Daily Skin Care Tips

SALT LAKE CITY — nothing is clinically proven to provide more benefit to aging skin than sunscreen, according to one local dermatologist.

“Expensive moisturizers do a nice job with their packaging, but the product doesn’t tend to make a huge difference in the long run,” said Dr. Adam Taintor, a dermatologist at Intermountain Healthcare’s Alta View and Riverton hospitals. he said a good moisturizer with sunscreen is the most important skin regimen.

For Saturday’s Deseret News/Intermountain Healthcare Health Hotline, Taintor and Dr. Brian Reuben, a plastic surgeon at LDS Hospital’s Avenues Specialty Clinic, will take questions from the public regarding …

Acne is common skin disorder among teenagers. it is caused by excessive production of oil by the sebaceous glands. Acne occurs mainly on the face and in rare cases, appears on the neck, chest, back and shoulders. most forms of acne are a result of heredity or hormonal deficiencies. Stress, the use of oil based cosmetics and environmental pollutants, may also cause acne.

Acne causes blackheads, pimple, cysts and infected abscesses. Dark spots with open pores in the center are known as blackheads. Recurrent red spots or swellings found on the skin, form pimples. Blackheads can develop pustules, which form …