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Every single one of these has been said to me in clinic. Multiple times.

We’ve gotten very good at slip-slop-slap on the body. But the eye area is where the misinformation still lives, mostly because the eye area looks fine. Until one day, it doesn’t.

A bonus myth that didn’t make the carousel: “My contact lenses have UV protection, so I’m covered.” UV-blocking contacts only protect the part of the eye they actually cover. They do nothing for the white of the eye, the conjunctiva, or, most importantly, the eyelid skin around it. They are not a substitute for sunglasses.

Source: Pratt H, Hassanin K, Troughton LD, Czanner G, Zheng Y, McCormick AG, et al. UV imaging reveals facial areas that are prone to skin cancer are disproportionately missed during sunscreen application. PLoS ONE 12(10): e0185297, 2017. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185297

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