Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Protect Your Skin: May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month


As we’re already a week into Skin Cancer Awareness Month, we thought now would be a good time to talk about Neutrogena’s annual partnership with the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). Its Choose Skin Health campaign will be running through July and encourages Americans to regularly perform skin self-examinations and protect themselves from the sun. And since nothing hammers a point home like a celebrity-endorsed statement, the brand has a few boldfacers on board this year, too: Jennifer Garner is on print duty, while Malin Akerman stars in a skintimate video running on its Web site. One of the best features of the program is its database of doctors, all of whom are offering free skin cancer detection screenings this month. Click here to find a physician near you. In similar news, Aveeno kicked off its “Road to Healthy Skin Tour” this week, which also offers free full-body skin cancer screenings inside a 38-foot traveling mobile home, conducted by local board-certified dermatologists. (Yes, stripping down in an RV sounds a little shady, but the stats posted on Aveeno’s site about cancerous markings that’ve already been found on participants are staggering.)

Looking for more on great skincare? Check out Skincare in the Beauty Counter blog


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  • Doktor Eevol's Avatar
    Posted by Doktor Eevol Thu May 7, 2009 6:04pm PDT

    I had surgery last year to remove some funky moles. It turned out to be nothing after the tests came back but PLEASE - if you see anything weird or funny get thee to an MD. Skin cancer is the easiest cancer to detect and treat, as long as you catch it early enough. Yay for skin cancer awareness.

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    Posted by honestly Thu May 7, 2009 6:52pm PDT

    My husband had a mole on his head that even the doctor felt looked like nothing. It turned out to be a stage 4 (depth) melenoma. Thank God it had not yet spread to his lymphnodes. It is very hard to treat melenoma once it gets that far. Please be safe in the sun! You are better off pale than scarred from surgeries of cancer removals and way better off pale than dead.

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    Posted by TiffanyQ Fri May 8, 2009 8:11am PDT

    one of my mom's friends has breast cancer from tanning all of the time and she survied all three times it came back (a miracle from God)

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