At a local store that I had been to recently, I was quite impressed by the hair coloring of the clerk there. I told her how good it looked with that dark base and the streaks that looked so natural; as if sun kissed. This led us to talking about how earlier when we were young we did not have to resort to any hair dyes. We just had to apply SunIn and stay in the sun for a couple of hours to get the desired hair color. We also discussed how that was almost impossible to be done now what with us destroying the ozone layer and thereby exposing ourselves to the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun. (SunIn, by the way is just a pump spray and not at all an aerosol)

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Mention the top health threats and everything from heart disease to obesity come up. Many people will also bring up cancer. One form of cancer that is deadly, but does not get enough attention, is skin cancer.

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INTRODUCTION: Melanoma is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the skin cells called melanocytes (cells that color the skin). It may also occur in the eye and is called intraocular or ocular melanoma; however it can occur anywhere on the body. It is the most dangerous of the common types of skin cancer and oftens appears as an enlarging coloured skin spot, usually occuring in adults, but it is sometimes found in children and adolescents. The disease is more aggressive than basal cell skin cancer or squamous cell skin cancer.

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INTRODUCTION: Skin cancer represents the most commonly diagnosed malignancy, surpassing lung, breast, colorectal and prostate cancer. Skin cancer generally develops in the epidermis (the outermost layer of skin), so a tumor is usually clearly visible.

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It seems that it was only in the middle of the last century that having a tan became desirable. Up until this point, people did not see tanned skin as a positive look but more than likely an indication that the person worked outdoors and was exposed to too much sunlight.

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Skin cancer, like all cancers, is caused when the body is exposed to some external environmental condition. This causes the DNA within the cells directly exposed to the carcinogen to mutate. They become known as an oncogene that encourages tumor growth in the cell.

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Skin Cancer is a common disease that is thought to develop when the skin is exposed to ultraviolet rays. Depending on the type of skin, this exposure can be limited and still lead to the development of some form of skin cancer. Fair skin that burns easily in the Sun is particularly vulnerable. As the Sun is the leading source of Ultraviolet (UV) radiation that people are regularly exposed to it is important to protect yourself when in the Sun. This article will list the common methods that can help prevent skin cancer. It will concentrate on Sunscreen and how it works to protect your skin.

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Melanoma is the rarest but most dangerous of the three types of skin cancer. It is potentially life threatening because it will often spread to other parts of the body. This makes it hard to treat and it can damage or destroy vital organs leading to secondary complications. The key to surviving melanoma is prevention combined with early detection. In most cases, if the disease is detected early on it can be treated successfully. Part of the detection process is a melanoma biopsy. This is often done on a suspicious mole or mark on the skin. It gives more information about the extent to which the cancer has spread and possible ways to treat the cancer.

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There seems to be more awareness of skin cancer recently. This may be due to a combination of things. Firstly more understanding of the causes of the disease are prompting awareness campaigns on popular media like TV and radio. Also, more people are doing things that put them at risk to the disease. There is also a suggestion that certain changes in the environment might be the cause for the increasing number of people getting skin cancer. This article will cover what is squamous cell carcinoma, one of the three types of the disease.

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Skin cancer is a disease that seems to be more common with each passing day. This may be because more research is done on the disease and people have become far more aware of skin cancer now. Or maybe people are getting skin cancer more than they used to because of environmental conditions like the increase in ultraviolet radiation from the sun due to holes in the ozone layer. So what is behind this increase ? This article will discuss what causes skin cancer.

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Skin cancer is a common form of cancer for people that expose their skin to the sun often. It can be readily treated if picked up quickly enough through screening sessions or personal inspection of the body for any moles, other skin blemishes or changes in existing marks on the skin. However preventing skin cancer from ever occurring is a far better approach. And prevention is far more successful if people are aware of the risk factors that make them more susceptible to the disease. This article will detail how a family history of skin cancer is a major risk factor for skin cancer in a person.

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