Take care of your skin

If you want to reduce the sun damage to your skin responsible for the aging process you will want to pay close attention to the solar protective efforts cited on the links below. Remember, fully 80 % of the aging process is related to sun damage so if you take care of your skin beginning at a young age, you will have beautiful skin forever! If you discover this information after you have already experienced significant sun damage, be sure to pass it on to your children and set the example for skin care by using a hat and wearing sunscreen yourself. You will also want to learn the ABCD's of the skin self-exam.

Whatever you can do to prevent sunburn goes a long way to reducing the incidence of all types of skin cancer. You may be interested in knowing that physicians have more success appealing to our vanity about wrinkles than we do appealing to our concern about skin cancers! Whichever concern you have, however, is the motivator to which you will want to pay attention.

Here is the shortest and most direct information from the National Cancer Institute: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/prevention/skin/Patient/page2

This link will take you to answers for every question you have about sunscreen and other solar protective efforts: http://www.cdc.gov/ChooseYourCover/qanda.htm#when

Protect your children: http://www.cdc.gov/ChooseYourCover/guide.htm

And for everybody who takes an active role in their own health, the ABCD's of skin cancer detection: http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001201-d001300/d001207/d001207.html