Is my skin shade ivory or porcelain?! If you’ve ever attempted to find the perfect foundation for your skin tone, you will understand just how hard skin typing can be. But it doesn’t need to be! What is the Fitzpatrick Skin Scale? The Fitzpatrick Scale was developed in 1975 and helps to provide a scientific classification [...]
It’s a tough reality to face. For most of us, cancer will have a direct or indirect impact at some time in our lives. Today is World Cancer Day, a day to highlight and spread awareness of a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of Australians each year. In North Queensland, we are susceptible to [...]
The famous ‘Slip, Slop, Slap’ campaign in the 1980s did much for raising awareness of sun safety in Australia. Who could forget Sid the Seagull or the catchy jingle? Although many things have changed since Sid first appeared on our TV screens (including the sun safety guidelines themselves!), our sun is still the same. 99% [...]
If you’ve been diagnosed with more than a handful skin cancers, your doctor may have already recommended a simple vitamin, Vitamin B3, to help reduce the risk of recurring cancer. Vitamin B3 – also known as nicotinamide – is a simple and inexpensive treatment that can reduce the risk of developing a new basal cell [...]
From time to time concerns are raised about the use of nanoparticles in sunscreen and whether or not sunscreen is harmful. To date, there has been no evidence to suggest sunscreen has a negative impact on our health. However, as we are always encouraging our patients to apply sunscreen daily, I wanted to take some [...]
Did you know that most skin cancers we find are not detected by our patients during their personal skin checks? This means that while self-checks are a very important tool in detecting and treating skin cancer, they should not replace a professional check by a trained skin cancer doctor. During a full skin check, a [...]
