Tag: UVindex
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Caring for the Skin You’re in: Sun Safety
Massage therapists see a lot of skin. All colors, all textures. Freckles, scars, stretch marks, moles. Skin with lots of hair & skin with none. Skin doesn’t surprise us… …except when it does. That brown spot on your shoulder blade? It wasn’t quite that big when you came in a month ago. And it looks…
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(One of) my Favorite Things…
Did you know that you can add sun protection to clothing that you already own? SunGuard is a laundry additive from the company who gave us all access to our fabulous tie-dyed T-shirts in the 1960s (RIT dye, that is). SunGuard washes UPF 30* sun protection into your load of laundry (as long as the…
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Be Safe when You’re Outside!
Learn about Skin Cancer Awareness One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime. (Source: the Skin Cancer Foundation) In 2014, I was diagnosed with melanoma. It was caused by sunlight exposure… although I didn’t use tanning beds, I loved to be outside and rarely wore adequate sun protection. This has…