Peeling Tag

You skimped on sunscreen. Then forgot to re-apply. Now, you will have a sunburn that — quite literally — burns like no other, and your scorched skin more resembles the scaly, flaky mess shed from reptiles (ew) than its usual smooth, glowing disposition. It could be unsightly and even a little bit disconcerting, but while a sunburn is rarely thing, a peeling sunburn is each an indication of injury and a step in the proper direction. When your skin begins to peel, it's actually your body's way of ridding itself of dead, damaged skin cells that were exposed to the sun's damaging ultra-violet rays. Pretty cool, should you ask us.But should you ask us, we'll just ask dermatologists —...