Beach Trading Blog

May is skin cancer awareness month and to help bring awareness to this potentially deadly disease Olay and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, (ASDS), have teamed together and invite you and a friend to get a free skin cancer screening.

Go to their site Skin Cancer Takes Friends to find a dermatologist who is participating in this life saving program.

We at Beach Trading know how important it is to always protect your skin from the sun’s harmful UV rays. That’s why we not only sell sunscreen and rash guard shirts but we use them too!

Did you know:

• One person dies every hour from skin cancer.
• One in five Americans will develop skin cancer.
• Skin cancer in women under 40 has tripled in the past 30 years.
• Five sunburns double your chance of getting skin cancer.
• UV exposure at tanning salons is just as risky as sunbathing outside.
• People with fair skin that burns rather than tans, people with red hair and people with blue eyes are at greater risk of developing skin cancer.
• People who have many (extensive) freckles on their upper back are at a greater risk of developing skin cancer.
• People who have a history of sunburns, especially during childhood, are at a greater risk.
• The depletion of the ozone layer may be significantly affecting the incidence of melanoma.
• Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and exposure at high altitudes are the most dangerous times to be exposed to the sun.
• Those with an impaired immune system — especially those who have had an organ transplant, leukemia or lymphoma — are at a greater risk of melanoma.
• According to one study, the use of a sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher during the first 18 years of life would cut lifetime risk of melanoma by 78%.

The facts tell a horrible truth - skin cancer kills and the sun is the culprit so play it safe when you’re outside and wear UV protective clothing and sunblock even if it’s cloudy.