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Show Avoid Too Much Sun You can save your skin-especially skin-especially if you live in the sunbelt by avoiding too much exposure to the sun. Skin experts point out that excessive exposure to the sun may prematurely age your skin, wrinkle it and give it a leathery look. Sun damage may be more than merely cosmetic. Exposure over many years, especially by light-complexioned light-complexioned people, may lead to a condition known as solar keratosis, which in some cases may become malignant if untreated. Symptoms of this skin condition include irregular, red, scaly patches which appear on exposed areas of the body . . . particularly the face and the back of the hands. Only a doctor can properly prop-erly diagnose and treat solar keratosis. A prescription medication available in cream or solution, manufactured manufac-tured by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., is often applied to the skin with good results for people who have solar keratosis. You can have fun in the sun without getting burned if you avoid overexposure. |
