19

Oct

Summer Skin: How to Protect Your Investment When the Sun Is Out

The one habit that makes everything else work — and how to do it well all season long. Let’s start with the question I get asked more than almost any other. What’s the best sunscreen? “The best sunscreen is the one you will use every day. ” — Dr. Don Griffin Not the one with the ...

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19

Oct

May Is Skin Cancer Awareness Month

It might not feel like it, but despite the rain, cool weather and quarantine, Summer IS coming. If you haven’t already, you’ll start spending more and more time outside. As a plastic surgeon, I see the effects of unprotected sun exposure every day. In my practice, this mostly ent...

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19

Oct

woman's lower face

4 Things You Never Knew About Your Lips!

Love is in the air! Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and that has us at Nashville Cosmetic Surgery thinking about lips! Did you know that second to the eyes, your lips are the most important focal point on your face? Plump, shapely lips help to balance the face and are assoc...

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19

Oct

Don’t Go Another Day Unprotected – Stock Up & Save

We Really Believe in Sunscreen. If you have been in our office, you know that we place a high priority on sunscreen. Not only does it help protect you from the risk of skin cancer, it is one of the basic foundations for a good anti-aging skincare routine. After all, sun damage i...

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19

Oct

9 ways to prevent sun damage

9 Ways to Prevent and Treat Sun Damage

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Summer has officially arrived, and no one loves a warm, sunny day more than we do. As good as it may feel, basking in the sun (unprotected) is one of the worst things you can do for your skin. Not only can harmful UV rays cause cancer, they als...

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19

Oct

the 411 on spf

The 411 on SPF

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. We’re encouraging you to take sun protection seriously this month and give it all the attention it deserves. Throughout the month we will be publishing new articles about skin cancer, sun protection and how to treat your sun damage. Summe...

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19

Oct

What Happens When You Wear Sunscreen?

I saw this video through an Upworthy. com post and absolutely loved it. I see this kind of thing every day, so you would think it wouldn’t shock me, but it does, every single time. I’ll never be able to fully communicate to women (and men, and children) what sunscreen will do to p...

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19

Oct

sunscreen 101

Sunscreen 101: The Six Most Important Things to Know

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, so there’s no better time to reinforce and educate on the importance of sun protection. Look for the words Broad Spectrum. This means the sunscreen protects against both UVA and UVB rays. UVA rays cause aging and skin cancer, UVB rays cause su...

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19

Oct

Skin Cancer by the Numbers

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and I can’t think of anything more important than teaching our children how to maintain and protect their skin: not only to prevent wrinkles and aging, but also, to protect them from developing skin cancers, the #1 cancer in men and women. -Dr...

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