Dr. Pimple Popper is shining some sunlight on skin health.
With summer just around the corner, Dr. Sandra Lee knows that days at the beach, by the pool and at the park are a must. However, she’s urging people not to forget a very important item in their bag: sunscreen.
“That’s one of the biggest mistakes that we make,” the board-certified dermatologist explained in an exclusive interview with E! News. “You’re getting sun, you’re getting rays, you’re getting an increased risk for skin cancer.”
Along with those serious health risks, she emphasized that lack of sunscreen also causes “an increased risk for premature aging, fine lines, wrinkles and brown spots.”
Although sun-kissed skin is a sought-after look for the summer, Lee emphasized that getting tan actually means sunscreen re-application is long overdue.
“Even if you get a little tan, that’s telling you your sunscreen is not working because you shouldn’t be getting a tan at all,” she said. “You should be walking back home as the same color as when you walked out. When you darken, it is your melanocytes—your pigment cells—that are scrambling to create melanin, to block the sun.”
