Alternative Sun Protection Tips
Dr. Janelle Vega, Dermatologist with Baptist Health South Florida, says when you are looking at the labels for a sun protective hat, look for UPF 50, which is a universal protection factor.
“You want to have at least three inches, …
Melanoma needs surveillance
A pigmented lesion is shown in a digital imaging while Dr. Geoffrey Young, Chief of Head & Neck Surgery at Miami Cancer Institute explains that Melanoma is changing pigmented lesion and when it has any change it should be biopsied.
How should children be protected from the sun?
A single blistering sunburn in childhood or adolescence doubles a person’s chances of developing melanoma skin cancer later in life. Other types of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, are directly related to long-term sun exposure. Children …
What are Skin Tags?
What is Actinic Keratoses?
Following the abuse a summer’s worth of sun can deliver to the skin, now is a good time to review the features of a common skin condition related to ultraviolet exposure, actinic keratosis (AK). This is particularly important since AKs …
How is photodynamic therapy used for skin lesions?
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is gaining acceptance as a convenient and relatively complication-free method of treating precancerous skin lesions on the face. These lesions, known as actinic keratoses (AKs), are primarily caused by damage from UV radiation from the sun. If …