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About skin cancer
  • Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. It’s also one of the most preventable
  • Reduce your risk of getting skin cancer by avoiding tanning equipment such as tanning beds and booths and sun lamps
  • Melanoma is the most serious and potentially fatal form of skin cancer
  • Most skin cancers occur on the head and neck area. Skin cancer surgery can leave large, visible scars
  • Indoor tanning usage is directly linked to melanoma skin cancer—the second most common cancer in young people aged 15 – 34 in Ontario
  • That surface glow you are getting is really hiding the skin inflammation underneath. Once that glow is gone the damage remains. Your skin never forgets
  • Skin damage from ultraviolet rays (UVR) exposure never heals. It is cumulative, building up with each exposure until skin cancer develops
  • No skin type is protected against skin cancer, but people with a fair or freckled complexion, or skin that burns easily, are at higher risk



Sun Safety - indoor tanning

Last updated May 2011


 
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