Patient education
Sun-Damaged Skin: Causes and Options
Written for someone deciding what to do about their own skin rather than studying the subject. If you read only one guide, read the second, because the three damages light produces are treated differently and that difference decides what the rest of the site means for you.
All guides
10 guides
- What Sun Damage Actually Is, and Why It Is CumulativeUnderstanding
- UVA, UVB and Visible Light: Three Different DamagesCauses
- The Damage You Cannot See YetUnderstanding
- How Sun-Damaged Skin Is AssessedAssessment
- When Sun Damage Needs a Doctor, Not a Cosmetic PlanRed flags
- Sun Protection That Works in Daily LifeProtection
- What Topicals Can and Cannot Change in Sun-Damaged SkinTopicals
- Peels, Light and Laser for Sun-Damaged SkinOptions
- Actinic Damage and Skin Cancer Risk: What to WatchMedical risk
- Living With Sun-Damaged Skin Without Chasing a CureMaintenance
Start with the skin being looked at
Arrange an assessment. We will examine the whole skin surface, say which changes treatment can improve and which it cannot reach, and tell you plainly that protection is the only step that changes where the skin is heading.