[ APPLAUSE ] >>> SO, SUMMERTIME MEANS LOTS OF
SUN TIME.
SUN TIME.
BUT LISTEN TO THIS.
ACCORDING TO THE SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION, MORE PEOPLE ARER
FOUNDATION, MORE PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED WITH SKIN CANCER EACH
YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES THAN
ALL OTHER CANCERS COMBINED.
AND THIS ONE IS PREVENTABLE. LISA PACE WAS IN HER 20s WHEN
SHE DISCOVERED SHE HAD SKIN
CANCER AFTER YEARS OF USING
TANNING BEDS.
TANNING BEDS. WHAT CAME NEXT FOR HER WILL
SHOCK YOU.
SHOCK YOU. SHE SAT DOWN WITH ME RECENTLY.
BUT FIRST, A QUICK LOOK AT HER STORY.RST, A QUICK LOOK AT HER
STORY.
>> I STARTED CONSISTENTLY TANNING WHEN I WAS 18.TLY
TANNING WHEN I WAS 18. IT STARTED TWO AND THREE TIMES A
WEEK.
WEEK.
THEN, I GOT MYSELF UP TO EVERY
DAY.
I WAS 24 WHEN I HAD MY FIRST
SKIN CANCER. WHEN I WENT TO THE DERMATOLOGIST
DERMATOLOGIST, HE FOUND TWO
SUSPICIOUS PLACES AND GOT A PHONE CALL.PLACES AND GOT A
PHONE CALL.
YOU NEED TO COME TO THE OFFICE. THESE BUY YOBIOPSYIES CAME BACK
HAVE SKIN CANCER.
AT 24, THAT MEANT NOTHING TO ME.
I CONTINUED TO TAN.
AND HE WENT BACK AND SAID, THESE
PLACES ARE MELANOMA.
NO IDEA THAT MELANOMA WAS SCARY.
NO IDEA THAT IT WAS THE
DEADLIEST FORM OF SKIN CANCER.
AT SOME POINT, I HAD A SURGERY ON MY FACE.NT, I HAD A SURGERY
ON MY FACE. SEEING THIS BIG PLACE TAKEN OUT
OF MY FACE, THAT SHOCKED ME.
AS I GOT INTO MY LATE 20s AND
EARLY 30s, 2 OR 3 PLACES BECAME
20 AND 30.
IM LISA PACE AND IVE HAD 86
SKIN CANCERS.
SKIN CANCERS.
>> 86. LISA IS WITH ME NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
HERE.
THATS EXTRAORDINARY, 86. HASNT ALL BEEN MELANOMA?
SOME BASAL CELL.
DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN YOU
WERE GETTING INTO THE TANNING
BEDS, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT
AFFECT ON YOU?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> IS IT TRUE YOU WENT IN THE
TANNING BEDS AFTER YOU DEALT
WITH MELANOMA.
WITH MELANOMA. >> I DID.
>> I DID. I THOUGHT THEY TOOK THE TWO
PLACES OUT, I WAS GOOD.
I HAD NO IDEA.
NO ONE TOLD ME.
I DIDNT KNOW.
>> THEY WERE LINKED.
HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW?
>> 42.
>> 42. >> IM 47.
>> IM 47. AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 16,
THIS WAS ALL THE RAGE.
I DID THE -- I DID THE TANNING
BEDS.
BEDS.
IM SO PALE.
IVE HAD SEVERAL MELANOMA
SCARES.
THANK GOD I HAVENT HAD IT YET. BUT IM ON IT.AVENT HAD IT YET.
BUT IM ON IT. YOU KNOW THERES PEOPLE OUT
THERE STILL DOING IT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO
KNOW?
>> I CANT GO BACK AND CHANGE
WHAT I DID.
BUT THEY CAN MAKE A CHOICE NOT
TO TAN.
YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF YOUR
BODY.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR SKIN.
WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. WEAR SUNSCREEN, AND STAY OUT OF
THE TANNING BED.
>> DO YOU FEAR NOW THAT YOU
COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE,
THE DEADLY MELANOMA THAT YOU
DONT SEE?
DONT SEE? UNDER YOUR HAIR, UNDER YOUR TOE
OR SOME PLACE YOU DONT CHECK?
>> I WAKE UP EVERY DAY THINKING,
THERES GOING TO BE A NEW SKIN
CANCER BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES I
MADE AS A TEENAGER AND IN MY
EARLY 20s.
EARLY 20s.
I KNOW AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.KE
RESPONSIBILITY.
I DID THIS TO MYSELF.
AM I SCARED?
THERES DAYS, YEAH?
ILL WAKE UP AND YOU KNOW, I
DONT KNOW WHATS GOING TO BE ON
MY BODY, BECAUSE OF WHAT I DID AND THE CHOICES I MADE THEN, IM
PAYING FOR IT NOW.
>> DR. ARIEL CAVAR.
I CANT BELIEVE THERES PEOPLE
GOING TO TANNING BEDS.
ITS NOT JUST TANNING BEDS.
THE SUN ALSO CAN LEAD TO
MELANOMA.
MELANOMA. THERE ARE PEOPLE USING TANNING
BEDS.
BEDS.
>> MORE THAN EVER.
>> REALLY?
>> THE STATISTICS ARE STAGGERING.ISTICS ARE
STAGGERING. 59% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS REPORT
GOING TO A TANNING BED AT LEAST
ONCE.
ONCE.
49% OF ALL AMERICAN ADULTS AND 17% OF ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
>> IF YOU JUST GET ONE BAD
SUNBURN, RIGHT?
SUNBURN, RIGHT?
HOW DAMAGING IS THAT? >> ONE BAD SUNBURN CAN DOUBLE
YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING A
MELANOMA.
MELANOMA.
>> THERES NOTHING WE CAN DO
ABOUT THAT.
MY MOM BARELY PUT SPF ON ME. SHE LOVES THAT I MENTION THAT.
THERES NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT
IT NOW, RIGHT?
WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT NOW? >> YOU CAN GET YOUR SKINOW?
>> YOU CAN GET YOUR SKIN CHECKED.
CHECKED.
YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF GOING
FORWARD.
IF YOU WEAR SUNSCREEN EVERY DAY, OR EVERY DAY WHEN YOUREVERY DAY,
OR EVERY DAY WHEN YOURE EXPOSED, YOU CAN DECREASE YOUR
RISK OF MELANOMA IN HALF.
>> DO YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
IT?
IT?
>> SKIN OF ALL COLOR CAN DEVELOP ALL KINDS OF SKIN CANCER,DEVELOP
ALL KINDS OF SKIN CANCER, INCLUDING BASAL CELL, AND
MELANOMA.
MELANOMA. WHILE ITS LESS FREQUENT, ALL
COLOR SKIN CAN DEVELOP SKIN
CANCER.
CANCER.
IN DARKER SKIN TONES, THEY DONT GO TO THE DERMATOLOGIST BECAUSE
THE RISK IS LOWER.
>> AND I RECOMMEND JUST STAYING
ON IT AND PREVENTION IS THE BEST