My husband Barry loves being out in the sun. No matter what the season. Here’s a picture of him picking blueberries on a hot summer day. Unfortunately, skin cancer runs in his family. Over the years, he has had several lesions removed, frozen, or burned off. He’s lucky because, so far, all have been either […]
Guest post by retired dermatologist J. Michael Taylor, MD, MPH According to a recent survey by the Skin Cancer Foundation, men over age 50 are twice as likely as women to die from malignant melanoma. This difference increases with age. Men are also much more likely to develop the more common, but less threatening, basal […]
For many years, I have carried an image of Dr. Michael Taylor in my head. He was leaving the exam room in his office and poked his head back in just before he closed the door. “Don’t forget to protect your skin,” he said. “Wear sunscreen.” In the course of his career as a dermatologist […]
Does sunscreen prevent malignant melanoma? The short answer is not necessarily. Two reasons why: 1. People slather it on and then bake in the sun twice as long they should. 2. Some sunscreens are not broad-spectrum. In other words, they protect against UVB rays but not UVA rays, which may also cause skin cancer — […]
Does sunscreen prevent malignant melanoma? The short answer is not necessarily. Two reasons why: 1. People slather it on and then bake in the sun twice as long they should. 2. Some sunscreens are not broad-spectrum. In other words they protect against UVB rays but not UVA rays, which may also cause skin cancer — […]
Skin cancer runs in my husband Barry’s family. He has had several lesions removed, frozen, or burned off over the years. Fortunately, all have been either precancerous areas called actinic keratoses or basal cell carcinomas, which are easily treated. He has all the risk factors. Risk factors for skin cancer Light-colored skin, hair, and […]
