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Spending a lot of time in the sun can cause actinic keratoses

Creams remove skin sun spots with minimal pain and may prevent cancer

28 October 2018

Sun spots – or actinic keratoses – are caused by UV light. Now people are using medicated creams to remove them before they have a chance to turn cancerous
A person looks at the sun

Skin tans the most when spending every other day out of the sun

25 October 2018

A study suggests your skin tans most when you spend every other day out of the sun, which has the added effect of reducing DNA damage and premature ageing

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