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- Category: Ask the Expert
- Ask the Expert: Which Is Better, a Combination Insect Repellent and Sunscreen or Separate Products?
- Ask the Expert: Can I Avoid a Scar?
- Ask the Expert: Why Do Some Skin Cancers Go Untreated?
- Ask the Expert: Why Have Your “ABCDEs” for the Warning Signs of Melanoma Changed?
- Ask the Expert: What Does It Mean if I Get an Inconclusive Biopsy Result?
- Ask the Expert: Does My Blood Pressure Medicine Increase My Skin Cancer Risk?
- Ask the Expert: What Do You Say to a Client?
- Ask the Expert: Is Skin Protection More Important During “Sun Season”?
- Ask the Expert: Do Cosmetic Dermatology Treatments Make Your Skin Sun Sensitive?
- Ask the Expert: Are Photos of Skin Cancer a Reliable Indicator?
- Ask the Expert: How Often Do I Need to Reapply Sunscreen If I’m Indoors All Day?
- Ask the Expert: What is Board Certification?
- Is It Time to Seek a Second Opinion?
- Ask the Expert: Are the UV Lamps in the Dryers at the Nail Salon Safe to Use?
- Ask the Expert: Can Laser Treatment for Sun Damaged Skin Cause Skin Cancer?
- Ask the Expert: Do I Have to Wear Sunscreen Under My Mask?
- Ask the Expert: Is There a Skin Cancer Crisis in People of Color?
- Ask the Expert: How Should You Tell Children That You Need Skin Cancer Surgery?
- Ask the Expert: Does a High SPF Protect My Skin Better?
- Ask the Expert: How Is Telemedicine Helping During the COVID-19 Crisis?
- Ask the Expert: What Will Help Me Feel Less Nervous About My Lip Cancer?
- Ask the Expert: My Hands Are Suffering from Repeated Washing. How Can I Keep Them Healthy and Sun-safe?
- Ask the Expert: How Can I Protect My Scalp Better?
- Ask the Expert: Does Being Pregnant Increase Your Melanoma Risk?
- Ask the Expert: Why Are More Men Dying of Skin Cancer?
- Ask the Expert: Can a Tanning Bed Safely Provide Me with the Vitamin D I Need?
- Ask the Expert: Can a Tattoo Increase Skin Cancer Risk?
- Ask the Expert: How Much Sunscreen Should I Be Using on My Face and Body?
- Ask the Expert: Is It Possible to Have Melanoma Without Having a Cancerous Mole?
- Ask the Expert: Can You Get Skin Cancer “Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine?” Should You Remove All Clothing for a Skin Exam?
- Ask the Expert: Can You Safely Use Sunscreen Around Your Eyes? If so, What Kind Would Be Best?
- Ask the Expert: Can I Go to My Primary Care Physician for a Skin Exam?
- Ask the Expert: Does a Sunscreen Stay Effective After Its Expiration Date?
- Ask the Expert: Where on the Body Do You Find the Most Skin Cancer?
- Ask the Expert: Is It Normal to Get New Moles in Your 30s?
- Ask the Expert: What Is the Difference Between a Precancer and an Atypical Mole?
- Ask the Expert: Does a Biopsy Hurt?
- Ask The Expert: Can Skin Cancer Come Back?
- Ask the Expert: Mole Mapping
- Ask the Expert: Stop Cancer Before It Starts
- Ask the Expert: Painful Moles
- Ask the Expert: How Do I Convince My Father to Have His Skin Cancer Treated?
- Category: Child Sun Safety
- How to Read a Sunscreen Label
- How to Talk to Your Teen About Tanning
- Back-to-School Sun Safety
- Spot the Sun Protection!
- Parents: How Do You Stack Up on Sun Protection?
- Bringing up a Sun-Safe Baby
- Should I Take My Child to the Dermatologist? What to Know About Childhood Skin Cancer
- 10 Fingers, 10 Toes, 10 Sun Protection Essentials
- Sun-Safe Babies
- Category: Destination Healthy Skin
- That’s a Wrap: Our 12,000 Mile Journey Comes to An End
- He Never Thought Skin Cancer Would Happen to Him. And Then It Did.
- Bidding July a Goodbye: Destination Healthy Skin Update
- 350 Skin Cancer Screenings in June!
- There’s Something About May
- 920 Free Skin Cancer Screenings in 21 Communities
- 750+ Free Screenings to Date!
- More than 500 Free Screenings in the Books!
- 6 Cities in the Books; 15 to Go!
- And We’re Off!
- Intuition, Luck, Opportunity
- We Will Be Back on the Road in 2021!
- Stories from the Road: A Melanoma Almost Missed
- “Burn, Peel, Repeat”: A Stage IV Melanoma Survivor Reflects on His Youthful Mistakes
- Category: Healthy Lifestyle
- A Sun Smart Resolution: Three Ways to Lower Your Skin Cancer Risk in 2023
- 3 Reasons Why Your Sunscreen Isn’t Working
- Get Your Skin Examined!
- Men: What’s Under That Beard?
- Surprising Signs of Sun Damage
- Defend Your Skin: NFL Coach Shares 3 Tips for Skin Cancer Prevention
- The Scoop on Poop
- What Does Gut Health Have to Do with Skin Health?
- Indoor Tanning 101: Do You Know the Risks?
- A Haircut Could Save Your Life
- Our Staff Gets Out!
- Summer Vacation Slipups: How to Treat a Sunburn
- 5 Sneaky Ways You’re Being Exposed to the Sun’s UV Rays
- 10 Ways to Boost Your Sunscreen
- The Irresistible Calm of Nature
- 4 Skin Conditions That Can Affect Skin Cancer Detection and Treatment
- How to Perform a Skin Self-Exam, and What to Look For
- The Sun Keeps Rising: Why Seniors Can’t Skip UV Protection
- Groundhog Day Kick Off: Follow Our Winter Skin Care Series
- Spotlight on Seasonal Depression: Why Indoor Tanning Isn’t an Effective Treatment
- Embrace Your Scars
- The UV Index: Know Your Risk
- Red Alert!
- Layering Is the Key!
- Skin Cancer Detection Through Touch, Technology and Teamwork
- High Altitude, High Risk, Part 3
- The Mind-Skin Stress Connection, Part 1
- High Altitude, High Risk, Part 1
- Never Too Early, Never Too Late
- A Surprising Danger in Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Are You at Risk for Skin Cancer?
- I Heard it Through the Grapevine: New Research Shows Grapes May Offer UV Protection
- Healthy Skin in Your Pocket
- Social Media and Skin Cancer: The Benefits, the Drawbacks for Patients Seeking Support
- DIY Don’ts: Why At-Home Mole Removal Is a Bad Idea
- Against the Wind
- Sun Safe Partners: New Research Shows Support from Your Spouse Can Help Improve Sun Protection Habits
- 5 Tips for Taking Care of Your Lips
- Cold Dry Air Requires a Little Extra Skin Care
- Even Snow Days Are Sun Days
- Don’t Fall for It: You Still Need Sun Protection
- Hispanic Doesn’t Mean Immune to Skin Cancer
- 9 Tips for Taking Your Medication Safely: What Skin Cancer Patients Need to Know
- Cycling and Sun Protection
- Is Your Medication Making Your Eyes Sensitive to the Sun?
- 10 (Mostly Inexcusable) Excuses for Delaying a Skin Check
- Driving Your Risk for Skin Cancer
- Innovations in Skin Protection, Part 2: The Big Trends in Sunscreens
- Can Ultraviolet Light Kill Germs?
- Great Skin Is Made in the Shade
- Why Does My Skin Peel When I Get Sunburned, and What Should I Do About It?
- Five Tips to Prepare for a Teledermatology Appointment
- 3 Things to Look for When You’re Looking for Skin Cancer
- Getting Pregnant After a Melanoma Diagnosis: What You Need to Know
- Is It Possible to Reverse Sun Damage?
- What’s the Sunscreen Situation?
- Early Detection Starts with You
- Not All UV Rays Stay Outside: How Window Film Can Help Protect You
- A Magazine Beauty Director’s Inside Look at the World of Sun Protection
- More Than One?
- Ask the Expert: Sunscreen and Acne
- Healthy Skin: Made in the Shade?
- Photoaging: What You Need to Know About the Other Kind of Aging
- When You’re Extra Sensitive to Sunlight: What You Need to Know About Photosensitivity
- When Beauty Products Cause Sun Sensitivity
- You Missed a Spot! Lower Your Skin Cancer Risk by Protecting These Often-Missed Areas
- Can Working as a Firefighter Increase Your Risk of Skin Cancer?
- Can a Medical Condition Increase Your Risk of Skin Cancer?
- Breaking Down Broad-Spectrum Protection: Why Your Sunscreen Needs to Have it
- Are Your Meds Increasing Your Risk of Skin Cancer?
- Get the Most Out of Your Sunscreen
- Can White Wine Increase Your Risk for Skin Cancer?
- Sunscreen Safety
- Men on the Hook
- Sun Protection and Vitamin D
- Going the Distance for Healthy Skin
- Peak Performance Skin Care Tips
- Making Your Sunscreen Work With Your Makeup
- Examining Your Skin for Signs of Skin Cancer Just Got Easier
- Healthy Skin, Happy Employees
- Fake it to Make it: Sunless Tanning Explained
- Are You in the Know About This Sun Protection Strategy?
- Dress to Protect: 5 Things that Affect How Well Your Clothes Block UV Rays
- For(e)ging Good Sun Protection Habits on the Golf Course
- Riding with a Cause: Women’s Sportbike Rally Promotes Skin Cancer Awareness and Prevention
- Reapply on the Fourth of July
- Can Your Diet Help Prevent Skin Cancer?
- Nah Nah Nah Nah Hey Hey Hey Don’t Fry
- Pack Your Bags and Your Sun Protection
- On My Honor, I Will Practice Sun Safe Behaviors
- Working at Sun Safety
- Keeping Your Wedding Guests Safe From the Sun
- Protect Your Pets From Skin Cancer!
- Helping Hands
- The Search for the Perfect Hat
- Boost Your Mood Without Basking in the Sun
- At the Old Ball Game
- All Skin Tones Need Sun Protection, Doll!
- Category: Inside The Skin Cancer Foundation
- What We’re Grateful for at The Skin Cancer Foundation
- Protect Your Pets From Skin Cancer!
- Celebrating the Women of The Skin Cancer Foundation
- Spotlight on Skin Cancer Early Detection
- Research Reaches Higher – Planting the Seeds, Part 2
- Research Reaches Higher – Planting the Seeds, Part 1
- Say What?!
- Building the Robins Nest
- In A Year of Hardship, You Helped Us Make So Much Happen
- The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow
- The Skin Cancer Foundation’s First 40 Years: 10 Points of Pride
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Hosts Annual Champions for Change Gala, Raises Over $600,000 for Lifesaving Programs
- Are You Brave Enough to #EatTheBean?
- Spotlight on Supporters: Fundraising Events by Friends of the Foundation
- Grants Spur Lifesaving Research
- When You Just Know
- Funding Research to Save Lives
- This Is Only the Beginning
- A Dermatologist on a Mission
- Behind the Scenes: My First Skin Cancer Foundation Gala
- Our Pioneer in Fighting Skin Cancer
- Welcome to the New Sun & Skin News!
- Category: News & Research
- Gaining Momentum in Research
- Emerging Technologies for High-Risk Skin Cancers: Tools for Informed Decision Making
- Do You Know What Is Living on Your Skin?
- The Future of Skin Health May Be Inside You
- More Progress, More Hope, More Time
- Is Virtual Medicine Here to Stay?
- Our New Approach to a Challenging Skin Cancer Statistic
- Skin Cancer Research Sparks Results: Spotlight on Our 2020 Grants
- Can Viruses Lead to Skin Cancer?
- She Took It and Ran with It
- Have You Heard of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma?
- History of Smoking Affects How the Body Fights Melanoma
- A “Sunscreen Gene”?
- The Year in Skin Cancer News
- New Treatment, New Hope for Those with Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- FDA Approval of Nivolumab for Stage III Melanoma: What it Means for the Immunotherapy Revolution
- 2017 Skin Cancer News That Grabbed Our Attention
- Category: Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- Category: Skin Cancer Information
- What is Palliative Care? Understanding an Important Support System for People with Advanced Skin Cancer
- From Beauty Mark to Melanoma
- Looking for Clues: Lesser-Known Signs of Skin Cancer
- Bob Marley Should Not Have Died from Melanoma
- How Serious Is a Squamous Cell Carcinoma?
- Defining Skin Cancer
- How Dangerous is Melanoma? It’s All a Matter of Timing
- Mohs Surgery: 5 Things to Know Before You Go
- Is Basal Cell Carcinoma Serious? Let’s Ask Hugh Jackman.
- Building Your Skin Cancer Team
- When a Common Skin Cancer Advances
- Is Actinic Keratosis Skin Cancer? What You Need to Know About this Common Condition
- Amelanotic Melanoma: It Doesn’t Look Like Other Melanomas
- Family Matters: What You Should Know About Your Family’s History of Melanoma
- Mohs Surgery for the Newly Diagnosed: What You Need to Know
- Dermatologists + Machines: Better Together? Part 3
- Dermatologists + Machines: Better Together? Part 2
- Out of Tragedy Comes Hope: Why I Joined the Movement
- Feel Like a Human Whack-a-Mole Game? You Might Need Field Therapy.
- A New Frontier: What It’s Like to Experience Immunotherapy Treatment for Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Coping with Advanced Melanoma During Pregnancy
- The Clock Starts … Now!
- What is Immunotherapy? Understanding the Newest, Most Promising Merkel Cell Carcinoma Treatment
- What is the Flap Technique in Skin Cancer Surgery?
- Focus on Eyelid Skin Cancers: Early Detection and Treatment
- You Need A Biopsy. Now What Happens? Part 2
- You Need A Biopsy. Now What Happens? Part 1
- Skin Cancer Risk in the Military
- Do I Have Skin Cancer?
- More Than Moles: When Melanoma Doesn’t Look Like You Think It Should
- Melanoma at Its Most Curable
- Do You Know Mohs? What to Expect Before, During and After the Procedure
- After a Transplant: New Dangers
- Money Worries and Melanoma
- Ask the Expert: Why Am I Having Surgery to Remove a Small Basal Cell Carcinoma?
- Category: Tanning
- Indoor Tanning Legislation: Here’s Where We Stand
- An Editor Reflects on Her Eye-Opening Article that Exposed Indoor Tanning at Universities
- 5 Myths of Indoor Tanning, Busted!
- Confessions of a Former Tanning Salon Employee
- Teen Tanning: A Short-Term Decision With Long-Term Consequences
- Can You Be Addicted to Tanning? New Study Says Yes
- Ask the Expert: Just a Little Tan?
- Going for Bronze: Indoor Tanning in the World of Cheerleading
- Dangers of Indoor Tanning on College Campuses
- Ashley’s Journey
- Category: The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal
- Look Who’s Talking About Early Detection!
- Sidelined by Skin Cancer?
- When a Child Gets Skin Cancer
- A Lifetime in the Sun
- How Immunotherapy Is Like an Old Western Movie
- Clinically Speaking
- High Altitude, High Risk, Part 2
- The Mind-Skin Stress Connection, Part 2: Waiting on Biopsy Results?
- Face Facts
- The Dangers of Doctor Google
- Rossen Rescues Rossen
- Trial and Error
- Innovations in Skin Protection, Part 1: Protecting Across a Broader Spectrum
- Dermatologists + Machines: Better Together? Part 1
- What’s That on the President’s Nose?
- Finding Her Footing
- I Had Melanoma at 25
- Category: This Is Skin Cancer
- A Skin Cancer Spotted at the Salon
- Celebrities and Skin Cancer – They’re Just Like Us
- What They’re Thankful For: Thoughts from The Skin Cancer Foundation Community
- In My Mother’s Eyes: Her Ocular Melanoma Story
- Moving to Fight Melanoma
- Hiding in Plain Sight: NYPD Veteran Uncovers Clues for Detecting Skin Cancer
- After a Melanoma Diagnosis, Actress Michelle Monaghan Got Serious About Skin Health
- Speaking Up and Fighting Skin Cancer
- “What’s That?” Two Simple Words That Saved a Life
- A Hole in My Head
- “We Are All Susceptible”: One Man Shares His Surprising Experience with Skin Cancer
- “Go Get Checked!” Actress Ariana Madix On Why Early Detection Matters
- Wife, Advocate, Motivator: When Someone You Love Is Diagnosed with Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Growing Pains: Coming of Age with Skin Cancer
- Living with Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Survivor Insures His Own Future
- Summer Sanders’ New Direction
- Extra, Extra: A TV Reporter Covers His Own Skin Cancer Story
- An Everlasting Journey to Remaining Cancer-Free
- A Brother’s Story
- A Family Loss
- What They’re Thankful For: Thoughts from The SCF Community
- Camp Sundown: Night Becomes Day
- “You Are My Bucket List”: One Woman’s Journey from Melanoma Diagnosis to Motherhood
- Not My Face!
- Working at The Skin Cancer Foundation Saved His Life
- Through the Lens: Six Melanoma Survivors Share Their Stories
- Making A Difference: Miss Indiana USA Brittany Winchester Aims To Spread Skin Cancer Awareness During Her Reign
- Andy Cohen’s Skin Cancer: A Lesson in Speaking Up
- Category: Why We Give
Press Articles
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Awards $125,000 in Research Grants
- Back-to-School Sun Protection Tips from The Skin Cancer Foundation
- NFL’s Indianapolis Colts Team Up with The Skin Cancer Foundation to Bring Skin Cancer Education and Free Skin Exams to Colts Fans During Training Camp
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Offers Tips on Choosing and Using Sunscreen
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Raises $625,000 For Skin Cancer Education Programs at Annual Champions for Change Gala in New York City
- Skin Cancer Awareness Month Reminder: Obtain Vitamin D Safely Through Diet and Vitamin Supplements
- Skin Cancer Awareness Month Reminder: Teen Tanning Can Have Dangerous Consequences
- May Is Skin Cancer Awareness Month: Are You at Risk?
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Hits the Road with Destination Healthy Skin
- Spray, Don’t Bake: The Skin Cancer Foundation Suggests Indoor Tanning Alternatives for Young Women This Spring
- Three Things You Can Do for Your Skin in 2022
- Destination Healthy Skin, The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Mobile Education and Screening Program, Wraps up Its 2021 Journey
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Shares Winter Sun Protection Tips
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Is Back on the Road with Mobile Skin Cancer Screening Program
- Buffalo Bills’ Head Coach Sean McDermott Teams Up with The Skin Cancer Foundation to Fight the World’s Most Common Cancer
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Awards 2021 Research Grants
- Sun Safety Tips for Outdoor Learning and Recreation
- Sunscreen 101: How to Get the Most out of Your Sun Protection Products
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Awards $125,000 in Research Grants
- Sun Protection and Skin Cancer Awareness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Young Women Looking For a “Healthy Glow” Should Not Turn to Indoor Tanning
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Shares Sun Protection Tips for Tropical Holiday Vacations
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Raises More Than $700,000 at Annual Champions for Change Gala
- Beyond Sunscreen: UPF Clothing Provides Excellent Fall Sun Protection
- Destination: Healthy Skin, The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Mobile Education and Screening Program, Concludes Another Trip Around the Country
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Launches Redesigned Website
- Most Americans Unaware of a Widespread and Potentially Life-Threatening Skin Cancer, According to Skin Cancer Foundation Survey
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Announces a New Approach to Early Detection with “The Big See®”
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Comments on Sunscreen Ingredient Absorption Study
- A Skin Cancer Awareness Month Reminder from The Skin Cancer Foundation: If You Can Spot It, You Can Stop It
- The Skin Cancer Foundation is on the Road Again With Destination: Healthy Skin
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Launches Carcinomas & Keratoses
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Hosts Annual Member Reception in Washington, D.C.
- Spring Break Trips to Tropical Destinations Require Vigilant Sun Protection
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Comments on the FDA’s New Proposed Sunscreen Regulations
- Winter Sun Safety: What to Know About Protecting Yourself During Colder Months
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Raises $600,000 at Champions for Change Gala
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Comments on FDA Approval of Libtayo (Cemiplimab- RWLC), for the Treatment of Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CSCC)
- The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Mobile Education and Screening Program, Destination: Healthy Skin, Ends a Successful Season on the Road
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Hits the Road With Destination: Healthy Skin Program
- What The Skin Cancer Foundation Wants People to Know about Hawaii’s Proposed Ban on the Sale and Distribution of Sunscreens Containing Oxybenzone and Octinoxate
- Skin Cancer Awareness Month Reminder: It’s Never Too Early or Too Late to Reduce Your Skin Cancer Risk
- New Study Shows Further Evidence that Indoor Tanning Is Addictive
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Hosts Annual Member Reception in San Diego, California
- The Skin Cancer Foundation Announces Office Relocation