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You protect your skin with hats and sunblock, but it’s just not enough. Every summer you hide from the daytime, but your melasma always comes back with a vengeance. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s not just the sun and hormones that cause melasma to flare; it’s the heat too.

It can be difficult to avoid warm temperatures, but there are a few things you can do to keep your skin cool and your melasma in check.

1. Keep a hand held fan with you in your bag. When you step into a hot car, for example, pull out the fan and cool yoursel.

2. Wear a big white hat and when you are outdoors and feeling  warm, use the hat flap as a little mini air conditioner.

3. Place a cool rag on your face when you are indoors relaxing. Don’t forget to reapply the sunscreen if you plan to go back outside. Always, always, always wear sunscreen.

Vaseline’s skin line for men is now officially available and flying of the shelves. Well, I don’t know if it’s flying off the shelves, but it’s getting a lot of notice. I personally think it’s partly because of the masculine packaging, which always works well for the men-types.

The skin care line is a face, body and hand lotion that is deeply moisturizing.

The Vaseline Web site lists off a few great skin care tips too. Here are a few for ya:

• Men’s skin is thicker and oiler than women’s skin
• A day spent outdoors can drain at least ½ pint of water from your skin
• After a swim or a shower, it can take your skin up to 8 hours to rehydrate

For other great skin care products for men and women, visit SkinStore.com and get free shipping!

•    Psoriasis is a not contagious

•    Psoriasis can be painful

•    Psoriasis is a chronic immune disorder

•    When the skin is inflamed it is itchy and has red patches of skin called “plaques” that often crack and bleed.

•    There is evidence that psoriasis may be connected to other medical conditions like cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes.

•    One-third of people with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis, which is also chronic and is a progressive form of arthritis affecting the joints.

•    Close to seven million people in the U.S. suffer from psoriasis

•    Psoriasis often appears in people between the ages of 15 and 35

•    There is no cure

•    Plaque commonly appears on the scalp, knees, elbows and torso

In a recent study by the Psoriasis Foundation it was discovered that:

•    Most people (86%) say they’ve heard of psoriasis, but nearly half (48%) say they are not very or not at all familiar with the disease.

•    More than half (57%) of adults become uncomfortable when they are being waited on in a restaurant by a server who has psoriasis, and half may be uncomfortable accepting a date with a person who has psoriasis.

•    If diagnosed with psoriasis, 82% feel they would be uncomfortable wearing clothes that would expose their skin, and 80% felt they would be uncomfortable being intimate with others.