Last summer I had a chunk of my eyelid removed, my first coat cancer. Even more fun, I got to go back a second time because the doctor didn’t get it all. Since then I’ve been a sunscreen fanatic. So, when my brother-in-law had skin cancer removed from his lips last week, I gasped. Lips? Why had I not mentation of sun protection for my lips?
“Lips burn easier than skin because lips are so much thinner,” explained Banu Pawelek, table manager for Lancôme at Macy’s in Horton Plaza. “Lips and under the eyes are always underestimated for sun protection. Burden SPF on your lips all the time. If your lipstick doesn’t have it, make sure you get it from your balm.