Sun safety week continues this week

April 1, 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 fourth myth is around sunscreen drastically reducing vitamin D intake. This is indeed a myth as normal sunscreen use doesn’t result in vitamin D deficiency. With this in mind, you should not use vitamin D as an excuse for not using sun protection.

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