How to prevent skin cancer by changing your lifestyle

One in five Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer during their lifetime. Many people do not know, but skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world and in the United States, there are more new cases of skin cancer than bad cancer, prostate, lung and colon combined. Research shows that the incidence of melanoma in women aged 18 to 39 years increased by 800% between 1970 and 2009. In other words, we should all learn about how to prevent it.

I say it not only as an expert in skin cancer and as a dermatologist, but also because I am one of those five. And if I had known then what I know now, I might not have had the extreme displeasure of having to diagnose myself with the most lethal skin cancer: melanoma.

And, although sunscreen is an important part of skin cancer prevention, we are too quick to focus only on sunscreen and forget about all the other things that put you at risk for skin cancer. . Here are four ways to prevent this disease that have nothing to do with the SPF: