Skin Cancer Awareness » skin cancer signs http://skin-cancers.info Tips on Skin Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Melanoma Rates Rising in Young Women http://skin-cancers.info/skin-cancer-causes/melanoma-rates-rising-in-young-women/ http://skin-cancers.info/skin-cancer-causes/melanoma-rates-rising-in-young-women/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:54:19 +0000 admin http://skin-cancers.info/?p=7 The deadliest form of skin cancer (melanoma) is on the rise in young white females. This isn’t a big shock to me considering that white females are the ones that tend to go tanning the most. Whether it is at the pool, the beach or the tanning bed, massive amounts of UV rays are the reason why this constant increase in melanoma is occurring.

Other contributing factors that raise the risk of skin cancer are:

  • fair skin
  • blonde or red hair
  • white (Caucasian)

Now, everyone can agree that wearing sunscreen can greatly reduce the amount of UV rays absorbed by the skin (thus reducing the chance of melanoma), however young women that go tanning do not ever wear any (since that would defeat the whole purpose).

If your not sure what Melanoma looks like check for the following below:

  • A mole or growth with asymmetry
  • Mole like growths that have irregular borders
  • Different colors in the same mole
  • Moles with a diameter that is larger than a pencil
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