What four top dermatologists do every day to protect their skin
By Claire Coleman / 4 September 2026
I always apply sunscreen to the back of my hands
Like every dermatologist, I’m going to say that SPF is non-negotiable — for skin cancer but also for anti-ageing. But the one place people always forget to apply sun protection is the backs of their hands and they’re a real giveaway. It’s why Madonna always wears gloves.
I take a liquid probiotic supplement daily
There is more and more evidence that the gut microbiome is key to skin health and is particularly important in autoimmune skin diseases like psoriasis and eczema. Symprove is the probiotic that has the most published evidence behind it — it’s a liquid that you take first thing on an empty stomach and they can show that it does deliver the bacteria to the gut.
