Sunburns During Teen Years = Melanoma Risk

Sunburns During Teen Years = Melanoma Risk

After spending the past several months cooped up in classrooms, millions of teens are ready to have their fun in the sun as the school year comes to a close. However, not to be a raining on anyone’s paradel, but they should avoid have too much fun under the sun.

A new, large-scale study found that getting five or more blistering sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20 is linked with an 80 percent increased chance of developing melanoma — the most dangerous type of skin cancer. And nasty sunburns, regardless of age, increased people’s chances of developing less deadly basal and squamous cell carcinomas.

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