BARRY RESNIK, MD: And you still sweat when you ski,
although many people don’t think so. And the easier you’ve got something
to put on the more likely you’re going to do it. That’s why a stick
sunscreen comes in so handy all the time. You just roll it on, and
it’s got a wax base that will allow it to stick on your skin more strongly.
BETTY BELLMAN, MD: And the sweat doesn’t drip down.
If you put it above your eyebrows, the sweat won’t drip down past the eyebrows
into your eyes and cause the sunscreen to burn your eyes. It’s a
little trick, using a stick.
SUSAN CINGARI: What about areas we may forget as
an athlete to protect? Are there certain areas, like your hands,
maybe you’re out, sometimes I forget to put it on. What happens if
you forget to put sunscreen on some of these areas?
BETTY BELLMAN, MD: You put it on your face, and
a lot of people don’t put it on their ears, their neck, or their v-neck,
and then you’ll see sun damage as the years go by on the v-neck, neck,
and on the ears.
BARRY RESNIK, MD: You get a farmer’s tan, you get
a sailor’s tan, you’ll get the cross-hatch lines on the back of the neck,
you’ll start to develop little scaly stuff on your ears. The easiest
way to combat that is to put your sunscreen on before you get dressed or
before you put your swimsuit on so that you don’t have any skip areas.
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