Archive for the 'Facts' Category

What to Look for in Skin Care Products

Image Source: remedial-massage.com.au
Skin care products are everywhere. We can buy them in grocery store and supermarket shelves and in drugstores. It is best to know what to look for in a skin product or things or ingredients to avoid. First most important thing to do is to read [...]

Read More..>>

Inherited Skin Cancer

Image Source: eideard.files.wordpress.com
The general result of skin cancer is sun exposure. Forty to 50 percent of Americans who live to the age of 65 will have skin cancer at least once. The most common types of skin cancer in the United States are basal cell [...]

Read More..>>

Basal Cell Cancer: Explained

Image Source:dsf.chesco.org
The annual rates of all forms of skin cancer are increasing each year, representing a growing public concern. Skin cancer is the most common form of human cancer. It has been estimated that nearly half of all Americans who live to [...]

Read More..>>

An Overview of Skin Cancer

Image source: www.virtualcancercentre.com
Skin cancer is the most frequent form of cancer in the United States. Skin cancer the abnormal growth of skin cells most often develops on skin exposed to the sun. The two most common types are basal cell cancer and squamous cell cancer. Skin cancer is a mean growth on the skin which [...]

Read More..>>

Skin Cancer a threat to your health

Many of us have either heard of or known somebody with skin cancer and do not pay much attention to the said disease. Do you know that the said ailment can be fatal if left untreated and it progresses to advanced stages? Thousands are afflicted by the said disease every year and the numbers just [...]

Read More..>>

Are you sure that you don’t have skin cancer? (3 of 3)

Using the notes you wrote as reference, review your moles for changes, touch for bumps or any painful sensation. Look if there are other skin discolorations. Changes in moles or birthmarks may indicate cancer cell activities.
When Checking moles check for its ASSYMETRY, BORDER, COLOR and DIAMETER, or simply ABCD.
Asymmetry:
Moles are usually round in [...]

Read More..>>

Are you sure that you don’t have skin cancer? (2 of 3)

Scan your body thoroughly
Using the full length mirror, examine your whole body.
First, look at your body in every direction and angle: front and back, your left and right sides.

Second, Your elbows and armpits , as well as your upper arms. Fore arms, palms, and fingernails.
Third, Examine your legs: front back and the sides.
Fourth, Examine your [...]

Read More..>>

Are you sure that you don’t have skin cancer? (1 of 3)

Skin cancer, there’s no telling when you’ll get it (if you’ll get it) on top of that it does not inflict pain in developing stages making it difficult for you to detect it right away.
It would be best to search your own body. There is nothing to lose and very little to fear because skin [...]

Read More..>>

Myths about the skin and cancer (2 of 2)

You are safe from cancer as long as you don’t get a sunburn?
The truth is that sunburns make your skin more vulnerable to cancer, BUT UV in sunlight damages the skin whether you get sunburned or not. You can still get cancer even if you avoid sunburns.
The sun has no permanent damage [...]

Read More..>>

Myths about the skin and cancer (1 of 2)

A strong dose of sunlight is necessary to maintain a good health?
While it is true that MODERATE exposure to the sun will help in the production of Vitamin D in the skin, it is not advisable to prolong yourself in the sun. Excessive Ultraviolet Rays exposure will most likely raise the risks of you [...]

Read More..>>

Next Page »

Bad Behavior has blocked 40 access attempts in the last 7 days.