DermTV – Skin Cancer Awareness Month [DermTV.com Epi #402]

Every May, it’s Skin Cancer Awareness Month. But what does that really mean? And how can we all take advantage of it? In this DermTV episode, Dr. Schultz answers those questions. Congratulations to Ivan! This week’s trivia winner with “UVA rays.” Connect with DermTV: www.facebook.com www.twitter.com [TRANSCRIPT] Hi. Today, I’m going to tell you a little bit about the hot goddess named Bila, Skin Cancer Awareness Month and how to get a free skin cancer exam by a dermatologist. And stay tuned until the end of this episode for the question of the day; if you answer it correctly, you’ll have a chance to win a free skincare product! May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month. May is also the time we start to think about the summer, beaches and bathing suites. And it’s the time when you should start thinking about the Aboriginal Goddess Bila. Bila?!? She is none other than the Aboriginal Goddess of the sun. And she wasn’t the nicest. In fact, she used to roast people over an open fire… Which if you think about it, isn’t that different than your being roasted under the open fire that we call the sun. And too much unprotected roasting causes premature photo aging, lines and wrinkles, and worst of all, skin cancer. Now, did you know that skin cancer is the most common cancer, resulting in more than 10000 deaths each year in this country? And paradoxically, it’s also the most preventable. So what’s wrong here? People either don’t think about skin cancer, or they don’t focus on …