Did You Get Too Much Sun This Summer?

Surgeons take nights off too!

We have a lot of patients who forget to use their sunscreen during the hottest part of the year, when the sun’s rays are most direct. They forget that between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. 80% of the sun’s rays are cast on the Earth, and the advice of the dermatologist is to be very careful during this time. Wearing a hat and using your sunscreen is the best way to protect yourself from conditions ranging from brown spots to wrinkles to skin cancer, but this advice is often ignored. Our dark-skinned patients in particular sometimes forget that they would benefit from sunscreen too, because their skin doesn’t usually get burned, but their pigment problems can actually become worse than a light-skinned person and they can have a lot of dark and lights spots that affect their looks and perceptions of their own attractiveness. 

We recommend Fallene sunscreen, which can be obtained at drugstore.com or at many pharmacies. This is a stronger sunscreen which has both chemical and physical sun blockers. A physical sun blocker is the addition of tiny little particles of metallic substance into the base of the sunscreen, and if you rub it in, it rubs in clear but protects the skin. 

The good news is that if you’ve forgotten your sunscreen this summer and have some areas that look dark or sun-damaged, or your complexion is a bit muddy, you can come in for our fractionated laser treatment and have your problems improved. This treatment is partway between an invasive and a non-invasive procedure, and is a little bit rougher on the recovery side than other less effective treatments such as photofacials. We really love our results, and have had a wonderful experience even with dark-skinned individuals who would react badly to ordinary laser treatments. This can be done with either just a cream anesthetic or the use of sedation, which is performed at no extra charge at Dr. Yoho’s office. Our charge for a full-face laser is $800 we can include your neck and chest area for just a bit more. 

Please call for a complimentary consultation.