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Blogs by Skin Cancer Foundation

Your June Update: The Truth About Sunscreen

Sunscreen is trending, and with good reason. It’s an important part of a complete sun protection strategy to safeguard your skin from damage that accelerates the signs of aging and increases your skin cancer risk.

Dangerous Extremes

Obsession with using products to either lighten or darken the skin can be hazardous to your health.

How Much Sunscreen Is Enough?

You may think you’re doing the right thing when it comes to sunscreen. But you’re probably not using nearly enough. Check out our new approach on how to apply!

We Need Sunscreen Innovation: A Cosmetic Chemist’s Perspective

For a product that has been proven to help prevent skin cancer, sunscreen in the U.S. has had a rough journey lately, from a tidal wave of misinformation to regulatory reroutes and delays. Here, helpful advice — and good news: the FDA approval of the first new sunscreen active ingredient in more than 25 years! 

Your Skin Cancer Awareness Month Update

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, the perfect opportunity to share the truth about the dangers of skin cancer and the importance of early detection and prevention. We hope you’ll join us!

Ask the Expert: Mohs Surgery and Melanoma

The goal of treating melanoma with Mohs surgery is the same as with nonmelanoma skin cancers: to examine 100 percent of the surgical margin and preserve as much healthy tissue as possible. With Mohs surgery, for both melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers, the surgeon and patient can be confident that the skin cancer is fully removed on the same day, before the wound is repaired.

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