Lip Service: Are You Inviting Cancer?
May 30, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Beauty, Cancer, Easy Health Tips, Happy Living Tip, Health, Prevention, Womens Health, Your Body
Could applying lip gloss increase your risk of skin cancer?
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Lip gloss: it’s a woman’s staple. For some guys, too, I ’spose, but who am I to judge?
Anyhoo…the use of lip gloss tragically misleads many a person into thinking their lips are protected while out in the sun. Well guess what? They’re not.
In fact, the same super shininess that makes lip gloss lip gloss, can actually be quite detrimental by inviting the sun’s rays right onto your kisser. Think of it as hoisting up a magnifying glass to your lips in the middle of the Sahara. Not cool, right?
Now while no links have actually been made between lip gloss and skin cancer, it is safe to say that when heading out onto the boat or beach this summer, packing an SPF-enhanced lip balm, rather than a shiny sun-seducing gloss, may make good sense. For the best protection, look for a balm with SPF 30 or greater.
And by all means, use sunscreen everywhere else, too, people! Sheesh.
Have fun.
For more medical-y reading on this subject, head to MSN.com
