You're listening to Well Now,

You're listening to Well Now,

Slate's podcast on Health and Wellness.

I'm Maya Farr.

And I'm Kavita Patel. All right, Maya, we're getting to the warmer months,

and I'm going to be honest with you.

This is a topic that I've been waiting to talk about keeping our skin healthy.

I'll even go for like skin that is passable in the mornings and let me tell you.

As a doctor I'm going to get a little I'm going to do my plug. I know you and I both care about this topic.

Skin a lot of both care about this,

including hair and nails, is actually the body's largest organ.

And it also is the most common type of cancer diagnosis,

skin cancer, that is, according to the National Cancer Institute, and it's

something that I worry about all the time. Every time I see like a new mole and

for all my dark colored skin friends out there, yes, you too, even though chances of getting

skin cancer are lower, it still happens.

So I care a lot about keeping our skin healthy and I'm constantly slathering on sunscreen and chasing my kids

around trying to do the same even when it's cloudy. So as we're all getting excited

about warmer months and spending more time outside Maya. I'm really looking forward to this topic and also

curious about what other people are doing to take care of their skin.

Here here to that, Kavita. I mean I agree 100% what gets me right now is the interwebs

Tic-talk Instagram they're a fire with influencers who are posting videos with all these claims about

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