Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States.
It is mainly caused by too much exposure to the sun.
According to a current study,
40 to 50 percent of Americans who live to the age of at least sixty-five
will have this disease at least once in their lifetime.
Moreover, more than a million Americans are likely to have skin cancer two hundred years from now.
Although more and more people now die of skin cancer,
one person in seven doesn’t use sunscreen while out in the sun.
We have to know that it is very important to protect our skin from being damaged by the sun.
Anyone can get skin cancer,
but it is more common among people who spend a lot of time out in the sun,
who have been badly sunburned,
who have light-colored skin, hair, and eyes,
who have a family member with skin cancer,
or who are over the age of fifty.
Luckily, skin cancer is very rare in children,
but overexposure to the sun in childhood
can increase the risk of skin cancer later in life.
Also, it is commonly said that people with darker skin don’t have to worry about skin cancer,
but that’s not true.
In fact, darker-skinned people can also get skin cancer,
because the sun’s UVA rays are harmful to all skin types
and can go into the deepest layers of skin.
Most types of skin cancer can be cured if treated early.
The best way to avoid getting skin cancer is to prevent sunburn.
Be sure to reapply sunscreen every two hours,
even on cloudy days, and after swimming.
Though it is impossible to completely avoid skin cancer,
you can reduce the risk by keeping away from the sun.