I decided to write this because I experienced many encounters over the past couple years with new patients in the clinic which challenged my knowledge of skin care. One patient even said, “What do you know? Your skin looks perfect!” They couldn’t possibly have known what I have been through over my past 40 years, however, I knew what it was like to be in their shoes and understood their frustration and feeling of defeat. So I resolved to share my story…

How many of you remember using baby oil in the summer to lay out and get a dark tan? Or pushing away the Coppertone-SPF 4 because you wouldn’t get any color? How about going to the pool, lake or playing in your backyard every day during the summer without a drop of sunscreen on? If you’re in your late 30’s or older, you most likely answered yes to one (or all) of these questions. Is it too late for us to reverse the sun damage that we incurred with our haphazard…