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During my research for Skin Cancer Awareness month, I came across a statistic that really made me think. The risk of some cancers can be reduced by 78% if skin is adequately protected during the first 18 years. One of the questions routinely asked in questionnaires to assess your skin cancer risk is: “Did you have one or more severe, blistering sunburns as a child or teenager?”

Think about this:

If we protect our children’s skin now, we are giving them the gift of health for the rest of their lives.

I am sure that it is very hard to convince a child who feels hot to wear a long-sleeved shirt or to stand still to have some sun lotion smeared all over them. When we consider, though, that even one severe sunburn can double the risk of skin cancer, it should be more than worth it. Parents will do anything to protect their children from harm and this is one more thing that we can add to the list. I am not advocating that we keep the poor darlings inside all the time, but that we are aware of the dangers. How would you do it? Do parents out there think that it is worth the effort?

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Original post by Riana Weis

Filed under: Skin Cancer, Prevention, Environment, Thought for the Day

During my research for Skin Cancer Awareness month, I came across a statistic that really made me think. The risk of some cancers can be reduced by 78% if skin is adequately protected during the first 18 years. One of the questions routinely asked in questionnaires to assess your skin cancer risk is: “Did you have one or more severe, blistering sunburns as a child or teenager?”

Think about this:

If we protect our children’s skin now, we are giving them the gift of health for the rest of their lives.

I am sure that it is very hard to convince a child who feels hot to wear a long-sleeved shirt or to stand still to have some sun lotion smeared all over them. When we consider, though, that even one severe sunburn can double the risk of skin cancer, it should be more than worth it. Parents will do anything to protect their children from harm and this is one more thing that we can add to the list. I am not advocating that we keep the poor darlings inside all the time, but that we are aware of the dangers. How would you do it? Do parents out there think that it is worth the effort?

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Original post by Riana Weis