The Dangers of Contracting Skin Cancer from the Sun
The Dangers of Contracting Skin Cancer from the Sun
Have you ever had a sunburn that was so bad that about a week later your skin started to peel, well this happened to a woman named Sharon Lasky. In her childhood she got her share of sunburns and now is paying the price. Two years ago at the age of 40 she was diagnosed with an intermediate-stage melanoma. According to the health journal Heart and Soul, it has been proven that “people who experienced blistering sunburns earlier in their life are particularly susceptible to malignant melanomas later on in life”.
Hi, my name is Christie and today I will persuade to you that the harmful effects of the sun far outweigh the novelty of having a tan. Many people particularly high school and college-age students want nothing to do with sunscreen. Myself included, until I saw my mother’s friend had to have her nose removed because she had skin cancer. Before she was a very beautiful woman but after the operation she looked like a monster because her nose was replaced by two large holes in the center of her face. No one will see her outer beauty again. All she has left is her inner beauty. Today I would like to encourage you to protect your self from the sun by wearing sunscreen and sunglasses.
People with fair skin, light hair, blue eyes, and or freckles are the people who are most likely to get sun damage. It is important that they are aware of this so that they can take extra precautions to protect themselves from the suns harmful rays. Some of these extra precautions are:
1. Using no less than SPF 15 that shields against UVA and UVB rays
2. Apply sunscreen 15-20 minutes before going into the sun and reapply every 2 hours
3. Use liberally, it takes about an ounce of sunscreen to cover the body and 8-ounce bottle shouldn’t last more that a week at the beach.
4. And always wearing sunglasses when ever they are out side
It is not only fair skinned people that have to worry about the harmful effects of the sun. Many people think or like to think that just because they are naturally tan or dark skinned that that they don’t have to worry about the sun. They are only kidding themselves by thinking that. The sun is...