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As we kick off summer, we'll be sharing our best advice for achieving Healthy Summer Skin—read all June long. Here’s to a summer of feeling good, living well, and keeping your skin safe under the sun.

There’s little that feels better than the sun on your skin. Bright summer rays gently warming the body. The freedom of shedding layers. The relief of a cool breeze. These sun-soaked moments are meant to be savored.

We associate this warmth with vitality, improved mood, and even a certain radiance. And for good reason, as research shows us the sun can improve mental health, increase vitamin D, and is associated with a variety of long-term health benefits. But beneath this sunlit euphoria, your skin is engaged in quiet negotiation with the sun’s rays.

For all that the sun gives us, it also damages your body’s largest organ. UV radiation affects DNA and RNA, breaks down collagen, triggers melanin overproduction, reduces our skin’s immune function, and encourages cancer cell growth.