CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE. THIS IS NEWS. 6 AT 09:00AM
GETTING RESULTS.
>> THEME PARKS, BEACHES,
BOATING SPORTING EVENTS BEING
IN FLORIDA. SO MUCH OF WHAT WE
LOVE TO DO IS OUTDOORS AND
THAT MEANS SUN EXPOSURE. WE
ARE IN THE SUNSHINE STATE
AFTER ALL. AND IT’S ONLY GOING
TO GET EVEN HOTTER OUTSIDE
SAYS SKIN SAFETY SHOULD BE TOP
OF MIND BECAUSE OF HOW COMMON
SKIN CANCER IS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY. SO WELL, IT’S
VERY IMPORTANT. SKIN SAFETY IS
MORE THAN JUST SUNSCREEN NEWS
6 MORNING ANCHOR AND HEALTH
REPORTER KIRSTIN O’CONNOR
STANDING BY TODAY TO ASK A
DOCTOR.
>> ASK A DOCTOR IS SPONSORED
BY CAN BE PRIMARY CARE
PROCEEDINGS.
>> JULIE: CANCER IS THE MOST
COMMON TYPE OF CANCER
AFFECTING ALL AGES AND SKIN
TYPES. I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH
DOCTOR SHADI CORROSION OF
BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST
ABOUT THE TYPES OF SKIN
CANCER. AND THOSE WARNING
SIGNS.
>> WELL, THERE ARE 3 MAIN
TYPES OF SKIN CANCER. THE
FIRST 2 ARE BASIL CELL
CARCINOMA AND SQUAMOUS CELL
CARCINOMA. AND THESE ARE
NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCERS TO
THEIR SKIN CANCERS THAT COME
FROM YOUR REGULAR SKIN CELLS.
AND THEY USUALLY PRESENT AS
PINK TO REDDISH EITHER BOMBS
OR SOMETIMES JUST A LEAK
RESTED, SPOT ON THE STAND AND
THEY GROW. AND SOMETIMES THEY
ALSO RATE AND THEY REALLY AND
THAT THE INDICATOR THAT
THERE’S A PROBLEM. AND THEN
THE 3RD TYPE IS NO, NO, MY
SKIN CANCER. AND THIS IS THE
SKIN CANCER THAT COMES FROM
WALLS. AND SO IT USUALLY
PRESENTS AS A DARK SPOT THAT
GROWS IN SIZE AND SOMETIMES
CAN BECOME RAISED AND THEN CAN
ALSO BECOME ALSO RATED MOVIE.
AND SO THE WARNING SIGNS FOR
THAT WOULD BE A CHANGING WILL
SUPPORT A NEW BULL ON THE
STAND. THIS SEEMS TO BE A
LARGE ING AND THEN THERE ARE
OTHER SIGNS, FOR EXAMPLE.
NORMALLY MOST PART VERY
SYMMETRICAL AND THEY’RE ALL
THE SAME COLOR THROUGHOUT. BUT
MELANOMA, SKIN CANCERS OFTEN
HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS. FOR
EXAMPLE, THEY’RE NOT JUST
BROWN NORMALLY WOULD BE, BUT
SOMETIMES IT BECOMES VERY DARK
OR BLACK OR HAVE OTHER COLORS
IN THEM LIKE WHITE OR PINK OR
EVEN A BLUISH CHECKED.
>> CANDACE: AND WHILE SKIN
CHECKS ARE OFTEN ROUTINELY
DONE ONCE A YEAR,
DERMATOLOGISTS ALSO PLAY A
HUGE ROLE IN IDENTIFYING
CANCERS THAT AREN’T EVEN SKIN
RELATED. METEOROLOGIST ARE
TRAINED TO READ SIGNS AND
INVESTIGATE. AND THAT’S WHY
IT’S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE
OF ALL SKIN TONES TO GET
CHECKED.
>> SOMETIMES SKIN CANCERS AND
RASHES ON THE STAND CAN
DIFFERENT AND PEOPLE WITH
DIFFERENT SKIN SO, FOR
EXAMPLE, REDNESS AND THE
FEATURES OF INFORMATION MIGHT
THE PIER DIFFERENT ON SOME WAS
VERY FAIR SKIN VERSUS SOMEONE
WITH A DARKER SKIN TONE WHERE
SOME OF THOSE HUES MAY NOT BE
AS OBVIOUS. AND SO IT’S VERY
IMPORTANT ONCE AGAIN FOR
PEOPLE OF ALL SKIN TIMES TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ESTABLISH
CARE WITH A CERTIFIED,
DERMATOLOGIST AND HAVE SKIN
CHECKS FROM TIME TO TIME. SO
THAT THINGS LIKE THAT COULD BE
CAUGHT BECAUSE IT’S TRUE THAT,
YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFERENT SKIN TONES, THE
SIGNS MAY PRESENT DIFFERENTLY
AND IN SOME CASES MAY NOT BE
AS OBVIOUS EARLY ON.
>> JULIE: NOW, RESEARCH SHOWS
ONE IN 5 AMERICANS WILL
DEVELOP SOME FORM OF SKIN
CANCER BY THE AGE OF 70. SO
THE DOCTOR WE SPOKE WITH, SAYS
THE RISK OF SKIN CANCER
INCREASES WITH AGE. AND THAT’S
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT
CHILDREN EARLY ON.
>> THE SUN EXPOSURE THAT WE
RECEIVED EARLY IN LIFE IN
CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
REALLY BEFORE THE AGE OF 20 IS
ACTUALLY VERY CRITICAL IN
TERMS OF OUR RISK OF
DEVELOPING SKIN CANCERS LATER
ON IN SO IT IS DEFINITELY
UNDERSTANDABLE THAT MANY
PARENTS ARE ASKING ABOUT THE
BEST. SOME PROTECTION
PRACTICES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE
MANY OPTIONS IN ORDER TO
PROTECT YOUR AND PRACTICE AND
SAFETY. ONE IS SOME PROTECTIVE
CLOTHING, BUT THERE ARE HATS.
>> BATHING SUITS, EVEN FOR
BABIES AND CLOTHING THAT
CONTAIN UP ACTS, WHICH IS SOME
PROTECTIVE FABRIC, WHICH
>> IS EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE THAT
THE BEST SUNSCREENS PROTECTING
CANCER AND THEN ALSO
MINERAL-BASED SUNSCREENS THAT
CONTAIN NO CHEMICALS BUT
CONTAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, SINK AS
AN ACTIVE INGREDIENTS ARE SAFE
FOR CHILDREN AND PETS.
>> UV EXPOSURE THAT LEADS TO
SUNBURN HAS BEEN PROVEN TO
PLAY A ROLE AND DEVELOPING
MELANOMA. TANNING BEDS COME TO
MIND, BUT THAT’S NOT ALL.
DERMATOLOGISTS ALSO RECOMMEND
AGAINST PUTTING HANDS AND FEET
INSIDE MACHINES AT NAIL SALONS
BECAUSE OF UNNECESSARY
EXPOSURE TO UV RADIATION, ALL
THINGS WE SHOULD BE THINKING
ABOUT ALL THE TIME COURSE LIKE
LADIES, YOU’RE SAYING WE ARE
IN THE SUNSHINE STATE, BUT