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How Christie Brinkley Scares Her Kids into Using Sunblock: 'I Show Them My Thigh and I Say, ‘Look at These Spots!''


The supermodel — who had skin cancer on her face — explains how she gets her kids to use sunscreen

This past March, Brinkley disclosed that she’d had basal cell carcinoma removed from her face, sharing photos of her post-surgery bandages on Instagram. Brinkley’s diagnosis came as a shock, she’s told Today hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, as she’d accompanied one of her daughters to the dermatologist when she decided to speak up and ask the doctor to look at a spot on her face. Now Brinkley is continuing to speak up about the importance of staying protected from the sun, name-checking Supergoop and La Roche-Posay as her favorite sunscreen brands.

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