I live in Hawai'i, and I trust these formulas to protect my fair skin from sun damage Erin Johnson is Editorial Director at PEOPLE with over 9 years of experience in the digital media space.

This map shows when exactly pale skinned people made up the biggest proportion ... In turn, darker skin, which contains more black-brown pigments than fair skin is better protected against UV ...

Perioral dermatitis is a skin condition that causes a rash around the mouth. It may also occur around the eyes or nose, but this is much less common. Treatments may include certain creams, lotions ...

Loomis believed that people who live in the north, where daylight is weakest, evolved fair skin to help absorb more ultraviolet light and that people in the tropics evolved dark skin to block the ...

People with darker skin tones also have a lower chance of sun damage (though they can and do develop skin cancer). “A very fair-skinned individual may not tolerate more than five minutes without ...

Lentigines are more common among White people, especially those with fair skin. They're often called liver spots. The best way to prevent lentigines is to stay out of the sun as much as possible ...

It is also more common in people who are fair-skinned and have blond hair and blue eyes. There are also genetic links to rosacea. You are more likely to develop rosacea if you have a family ...