These past couple of weeks in class I have been teaching about the skin. This past week it was about sun damage, After really studying it and having to teach it I have learned so much. Anyway to see some pretty interesting facts about sun damage to our skin go to my class blog at www.bonlosee.blogspot.com it is crazy how the sun can age you so much more than if you didn't overexpose your skin to the sun. Here are a few interesting facts:
80% of skin cancer is caused by sunburns experienced before the age of 18
Each hour, 1 person dies from skin cancer
More women in their 20 & 30's die of skin cancer than breast cancer
Skin cancer accounts for more than 50% of all cancers combined
1 in 3 Caucasians will be diagnosed with skin cancer sometime in their life
One bad burn in childhood doubles the risk factor for melanoma later in life
2 comments:
That is scary. I'm glad I'm in Alaska. We don't see much of the sun in Ketchikan. My kids are white and I hate it, but I guess it's better for them.
Wow, that is very interesting! Hope you guys are having a fun summer!
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