Dr. Teo Soleymani

For example, if you are somebody who's had a strong family history of skin cancer or you have certain conditions in which you cannot tolerate the sun, let's say you have melasma, which is a condition we see in pregnancy in women a lot, or if you have lupus, some of these sun-sensitive conditions, then maybe you can only tolerate five minutes of sunlight before your skin tells you something.

If you have more ethnic melanin, you can tolerate the sun a little bit more. If you have no strong family or personal history of skin cancer, you can tolerate it more. So I think of sun avoidance is a problem.

If you have more ethnic melanin, you can tolerate the sun a little bit more. If you have no strong family or personal history of skin cancer, you can tolerate it more. So I think of sun avoidance is a problem.

If you have more ethnic melanin, you can tolerate the sun a little bit more. If you have no strong family or personal history of skin cancer, you can tolerate it more. So I think of sun avoidance is a problem.

I think we've turned into this society, which is, in my opinion, not the right direction that we're going, where we say, avoid the sun, avoid these foods, but take this pill to replace this mineral, take this pill to replace this vitamin. And somewhere along the line, we've kind of derailed ourselves.

I think we've turned into this society, which is, in my opinion, not the right direction that we're going, where we say, avoid the sun, avoid these foods, but take this pill to replace this mineral, take this pill to replace this vitamin. And somewhere along the line, we've kind of derailed ourselves.

I think we've turned into this society, which is, in my opinion, not the right direction that we're going, where we say, avoid the sun, avoid these foods, but take this pill to replace this mineral, take this pill to replace this vitamin. And somewhere along the line, we've kind of derailed ourselves.

Should you be in Panama getting a sunburn all the time, laying on the beach eight hours a day, five days a week? Probably not. Is getting 20 minutes of morning sun, 20 minutes of afternoon sun okay? I think it's totally fine. It makes you feel better. You look better. In fact, we use the sun and the sun's equivalent race to treat skin disease. So to say the sun is terrible I think is a bad idea.

Should you be in Panama getting a sunburn all the time, laying on the beach eight hours a day, five days a week? Probably not. Is getting 20 minutes of morning sun, 20 minutes of afternoon sun okay? I think it's totally fine. It makes you feel better. You look better. In fact, we use the sun and the sun's equivalent race to treat skin disease. So to say the sun is terrible I think is a bad idea.

Should you be in Panama getting a sunburn all the time, laying on the beach eight hours a day, five days a week? Probably not. Is getting 20 minutes of morning sun, 20 minutes of afternoon sun okay? I think it's totally fine. It makes you feel better. You look better. In fact, we use the sun and the sun's equivalent race to treat skin disease. So to say the sun is terrible I think is a bad idea.

Now – Why do dermatologists make a big stink about the sun?

Now – Why do dermatologists make a big stink about the sun?

Now – Why do dermatologists make a big stink about the sun?

And I would probably put the sun maybe in a B. I think it's good for you, man. I think too much is a problem, but I think it's good for you. And the reason we make a big stink, and a lot of people won't talk to you about this, but there is no evidence, not a single shred of evidence that sun avoidance... will protect you from our most lethal forms of skin cancer.

And I would probably put the sun maybe in a B. I think it's good for you, man. I think too much is a problem, but I think it's good for you. And the reason we make a big stink, and a lot of people won't talk to you about this, but there is no evidence, not a single shred of evidence that sun avoidance... will protect you from our most lethal forms of skin cancer.

And I would probably put the sun maybe in a B. I think it's good for you, man. I think too much is a problem, but I think it's good for you. And the reason we make a big stink, and a lot of people won't talk to you about this, but there is no evidence, not a single shred of evidence that sun avoidance... will protect you from our most lethal forms of skin cancer.

In fact, there is no evidence that avoiding the sun results in a decrease in skin cancer specific deaths. The reason dermatologists and doctors make a big deal about that is I can't control your genetic predisposition. I can't control your family history, your personal history, things that your genes are going to do. So what I can control is environmental insults.

In fact, there is no evidence that avoiding the sun results in a decrease in skin cancer specific deaths. The reason dermatologists and doctors make a big deal about that is I can't control your genetic predisposition. I can't control your family history, your personal history, things that your genes are going to do. So what I can control is environmental insults.

In fact, there is no evidence that avoiding the sun results in a decrease in skin cancer specific deaths. The reason dermatologists and doctors make a big deal about that is I can't control your genetic predisposition. I can't control your family history, your personal history, things that your genes are going to do. So what I can control is environmental insults.

And that's why we make such a big stink about the sun, because I can say, okay, I don't know what's going to happen to your skin, but at least I can control an outside insult that's coming in. That's too much UV. So I wouldn't put it as an F, though most of my colleagues would. I'd probably put it as a B, you know?