Sun safety week starts today

May 4, 2020

With the days getting longer and summer fast approaching it is vital we stay safe in the sun.

The British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) is currently running a national campaign around skin cancer called sun awareness and to help generate awareness around sun safety, each day this week we will be myth busting everything around sun safety, giving hints of tips of how to stay safe in sun.

Our first myth is around sunscreen expiration. It is indeed a myth that it never expires as sunscreen does naturally expire over time as the active ingredients breakdown which can leave skin unprotected. With this in mind, be sure to keep checking the expiration date on your sunscreen protection.

For more information around skin cancer and sun protection, please contact arutland@nhs.net.