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June is skin cancer awareness month … what are you doing to reduce your chances?
June 1, 2008 - Follow me on Twitter
Did you know that EVERY 67 minutes in the U.S., someone loses a family member or friend to skin cancer?
I don’t know about you, but when I read these statistics I was floored and deflated.
In Canada, the rates of skin cancer have been increasing fairly constantly since 1975.
Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the western world and it’s been estimated that skin cancer is the most common form of cancer among women aged 15-34 and the second most common form of cancer amount women over 35!
The numbers are a bit alarming, yet there are still so many people who are stubborn enough to keep pursuing the “perfect tan”.
I recently went for brunch with my good friend Krista who had just recovered from a severe infection and was bed-ridden for an entire week. When I saw her she looked radiant … thanks to the magic of self-tanning. I’ll be honest, had she not revealed that her tan had come out of a tube (and not because she had hit the beaches of Hawaii) … I would never have known.
All this to say that if you are NOT able to live with your own natural skin colour and if you want that Hollywood bronzed look, then your best bet to get “the look” while reducing your chance of skin cancer is to start looking for a good self-tanner!
The brands that are available now offer such “natural” looks that you don’t have to look orange and your skin doesn’t have to scream: “I’m wearing self-tanner!”
Ladies, don’t forget to not only take care of yourself, but also to take care of your man. According to studies men are 1.5 times more likely to develop melanoma of the skin than women and 3.3 times more likely to die from it … because (in general) men do a lot more outdoor activities and sports than women.
Skin cancer is preventable, but that means that you’ll have to considerably reduce your overexposure to the sun AND tanning beds to avoid the harmful effects of UV rays.
SkinCancerTakesFriends.ca is an informational site on skin cancer prevention sponsored by Olay. Actress Marcia Cross is the spokesperson for the campaign. If you’ve noticed Marcia has always proudly sported her pale skin. Marcia makes the perfect “face” for this campaign because she’s not trying to conform to any commercial standards and since she’s experienced skin cancer in her family, she’s in a good position to spread the word about this preventable disease.
Photo by Anonfx
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