As a redhead, I've rebelled against sun protection my whole life. (You would too if you were forced to wear a T-shirt at the beach.) I slathered on tanning oils, lounged by the pool 'til I was flamingo-pink and even slid into those cancer booths (shudder) along with the rest of my wannabe-bronze friends. So, nothing like a few scary stats from
The Skin Cancer Foundation to make me realize I was being terribly ignorant: 90% of all premature aging and skin cancers are caused by sun exposure, so (not surprisingly) skin cancer is officially the most
common form of cancer in the U.S., affecting more than 1 million people a year. 1 in 5 Americans and 1 in 3 Caucasians will develop it in a lifetime and—while it's less common in African Americas, Latinos and Asians—it's deadlier as it more often goes undetected. Still, the scariest news? Your risk for skin cancer
doubles if you’ve had five or more sunburns—
ever. Don't box up that bikini just yet, though, because there's still hope: Sephora and The Skin Care Foundation have co-designed a nifty, beach bag-size
Sun Safety Kit, packed with all sorts of sunscreens and moisturizers to protect you from those big, bad rays. So bask in the summer weather, by all means. Just make it
safe fun in the sun.
As a redhead, I've rebelled against sun protection my whole life. (You would too if you were forced to wear a T-shirt at the beach.) I slathered on tanning oils, lounged by the pool 'til I was flamingo-pink and even slid into those cancer booths (shudder) along with the rest of my wannabe-bronze friends. So, nothing like a few scary stats from The Skin Cancer Foundation to make me realize I was being terribly ignorant: 90% of all premature aging and skin cancers are caused by sun exposure, so (not surprisingly) skin cancer is officially the most common form of cancer in the U.S., affecting more than 1 million people a year. 1 in 5 Americans and 1 in 3 Caucasians will develop it in a lifetime and—while it's less common in African Americas, Latinos and Asians—it's deadlier as it more often goes undetected. Still, the scariest news? Your risk for skin cancer doubles if you’ve had five or more sunburns—ever. Don't box up that bikini just yet, though, because there's still hope: Sephora and The Skin Care Foundation have co-designed a nifty, beach bag-size Sun Safety Kit, packed with all sorts of sunscreens and moisturizers to protect you from those big, bad rays. So bask in the summer weather, by all means. Just make it safe fun in the sun.
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