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Types of skin moles
Melanoma

Types of skin moles and how to know if they’re safe

While for many of us moles are just brown spots on our body we may not pay much attention to, they come in various shapes, sizes, and forms that can tell us important things about our skin health. Understanding all types of skin moles helps us identify any suspicious spots for skin cancer and keep our skin healthy.

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Basal Cell Carcinoma
Melanoma

Skin signs that you are in need of some vitamin D

We all know two things when it comes to our skin: we should never spend too long out in the sun because of the risk of skin cancer and we need sunlight to get enough vitamin D. These two facts may seem like they oppose each other directly. How on earth do you get enough sun without getting too much? And how does vitamin D benefit me?

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Melanoma

Skin check Auckland: what are your options?

When it comes to looking after your skin health, regular skin checks need to be part of your routine. Especially when you live in an area where UV exposure levels are high, as well as skin cancer incidence. New Zealand is an example of that kind of high-risk country. So what are your options when you want to do a skin check? Let’s take a look at the situation in Auckland.

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Skin cancer symptoms
Detection

Skin cancer symptoms: what to look out for

Most cancers have some quite obvious signs: lumps and bumps, tenderness, pain or sickness. But when it comes to skin cancer symptoms, they aren’t always as simple to identify. Skin cancer is growing slowly and often free of glaring warning signs. This means that the early detection of skin cancer can be tricky.

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Melanoma

To tan or not to tan – The risks and benefits

These days we all know about the dangers of sun exposure – it can lead to skin damage, skin cancer, and melanoma. But not so long ago it was advised to get a “healthy” tan and to soak up the sun to stay looking and feeling good. This is further complicated by the latest news that many of us are not getting enough vitamin D due to our habit of staying indoors. So what is the right advice and how much of a summer glow can we get before the benefits are outweighed by the risks- to tan or not to tan, that is the question.

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Australians beware: sunscreen may not be enough to protect your skin

Australians have had the message about Slip, Slop, Slap for more than 30 years and for many of us, putting on sunscreen is a daily part of getting ready to face the often harsh and hot sun we are exposed to. But a new study has indicated that sunscreen may not be offering us the protection we need and that we could end up with skin cancer anyway. With two out of every three Australians developing skin cancer by the age of 75, this message is one that needs to be heard. In this article we ask the question, does sunscreen work alone?

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Are you pregnant? Keep a close look on skin cancer symptoms

Pregnancy is an exciting time of growth, development, and changes to a woman’s body. Throughout pregnancy, women are advised to manage their health and wellbeing closely, to offer security for the unborn child and ease throughout the nine months gestation period. Healthy skin should be of utmost importance for pregnant women, both from an aesthetic and medical point of view. You may have heard about a link between skin cancer and pregnancy, so what are the facts?

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World Cancer Day: so what can you do?

Raising awareness for skin cancer risk is one of our primary goals at SkinVision. Therefore we fully support World Cancer Day, which is happening today. It’s a worldwide campaign and its success depends on the support of the public: so what can you do?

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Finding balance in chasing vitamin D and avoiding skin cancer

The UK might be one of the most cultural, cosmopolitan and diverse countries in the world, but it’s not renowned for the exceptional levels of sunshine. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, the gloomy and grey climates encourage Brits to seek out the sun as often as they can. With the damaging effects of sun exposure widely reported, it is still clear that they are prepared to take risks in the pursuit of increasing our vitamin D intake.

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Melanoma

Half of Queensland’s female students still attempt to tan

New research from the Australian Secondary Students’ Alcohol and Drug survey shows that students in Queensland still attempt to tan in the summer. It seems they are ignoring the fact that tanning has a direct impact on skin cancer risk. The outcome of the survey reveals that it is primarily girls as opposed to boys are still into tanning.

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