People who have had skin cancer are always at higher risk of developing future skin cancers, but tattoos do not increase that risk. However, it’s never a good idea to have a tattoo placed too close to (or over) a mole.
People who have had skin cancer are always at higher risk of developing future skin cancers, but tattoos do not increase that risk. However, it’s never a good idea to have a tattoo placed too close to (or over) a mole.
July is UV Safety Awareness Month and we want to remind you: Don’t get burned! Sunburn happens quickly and hurts you in more ways than one:
Our president, Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD, is here to set the record straight. Sunscreen does NOT cause skin cancer; sunscreen helps to PREVENT skin cancer.
Our 2024 Destination Healthy Skin (DHS) free screening and education program has reached its mid-season break. Each year, the program brings hope and progress in the fight against skin cancer, helping thousands of people along the way.
Misinformation about sunscreen safety has been circulating on social media for years. The most recent claim, that wearing sunscreen is harmful and may even cause skin cancer, is not only false but dangerous. We asked a top expert, Elizabeth Buzney, MD, outpatient clinical director of the Department of Dermatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and assistant professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, to weigh in on this concerning trend. She also serves on The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Photobiology Committee.
Most people who go to the podiatrist would never expect to get biopsied and diagnosed with a rare, dangerous skin cancer. But that’s exactly what happened to Dorothy Overstreet. Now, she wants to educate people about acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) and how to detect it.
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month! Starting today and throughout the spring, we’re speaking up about the world’s most common cancer. Visit our website for everything you need to know, including accurate, medically reviewed skin cancer information, images and videos.
The best sunscreen is the one you’ll use, so researchers wanted to dig a bit deeper into what makes people use sunscreen, how they apply it and when — with the hopes of getting more people to do it more regularly.
In 2013, at just 19 years of age, Amy Callaghan, Scottish National Party candidate for Mid Dunbartonshire, was diagnosed with melanoma. Here is her story.
A retired NYPD detective, who spent his career looking for clues, learned a tough lesson about how to identify skin cancer warning signs that were hiding in plain sight.
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