my mom because she'll drive, when she
picks them up, and she wears these little gloves to cover
this part.
They call her Michael Jackson.
But she tells them I'm getting sun right now.
So she really is vigilant about it as
well.
It's important.
And I think because we learn over time
that the damage is cumulative.
If you look at older people.
They have brown spots on their hands, brown spots on their
chest.
You know we see all these changes.
And what do you like about this sunblock?
I know you brought this today.
Well, this sunblock is Eryfotona Actinica.
It's an ultralight emulsion.
It's UVA and UVB so it's broad spectrum protective.
It's an SPF of 50.
It also has DNA repair zones which help boost the
skin's natural recovery process, and it also has vitamin E in it,
which is an antioxidant.
And what about for someone who maybe
has sensitive skin or acne?
This product is non-comedogenics, so
it's not going to cause acne.
But try it on.
Is it thick?
Put a little bit on.
No, it's an ultralight emulsion so it's very
thin.
You only need a little bit, just a little bit.
And I can apply it on my hands?
You can put in on your hands, on
your face, on your chest.
Oh it's very light.
And just this little bit, for example, my
driving in the car would protect me?
All sunblocks should be applied every 2 hours.
This sunblock is water resistant for
40 minutes.
A little bit here goes a long way.
Yeh, and all you need is just a little bit.
So again, get up in the morning, put some on my face, my neck, my
hands, and I'm ready to go.
Any exposed area.
And it doesn't matter where you live, cause I
know I'm a South Florida queen here.
But even if you're in the midwest.
I mean the sun is the sun.
The sun is the sun.
It doesn't matter if it's cloudy.
It doesn't matter if it's sunny.
We know that a lot of people who ski get a lot of skin cancer
because they're closer to the sun so there's more radiation
there.
So the UV rays are everywhere.
They're always around us and you should always
protect yourself.
Do you need a prescription for this?
Nope.
And for more information on this,
where can we find this doctor?
This product is sold in some dermatologist's office.
It's also available on isdin.com and
it's ISDIN.com.
Thank you so much for your time.
I'm gonna give it a try.
And for more information on protecting your
skin from too much sun exposure, remember you can check out our
website thebalancingact.com.