The incidence of skin cancer is increasing day by day and the question of ‘Can we protect ourselves from skin cancer?’ is being asked and researched more and more frequently in society. The biggest cause of skin cancer is ultraviolet (UV) rays coming to our world with sunlight. These rays have started to come to our world in greater amounts with the thinning of the ozone layer in the atmosphere. The time period when UV rays are most harmful to people is between 10 and 16 o'clock.
The formation of skin cancer depends on the UV exposure as well as the age of the person. If a sunburn (2nd degree) occurs even once in childhood that is sufficient to cause blisters, the risk of skin cancer increases in the following years. Again, this risk increases in old age in people who have been chronically exposed to the sun for many years. For this reason, especially babies and children should not be exposed to the sun for long periods of time during the day without applying the necessary sunscreens.
There is more than one type of skin cancer. The type called basal cell carcinoma usually does not spread and can be treated surgically. Squamous cell carcinoma is another type that may require radiotherapy in addition to surgery. The least common but most spreadable type of skin cancer is malignant melanoma. Early diagnosis and treatment can be life-saving in this cancer, as in all cancers. Therefore, if a person encounters a lesion/scar/nevus on any part of their skin that they have not seen before, they should immediately apply to the nearest plastic surgery clinic.
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