Dermatologist Dr Jennifer Crawley gives her helpful sunscreen advice for children, including how much sunscreen we should apply to children, and when we need to be thinking about sun protection for children. In this short video, Dr Crawley gives some useful rules of thumb on sunscreen use and sun protection for children.
The summer months are the ideal time to schedule Daylight Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of pre-cancerous skin lesions on the face and scalp (called Actinic keratosis) and we’ve made a video to show how straight forward the treatment is. You can watch Dr Martin Wade, Dermatologist at The London Skin and Daylight demonstrate the treatment here. …
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With many people just about to embark on their summer holidays I often get asked what is the safe way to get a suntan and if having a base tan does protect against skin cancer. The short answer is the only safe tan is one that comes out of a bottle! When skin is exposed …
A new Dermatology study has found that more than 77% of Brits would not recognise signs of skin cancer and 72% of Brits admit to being sunburned in the last year. The Dermatology survey results are of concern given that the risk of developing melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer – is more …
Brits bury their heads in the sand over UK’s most common cancer Read More »
Dermatologists attribute the 41% increase in skin cancer admissions to hospital over a four year period to cheap overseas holidays to sunny destinations, and the fashion for suntanned skin. The study being presented at The World Congress on Cancers of The Skin in Edinburgh later this week, also found that the total cost of impatient treatment for …