Lip Balms, Glosses And Skin Cancer
April 28, 2008 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
What kind of lip balms or glosses do you use? You may want to stay away from the shiny ones as they may attract ultraviolet rays (UV rays of the sun) and thereby increase the rtisk of skin cancer.
Such were the findings of Dr. Christine Brown, a dermatologist at at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
Lips are more susceptible than skin to aging from chronic sun damage and also more prone to developing serious cancers.
“When skin cancer occurs on the lower lip, it has the potential to be much more aggressive and metastasize to surrounding lymph nodes,” Brown said …read more




