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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Skin Cancer Prevention

Skin cancer is a type of cancers that could possibly occur to people caused by being overexposed to the sun without using any single protection to cover the whole body from the sunrays. It means we can use clothes covering the potential body parts from being exposed to the sun.

Another way to prevent the skin cancer to occur to us is by using the special sun block creams that will surely hold the ultra violet from the sun. But the problems are not stopping just right there. Many sun blocks are using the PABA which stands for para-Aminobenzonic Acid. It is an essential nutrient which can not be synthesized by human's body. The PABA usage in sun block creams will also increase the defection of human's DNA and this will end up in the seeds of skin cancer. So what will we do when in fact one of the best way of avoiding skin cancer even causing the cancer itself. But you do not need to be frightened knowing so since this PABA has been derived into the safer form of it and it is commonly used nowadays.

We can still also use the sun block creams which stated PABA-free if we still feel unsecured using one. Choose the sun block creams which are made from the wild pansy extraction, or the extraction of coffee seeds. These natural ingredients are the safest choices if you are a person who is into the nature based products' usage. Here are some tips that you may use in reducing the skin cancer possibility.

First you need to avoid of being straightly exposed - or even overexposed - to the sunrays. Remember, sunrays are the trigger of the skin cancer. When it is a must for you to do the outdoor activities, you have to apply the sun block into the high risk of sun exposing body parts. Long sleeve clothes and a hat can do more protection for you. When you are swimming, you have to reapply the sun block in every 2 hours and right after the activity is done. The sun block should be in SPF 50. By these ways you can surely be able in preventing yourself in suffering for the skin cancer.

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