The Skin Nerd: Have fun in the sun, but keep your skin safe too

Our two weeks of Irish summer are something that we all look forward to. It’s a positively joyous feeling to get the legs out, wear flip-flops like they’re going out of fashion and redirect your treat budget to 99s - bonus points if you repurpose a basin into a foot cooling device when you’re in the back garden.

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and last year, in a study carried out by Derma.plus, Ireland ranked as the 14th country most susceptible to skin cancer. Although ironic coming from me, many Irish people don’t take the sun seriously. When we get sunburnt, we become the punchline, but not protecting our predominantly fair skin tones from UV rays is no laughing matter.