Skin cancer is thrown around in every day conversation like it isn't serious at all. On the contrary, 1 million Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer every year. One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. There are a few things you should consider before you set your feet in the sand and jump in the water without any protection for your skin.
What are the causes of Skin Cancer?
The leading cause of skin cancer is sun exposure. When you expose your unprotected skin to the sun, the sun damages your skin like smoke does to your lungs. A lot of the time your body naturally repairs the damaged skin before genes have the chance to mutate. However, if the genes start to mutate skin cancer occurs.
The other cause of skin cancer is genetics. This only occurs in 5-10% of all cases, and can be predicted by checking your family history.
Who is at risk?
Everyone who doesn't protect his or her skin from the ultra violet rays of the sun is at risk. No matter how dark or how light you are, you can be at risk for skin cancer. However, fair skinned individuals, those who have several moles, have blonde or red hair, burn easily, freckle easily, and/or use tanning beds frequently are more at risk than others.
What are the causes of Skin Cancer?
The leading cause of skin cancer is sun exposure. When you expose your unprotected skin to the sun, the sun damages your skin like smoke does to your lungs. A lot of the time your body naturally repairs the damaged skin before genes have the chance to mutate. However, if the genes start to mutate skin cancer occurs.
The other cause of skin cancer is genetics. This only occurs in 5-10% of all cases, and can be predicted by checking your family history.
Who is at risk?
Everyone who doesn't protect his or her skin from the ultra violet rays of the sun is at risk. No matter how dark or how light you are, you can be at risk for skin cancer. However, fair skinned individuals, those who have several moles, have blonde or red hair, burn easily, freckle easily, and/or use tanning beds frequently are more at risk than others.
u like to go out but like mike said USE BLOCK or like unkka said
WEAR A SHIRT IF U DONT' USE BLOCK I MEAN THINK ABOUT
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