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Review
. 2011 Jan-Feb;108(1):64-8.

An ounce of prevention

Kari L Martin  1 , Susan K Ailor
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Review

An ounce of prevention

Kari L Martin et al. Mo Med. 2011 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Tanned skin has long been viewed as attractive in today's culture. With more recent developments in the benefits of vitamin D as well as because of strong marketing by the indoor tanning industry, more individuals have been tanning indoors and outside. Many people don't realize that the ultraviolet light they seek to tan their skin and boost their vitamin D levels is the same radiation that causes aging of the skin and skin cancers.

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Figure 1
Deep wrinkling with a leathery texture on the posterior neck is known as cutis rhomboidalis nuchae.
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Figure 2
Ephelides, or freckles, are small tan to brown macules while solar lentigines are larger macules ranging from tan to dark brown.
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Figure 3
Conversion and Metabolism of Vitamin D3
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Figure 4
Classification of Skin Phototypes
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