UAE, April 22 -- Summer in the UAE is a time when skin care takes on a whole different tone. While this is a time to get the right dosage of Vitamin D quite easily, it is also a time when you need to protect your skin as best as you did during winter. Or even better. Because summer is when your skin works the hardest to defend itself.

"Sun and skin have a love-hate relationship," says Dubai-based Dr. Ikramullah Al Nasir, Medical Director and CEO of Derma Care Skin Centre. "While on the one hand, sunlight supports Vitamin D synthesis and even helps eliminate certain surface bacteria, on the other, it can trigger sunburn, premature ageing, and even abnormal cell changes."

The secret, then, isn't to avoid the sun entirely. Instead, it's to...