Hello lovelies! You might remember from this post that I tried gel manicures a few times but ultimately decided they wouldn’t be a regular thing for me especially since not all of them are done equally. Recently Dr. Chris Adigun of NYU has stated that while the risk of developing skin cancer due to the [...]
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Why We Sunburn
Until recently, the exact molecular basis for why a sunburn occurs was not well known. We know that continual unprotected exposure to UVB increases your chances of getting sunburn and developing skin cancer. Sunburn is an inflammatory response to something that UVB radiation effects at the molecular level of in our skin cells. This year [...]
Skin Cancer Affects EVERYONE!
As an African American woman i was taught early on that “we” (as in black people) don’t sunburn, and that a deeply hued (darked-skinned) beauty like myself has no reason to worry about burning from the sun. Well, I can tell you first hand what it feels to have your skin painfully cracking due to [...]
