May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. To celebrate, we asked our Facebook fans and Twitter followers to tell us how “aware” they’ve become over the years. Yes, we wanted to hear all the great habits they’ve adopted to prevent skin cancer, but we also wanted to hear all the stuff they look back on with regret, too — just to show how far we’ve all come.
Let’s just say we have a very honest group of followers. Take a look. And, remember: Dr. Zein Obagi insists that SPF is your best defense against aging, too. Apply it liberally for its many benefits.
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PAYING THE PRICE: Becky regrets spending more money on her tanning salon passes than her skincare products in the early ’90s.
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STYLE SOLUTIONS: Karen is proud to carry umbrellas and sport trendy hats to protect herself from the sun’s damaging rays.
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THAT’S (NOT) AMORE: Tanji can’t believe she once told friends she didn’t have to worry about skin cancer because her Italian skin wasn’t susceptible burning.
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GREASE ISN’T THE WORD: Liz can’t believe she used baby oil in place of sunscreen as a teenager.
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WHAT’S UP, DOC?: Felicita is glad she knows enough about skin cancer to schedule a dermatologist appointment whenever she or one of her kids gets a strange mole or spot on their skin.
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BURNING BED: Kirsten wishes she didn’t believe the people who told her tanning beds were safe because they didn’t have UVB rays. Forget about the powerful UVA rays to which she was exposing her skin!
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CHECK PLEASE: Elizabeth wears her SPF with pride and visits a dermatologist once a year for a mole check, just to be safe.
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FAIREST OF THEM ALL: Lea is thrilled that she learned to love her fair skin and no longer needs a tan to feel pretty.
I receive skin cancer screenings every 6 months now and do not hesitate to act if a suspicious area appears in the meantime that maybe Actinic keratosis.
I am very grateful that Obagi NuDerm revealed not only beautiful healthy skin cells but also brought attention to not so healthy skin cells that needed medical attention.
The first spot which appeared on my upper lip has been the hardest one to eliminate, I hope only because I was slow to respond to a peeling area on my upper lip when my whole face was going through the peeling and flaking duirng the 16 week NuDerm regimen. That’s somewhat understandable, who knew?
It was after all the peeling and flaking was over with the exception of that one spot which would heal and flake off only to reappear again. That should have given me a clue and I am not the dense, I just did not suspect anything.The affected area was about the diameter of a dime.
This went on for approximately one year and then a red, crusty area appeared on the right temple area and a small red spot on my forehead. when these appeared I knew I needed to go to the dermatologist.
That was a few years back and I have returned to Obagi NuDerm, now in
NuDerm and ZO Skin Health maintenance and love it including mandatory sunscreen! Also, six month skin cancer screenings!
Thank you, Dr. Zein Obagi!