Use more sunscreen than you think. Apply it liberally over all exposed skin areas. Wear sunscreen under insect repellant or make-up. Some people may experience increased sensitivity to sunlight because of certain medications they take. Consult your doctor about your medications and sun sensitivity Children Need Special Protection Even though skin cancer most often develops in adulthood, its development may be related to our sun exposure as children.
Kids play outdoors.
We get most of our sun exposure before age 18. In addition, severe sunburns are insults to the skin and its cells that can cause permanent damage to the skin's deeper layers. As few as one severe sunburn before the age of 18 may double the risk for developing melanoma later in life. We get most of our lifetime sun exposure before age 18. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and is one of the fastest rising cancers.