{"id":34,"date":"2017-06-12T16:46:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T16:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/?p=34"},"modified":"2017-06-12T16:46:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T16:46:24","slug":"protect-your-lips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/2017\/06\/protect-your-lips\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect your lips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aolmail_p1\"><span class=\"aolmail_s1\">Whether outside working in your yard or on the beach catching some rays, SPF should be a very important part of your daily routine. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"aolmail_p1\"><span class=\"aolmail_s1\">If you have ever gotten a sunburn on your face or lips and he would agree it&#8217;s painful and no fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"aolmail_p1\"><span class=\"aolmail_s1\">Protecting your face and the rest of your body is pretty self-explanatory when it comes to sun damage and cancer, but many people often forget about their lips. Studies show that 60+% of people don&#8217;t use protection on their lips in the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"aolmail_p1\"><span class=\"aolmail_s1\">Here are a few reasons why using SPF on your lips is important&#8230; UV rays from the sun are very strong and sunburn on the lips can be very painful.<span class=\"aolmail_Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The skin is thinner and more sensitive, so protecting it should be a necessity.<span class=\"aolmail_Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The sun can be very drying to the lips so keeping them hydrated is very important to fend off cracking, peeling and burning skin.<span class=\"aolmail_Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In addition to just the sunburn, lip cancer is not as uncommon as people think. Due to the location of your lips they take a lot of abuse and get overlooked frequently. <span class=\"aolmail_Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"aolmail_p1\"><span class=\"aolmail_s1\">So remember to protect your lips all year around and if you see something out of the ordinary, don&#8217;t hesitate to call your doctor.<span class=\"aolmail_Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Most lip cancer cases, due to early detection, are very treatable at an early stage.<span class=\"aolmail_Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aolmail_p1\">Whether outside working in your yard or on the beach catching some rays, SPF should be a very important part of your daily routine. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"aolmail_p1\">If you have ever gotten a sunburn on your face or lips and he would agree it&#8217;s painful and no fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aolmail_p1\">Protecting your face and the rest of your body is pretty self-explanatory when it comes to sun damage and cancer, but many people often forget about their lips. <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/2017\/06\/protect-your-lips\/\">Read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordsmiles.com\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}