With
increased use of sunning salons, more powerful tanning machines and a quest for
the perfect bronzed look, it is clear that young adults and teenagers are
exposing themselves to harmful UV rays, in addition to sunbathing outside.
There are so many calls now from health groups and cancer experts for people to
be educated on how to protect themselves from potentially lethal UV rays, with
professional advisory boards saying it is ‘crucial’ to understand the
importance of taking care in the sun.
July is UV
Safety Awareness Month and a leading specialist, American assistant professor of
dermatology at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, Dr. Hooman Khorasani spoke
of his views, not just of American teens and young adults but for those across
the western hemisphere:
“Young women
are a bigger problem group because since the 1970s and 80s, all of our
magazines and TV have portrayed tan as being a beautiful skin. The likelihood
of women going to a tanning salon or sun tanning is much more common than for
men. There’s a clear correlation between melanoma and prolonged exposure to the
sun/tanning beds. It’s one of the main reasons melanoma is the number one skin
cancer in women in their 20s.”
He added,
“Young people in their twenties and thirties feel invincible, they don’t feel
like they are going to get cancer. They think that’s something that happens to
older patients. They shake their heads. You think they are listening, but they
are not,” he said.
Based in
Harrogate, Yorkshire, The Remnant House is a family run business providing an
exceptional range of materials and haberdashery supplies. A company that not
only holds fashion as their focal point, their take on utilising summer fabrics
to help young people be creative whilst covering up in the sun is also a big
priority. Their spokesperson points out:
“We are a
nation that loves the sunshine, jumping at every opportunity to catch the warm,
relaxing rays as they briefly hit our shores during summers that are invariably
too short lived. Wanting to gain the most of the British summer, protective
sunscreen and choosing to loosely cover up is simply not on the safety agenda
of many young people, leading to many cases of sunstroke and sunburn that can
so easily transform into even more serious conditions.”
Their
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sarongs mean that you don’t have to risk burning this summer, with a terrific
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