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Skin Cancer: What Really Causes it and How to Protect Yourself Health Articles | July 27 Walter Payton Authentic Jersey , 2011
With skin cancer rates shooting sky high, it's imperative that each of us understands what we can do to protect ourselves from this potentially deadly disease.


When you were a kid, there was probably not much said about sun protection. Most of us remember long, sunny days at the beach or on vacation where we got very badly sunburned, and had to sit things out for a day or two afterwards. This seemed like just a harmless regular childhood experience, until we grew up and found out that not only does sun exposure cause skin damage and skin cancer, but that the damage is cumulative Womens Riley Ridley Jersey , meaning that every bit of exposure to the sun's radiation we've had over our lifetimes has added onto the last. This lifetime amount along with several bad burns during childhood is said, along with certain hereditary and lifestyle factors, to put some at higher risk for skin cancer. The three most dangerous skin cancers are basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer and the more commonly known melanoma.

In recent years, the prevailing wisdom has been that it is essential, especially for fair-skinned individuals and those out during peak hours andor in the tropics, to wear a protective sunscreen lotion. Based on the advice of doctors and dermatologists Womens David Montgomery Jersey , billions of people began buying sunscreen lotions for themselves and their kids, as skin cancer rates, even among children, began to skyrocket. But what is the cause of all this skin cancer? Is it all due to our thinning ozone layer, as most of us commonly believe? Could it be that the chemicals in sunscreens themselves have contributed somehow?

When I first heard the theory that sunscreens cause skin cancer, I, like so many Womens Akiem Hicks Jersey , was so indoctrinated in the 'sunscreen as protection' camp that the idea seemed almost heretical. The gentleman who told me about it, however, was a very thoughtful, intelligent and well-read doctor whose word I trusted. He was