January Newsletter
Vol. 1 | January 2026
Happy New Year! We hope that keeping your skin safe and healthy is one of your goals for 2026.
As daylight hours steadily increase, you have more time to get outside to walk, run, hike and participate in winter sports. We’re here to remind you to practice sun safety, even when it’s cold outside. No matter the season, UV radiation can be sneaky. It reaches you at home, in your car and outside, even when it’s snowing.
In addition to causing premature skin aging, unprotected sun exposure is a serious risk factor for skin cancer. About 90 percent of nonmelanoma skin cancers and 86 percent of melanomas are associated with exposure to UV radiation from the sun.
We want to provide you with information that empowers you to care for your skin and protect against sun damage every day of the year with a complete skin cancer prevention strategy. Read on for some helpful tips from our experts.
Dr. Sarnoff Says
Destination Healthy Skin 2025 Wrap-Up
It’s a wrap! Our Destination Healthy Skin mobile skin cancer screening and education program has finished its 10,000-mile trip around the country in our new RV. Over the course of six months, our wonderful physician volunteers provided 2,391 free screenings and identified 898 potential skin cancers and precancers, including 57 melanomas. We’re already planning next year’s journey. Check our schedule in the spring to see if we’ll be visiting a community near you!
New on the Blog
A Sun Smart Resolution: Three Ways to Lower Your Skin Cancer Risk in 2026
Have you decided on a New Year’s resolution yet? It’s not too late! Resolving to take better care of your skin is a great place to start improving your health: after all, it is the body’s largest organ.
Groundhog Day Kick Off: Follow Our Winter Skin Care Series
Groundhog Day is Monday, February 2, the same day that we kick off our winter skin care series, with proven ways to keep skin healthy and beautiful during the winter months.
Cold Dry Air Requires a Little Extra Skin Care
Here at The Skin Cancer Foundation, we spend a lot of time talking about skin cancer, but we’re also concerned with overall skin health. That means not only protecting your skin from sun damage, but also giving it some TLC when it’s cold and dry.
With a chill in the air and snow on the ground, it may seem that the risk of sun damage is rather low. That simply isn’t the case. In fact, snow can multiply your UV exposure because it reflects the sun’s rays.
Melanoma News
The American Cancer Society has released its 2026 melanoma data and projections, which include:
- The number of new melanoma cases diagnosed in 2026 will increase by 10.6 percent.
- An estimated 234,680 cases of melanoma will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2026.
- An estimated 8,510 people will die from melanoma in 2026: 5,500 and 3,010 women.
Visit our Skin Cancer Facts & Stats page for more information.
Monthly Giving: Join Our Skin Protection Fund
Join our community of monthly donors and become a member of the Skin Protection Fund (SPF). Your recurring gift will steadily support the lifesaving programs of the Foundation and help us educate the public and the medical community about skin cancer, its prevention by means of sun protection, the need for early detection and prompt, effective treatment. Learn more and donate here.
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