The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal

MAY 2014

The 2012 edition of The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal features medically reviewed, reader-friendly articles such as tanning, the increasing incidence of skin cancer diagnoses among young women, & the prevalence of melanoma among white males over 50.

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S K I N C A N C E R F O U N D A T I O N J O U R N A L 18 RAYS? RAVAGED BY THE We all have seen the skin of sun worshippers who have spent decades lying in immobile bliss beneath the raging sun. Their faces and chests, similar to expensive luggage, appear leathery and rough, lined with broken blood vessels, thickened precancerous keratoses, brown age spots, and deep furrows. How dermatologists can repair and reverse sun damage Sun-damaged skin surrounding skin that has been shielded by a wristwatch N o longer do people compliment them on their "won- derful color" or "great tan," because over the years the sun has damaged their skin to the point where it looks blotchy, uneven, wrinkled, and just plain old. This premature aging, caused by the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays (UVR), is known as photodamage or photoaging. It is the fate sufered by those who have spent much of their lives outdoors without using sunscreen and other precautions. 1 A good way to visualize the dramatic diference between nor- mal, chronologic aging and photoaging is to observe the skin on your buttocks and compare it to the skin on your face. The area that has not been exposed to the sun will be signifcantly smoother, more uniform in color, and less wrinkled. Or, if you wear a wristwatch every day, compare the skin under your watch, which has been protected from the sun, with the rest of the chronically exposed skin on your arm. Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD Beauty & Anti-Aging

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