Baby boomer skin: These mean screen
“Sun, sun, sun…here it comes.” So goes the 1969 tune from the Beatles “Abbey Road” album, a perennial reminder that when the sun comes (out), we need to slather sunscreen (on). Here’s what we still know, as echoed by the Environmental Working Group’s 2012 Sunscreen Guide: The FDA has never “finalized” its 1978 sunscreen safety [...]
Gray, or another day? To dye or not to dye
When my friend and banking executive Trish told me she was going gray, I immediately imagined a very wide stripe reminiscent of a skunk’s coat. Staring at her lovely, thick, shoulder-length dark hair, I tried to imagine the transition as I shifted in my chair. “Wow. Why are you doing that?” I asked quietly. Her [...]
Comprehensive sunscreen survey keeps baby boomers from seeing red
When we baby boomers were babies, our parents were unaware of the dangers of sun exposure. “Laying out” or baking in the sun in hot pursuit of a tan was normal—even if we didn’t tan. Now we’re reminded of our misdeeds by a motley assortment of wrinkles and lines, freckles, moles and worse—skin cancer. Last [...]
