| The other day, I was taken by the hair | | | | experts, of all of the types of skin cancer, |
| coloring of a clerk at the local store. I | | | | Melanoma is "the rarest and the most |
| commented on how beautiful it was, with the | | | | virulent...." It is typically found in people |
| dark base and the natural-looking streaks, as | | | | with fair skin, light hair, and/or light |
| if the sun had touched her alone; and we | | | | eyes, though it is possible in others with |
| began a conversation of how when we were | | | | different complexions, and as the experts |
| younger we would not have to use any hair | | | | above also assert, does not exempt those with |
| dyes: we just sprayed SunIn on our hair and | | | | dark brown or black skin. Identifiable |
| laid out in the sun for an hour or two. This | | | | symptoms contain, mostcommonly, a mole |
| of course led us to discussing the near | | | | changing color, size, shape, or state (starts |
| impossibility of doing that now, as we have | | | | oozing or bleeding), or a mole that UMM notes |
| blasted the ozone layer(s) so hard we have | | | | "feels itchy, hard, lumpy, swollen, or tender |
| created a direct line between us and the | | | | to the touch." |
| harsher (more deadly) rays of the sun (and | | | | |
| no, SunIn is a pump spray, not an aerosol, so | | | | Squamous Cell Carcinoma-Also called |
| we didn't have to go there with culpability | | | | non-melanoma skin cancer, Squamous Cell |
| and irony and all). | | | | Carcinoma usually begins as a red-looking, |
| | | | scaly patch or patches of skin, or can appear |
| But you probably didn't come here to read | | | | as nodules. Of the three types of skin |
| about hair coloring techniques that are | | | | cancer, Squamous, affecting Caucasians, |
| sun-free or chemical free, for that matter | | | | usually fair-complected, is the second most |
| ...at least not specifically. You came | | | | common and shows up, typically, on the ears |
| looking for information on the different | | | | (ear-rims), face, lips, and mouth. |
| types of skin cancer. The speculation and | | | | |
| theory does hold some proof against chemicals | | | | Basal Cell Carcinoma - The second of the |
| in-ahem-health and beauty products; and it | | | | types of skin cancer, Basal Cell Cancer, |
| does point to the sun's "damaging rays" as a | | | | typically starts as a "small, fleshy bump or |
| possible cause, etc., but here, since we | | | | nodule," most commonly found on the head, |
| aren't medical professionals, specialist, or | | | | neck, and/or hands. Of the three types of |
| experts, the info on the types of skin cancer | | | | skin cancer, Basal Cell Carcinoma, which is |
| is going to be basic and absent of | | | | typically found in Caucasians, say those at |
| finger-pointing, if you will: | | | | UMM, make up "more than 90 percent in the |
| | | | U.S.. |
| There are three types of skin cancer: Basal | | | | |
| Cell Carcinoma (a.k.a. non-melanoma skin | | | | My mother had the second most common of the |
| cancer); Squamous Cell Carcinoma; and | | | | types of skin cancer, on her lip, and while |
| Melanoma. | | | | we at first teased her that it was herpes, |
| | | | she was smart enough to know it was a "sun |
| Melanoma (also, Cutaneous Melanoma, Malignant | | | | blister" and quick enough to catch it by |
| Melanoma) - Cancer cells are growing in the | | | | going to a specialist. That's the good news, |
| melanocytes, the cells that are responsible | | | | to give you hope when you bemoan the loss of |
| for skin pigmentation. According to | | | | days picnicking, swimming, and "bathing" |
| University of Maryland medicine and other | | | | under the wonderful sun. |