Topic: How sun protection clothing can reduce melanoma and skin cancer risks and help prevent visible signs of aging.

Once your skin is deeply etched and aged by the sun, there is relatively little you can do about it, short of expensive laser surgery. Sunscreen lotions provide important protection – so long as sunscreen products do not contain harmful chemicals or ingredients. Children can do little to defend themselves against lasting sun damage if their parents don’t educate and don’t care.

Guest: My guest is award-winning author, sun protection expert and Coolibar Executive VP, Mary Mills Barrow. Mary authored three books (two for children): Sun Protection for Life; Pretty Prom: Your Skin is Pretty Too; and Lake Vacation. Sun Protection for Life is written for the general population – parents/teachers, outdoor workers and babyboomers. This interview is a featured segment in Skin Protection Series.

On a previous show, we shared medical insights re the importance of sunscreen in melanoma and skin cancer prevention.

Now Mary Barrow sheds crucial light on skin protective clothing, including the benefits of sun hats, sun protection bathing suits, sun protection shirts and sun protection skirts. She explains why sun precaution is as important for teenage boys as teenage girls and at what age parents should start clothing their children in sunwear garments.

WHEN & WHERE: December 17, 2009 at 5:00 PM EST LIVE on this page.

Prevent Sun Aging & Skin Cancer

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Coolibar’s mission is to develop superior sun protective products that allow people to enjoy life in the sun. They design, manufacture and market a range of quality sun protection products including sun protective clothes, SPF clothing, sun hats, sun protection swimwear, sunglasses, umbrellas, sunscreens and sunblock. Coolibar is a private company based in Minneapolis. The Melanoma International Foundation endorsed Coolibar’s Sun Protective Clothing on May 5, 2008. Numerous recognition awards include:

- 2009 Gold Triangle from the American Academy of Dermatology for excellence in public education of dermatological issues, granted in recognition of Coolibar’s books for children, Pretty Prom: Your Skin Is Pretty Too and for Lake Vacation, both outlining skin cancer prevention and detection steps for children as provided in SunAWARE.

- Coolibar UV Protective Clothing Featured on NBC’s Today Show
- Coolibar Sun Protective Swimwear Featured on Good Morning America
- Wall Street Journal’s rates Coolibar Best Overall for Sun Protective Swimwear
- Today Show with Jeff Ashley M.D. showcases Coolibar golf wear
- Time lists Coolibar for Sun Protection Products
- Washington Post Recommends Coolibar Sun Protective Clothing
- Contemporary Pediatrics Recognizes Coolibar for Children’s Sun Protective Clothing/Swimwear
- Dermatology Times Discusses Coolibar’s Award from The Skin Cancer Foundation

To Your Empowerment and Sun Protection!

Dr. Joyce Starr

Sun Protection Clothing Benefits originally appeared on Rights Radio™ with Dr. Joyce Starr - An Independent Voice on December 15, 2008.