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Teen Skincare


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Spotting Skin Cancer In general, screening searches for cancer before any symptoms appear. In order to try to spot skin cancer, you need to know what it looks like. The ABCDE acronym for skin cancer screening teaches teens to look for changes in their skin, the most common sign of skin cancer. This may be a new growth, a sore that doesn’t heal or a change in an old growth. Not all skin cancers look the same, and usually they are not painful. Look for a mole, a freckle or a beauty mark with the following description: • Asymmetrical in shape. • Borders that are irregular. • Color changes or variation in color (i.e., different colors within the same region).


• Diameter greater than 6 mm. • Enlargement or change in the shape, borders, color or size (basically ABCD).


The Importance of Self-Screening Anyone with risk factors and/or changes in the skin should be screened. A qualifi ed observer, your provider, a dermatologist, a family member or a friend can perform screening. Self-examination is most important for suspicious lesions, but can be diffi cult if you don’t perform a thorough head-to-toe body check, even in the hard-to- see areas, such as your back. Basically, you will need a bright light, a full-length mirror, a hand mirror, a place to sit, a blowdryer, a drawing of a body and a pencil to make a map of your body that notes all of your moles, freckles or beauty marks. You can do a self-examination in just a few minutes, in these eight easy steps.


Anyone with risk factors and/or changes in the skin should be screened for skin cancer with a thorough head-to-toe body check


Step 1 Examine your face, especially the nose, lips, mouth and ears, front and back. Use one or both mirrors for a clear view. Step 2 Inspect your scalp thoroughly, using a blowdryer and a mirror to expose each section. Get a friend or a family member to help, if possible. Step 3 Check your hands carefully: palms and backs, between the fi ngers and under the fi ngernails. Continue up the wrists to examine both the front and back of each forearm.


Step 4 Standing in front of the full-


length mirror, begin at the elbows and scan all sides of your upper arms. Don’t forget the underarms.


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