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Health
Advice and tips for redheads on keeping their sensitive selves in tip top ginger health, whether it’s vitamin D or sun care information.
High, high SPF sunscreen for redheads
It’s that tricky time of year again, when we don’t know if we should slap on the sunscreen, put layers on, or give up completely and just sit inside. Redheads have a tough time …
Redheads and Achromotrichia: Do gingers go grey?
Everyone seems to have something to say about redheads – they’re fiery, they’re soulless, they’re vampires! While some things you hear about gingers are crazy myths, the …
Do redheads smell different?
Some people just can’t resist a redhead. Blame what you want: their air of mystery or their eye-catching fiery hair – like it or not, redheads are like catnip. But, is this such a …
Should redheads take vitamin D supplements?
The winter season brings a chilly dose of freezing weather, shorter days, and less sunlight. Sure, the last of that list doesn’t bother redheads too much (we’re not ones for …
How redheads’ vitamin D powers can protect them against Seasonal Affective Disorder
Sunny on the inside, redheads are able to produce high levels of vitamin D when exposed to low levels of UV light. Not only is this important to gingers’ survival (we must avoid the …
How Redheads Feel Pain
While redheads are acutely sensitive to the sun’s harmful UV rays, bringing with it a higher risk of skin cancer, do they hold any genetic tricks up their sleeves? They can develop …
New Study To Reduce Risk of Redhead Sun Burn and Melanoma Skin Cancer
As any clued-up redhead knows, the protein MC1R, found on chromosome 16, is responsible for many of the weird and wonderful elements of ginger life, including red hair, freckles and pale …
The ABCD Rule: Checking Your Skin & Moles For Skin Cancer Risks
It’s well-known that redheads are at higher risk of skin cancer, including malignant melanoma, even without UV exposure.
Stop red hair fading in summer with high SPF sunscreen hair products
Gingers spend the majority of their summers, nay, their lives, covering every bare inch of skin with sunscreen, and we’ve got bad news for you: this meticulous vigilance must also …
Why Can Some Redheads Tan While Others Can’t?
Most people associate red hair with pale skin, but what about those rarest of rare gingers who can tan? Nope, we’re not describing an impossible mythical creature, these tanning ginger …
How Gingers Can Stay Cool In Hot Weather
The fan is on the blink, you’ve run out of ice, and leaning out of the window open just doesn’t cut it. The summer heat can be red hot, particularly for gingers, who are …
Redhead Tanning Could Soon Be Possible With Melanin-Producing Drug
When the words “even gingers could tan” are uttered you can only imagine how quickly our pale little ears prick up! Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a …
SPF 30: The Sweet Spot of Sun Protection
Here are some reminders for keeping your skin as safe as possible from the sun.
The Importance of Sun Hat Protection For Redheads
During summer, even in the UK, it’s important for redheads to protect their skin by following the usual sun-safe advice like wearing SPF 30+ and seeking shade between 11am and 3pm. We all …
Sun Protection Advice For Little Redheads & Parents of Ginger Children
Protecting any redhead’s pale skin from the sun is a year-round job, and for children, this is all the more important. Young skin is particularly at risk of sun damage, as they have …
