SKIN CANCER FACTS

Teach Your Teens the Benefits of Staying Out of the Sun

Teens and young adults often ignoring the tanning beds warning and to improved sun safety. One of the studies says that use of sunscreen, sunburning rates and tanning beds use among more than 10,000 children and adolescents.
American researcher in their study, they gave a questionnaire to teens and children in all states, age from 12 to 18. And it has a sad result;

• only a third of the children use sunscreen routine during last summer,
• 10% of the respondents used a tanning beds last year,
• Most of teens and children reported sunburning at least once,
• The most surprisingly thing is half of the teens and children who burned more than once agreed that it was worth burning to get a tan later on.

They conclude that to prevent skin cancer in new generation, nationally coordinated effort is needed.

To realize this plan, The American Academy of Pedriatrics (AAP) wants to warn high school and college students that chronic sun exposure eventually can cause signs of premature aging – including wrinkles, sagging cheeks and skin discoloration.

“Long term of sun exposure is the key factor for skin cancer to develop,” AAP says. Unprotected sun exposure in childhood and teen, especially UVA or UVB will endanger them in “non-melanoma” skin cancers, the most common cancer in America. There also a research about bulbs at tanning salons emit ultraviolet rays, all tans cause skin damage. There is no such a safe tan.

Last year, more than 7,000 people died from Melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer. This only in United States and its number will rise this year. People who suffer deep, intense sunburns in their childhood and teenager more often strikes by melanoma.
For high school and college kids, its not too late to prevent further damage to their skin and eventually, it will prevent skin cancer it self. To do this they do not need to give up their fun either. They just need to pay attention in these sun safety tips:

1. The easiest way is to wear sun protective clothing. Wear a hat that able to cover you face from sun ray. Also wear cotton clothing with a tight weave.
2. Wear sunglasses that able to block ultraviolet. The first, and best, line of defense against the sun is covering up. Wear a hat with a three-inch brim or a bill facing forward, sunglasses (look for sunglasses that block 99-100% of ultraviolet rays), and cotton clothing with a tight weave.
3. Look for shade, especially between 10 am to 4 p.m. at this hour sun in its peak intensity. Stay in the shade whenever possible, and avoid sun exposure during the peak intensity hours – between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The risk of tanning and burning also increases at higher altitude.
4. Use Sunscreen with an SPF (sun protection factor) of 15 should be effective for most people. Be sure to apply enough sunscreen – about one ounce per sitting for a young adult.
5. Reapply sunscreen every two hours, or after swimming or sweating. Some self-tanning products contain sunscreen, but others don’t, so read the labels carefully. In addition, tanning oils or baby oil may make skin look shiny and soft, but they provide no protection from the sun.

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