Tag: skin

Sunscreens

  Considering our winters, it’s not surprising we love the summer sun. Unfortunately, too much sun isn’t good for us: the thinning ozone layer is letting in more ultraviolet radiation than it used to, and as a result, skin cancer is on the increase. That unhappy fact has made sunscreens, concoctions that keep ultraviolet radiation …

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Skin

  Quick! Name the largest organ of the body! The liver? Bzzzzz! Wrong. The large intestine? Bzzzzz! Even wronger. Here’s a hint: it’s waterproof, comes in a variety of designer colours, and fits any shape of body. Yes, it’s the skin, and yes, it’s an organ, a specialized mass of tissue with a surface area …

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Pimples

Beauty, the old saying goes, is only skin deep. Unfortunately, so are pimples. The difference is that while very few of us can claim to be beautiful (certainly not I, as a glance at my column photo will attest), almost all of us have had pimples. Our skin contains two kinds of glands: sweat glands …

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Sunburn

Summer, contrary to recent evidence in this part of the country, is usually considered the time for fun in the sun. But although some sun is nice, too much sun isn’t, because only 60 percent of sunlight is visible, and only 25 percent is heat. The remaining 15 percent falls in an invisible part of …

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