Dangerous Glossy Lips

Posted on May 2, 2008
Filed Under Health & Fitness Headlines |

Recently several leading dermatologists, including Dr. Christine Brown of Baylor University Medical Center, have begun to warn of the danger of shiny lip gloss without spf. Apparently the thicker and shinier the lip gloss, the deeper the sun’s light rays can penetrate into the lips. The skin on our lips normally provides a certain amount of protection by reflecting light off the surface. When you apply lip gloss without spf, you cancel out any reflective properties.

An estimated 3,500 new cases of skin cancer of the lips are reported each year. So still wear lip gloss, but make sure it has SPF protection.

~Kerren Lynch-Gallagher, MS, NCMT, PFT

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