#actinic

We tend to treat bright tropical sunlight as an actinic agent that deteriorates and damages structures. And indeed it does. Everything from medicine tablets and liquids, to beach-chairs, wine and of course us, wrinkling under the Sun, are damaged by it.

But on occasion sunlight can create poetry - and purity - as witness the remnants of this crustacean carapace bleached into a beautiful eburnean white by the relentless sun, giving the dead beast a second resurrection as it were, it exhibiting far greater alabaster beauty in death than it did in life, beautifully coloured though it was even in life.

Reading: 4 minutes Golfing. Gardening. Strolling along the beach. Many of our favorite moments take place under the sun. But while memories may fade, your skin doesn’t forget—and every moment of unprotected sun exposure adds up. Over time, this exposure can cause what dermatologists call actinically-damaged skin—visible signs of UV-induced damage that may lead to precancerous skin lesions known…

The global actinic keratosis treatment market was valued at $1,117 million in 2018, and is projected to reach $1,558 million by 2026, registering a CAGR of 4.2% from 2019 to 2026.  

Tirbanibulin superior to placebo for actinic keratosis

(HealthDay)—Tirbanibulin is superior to vehicle at two months for the treatment of actinic keratosis, but almost half of patients who had a complete response experienced recurrence of lesions at one year, according to a study published in the Feb. 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Andrew Blauvelt, M.D., from the Oregon Medical Research Center in Portland, and colleagues randomly…