Tanned skin is not healthy.

The chief freelance specialist in dermatology and cosmetology of the Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region Natalia Makhneva recalled the insidiousness of the solarium.

In summer, according to a specialist, the skin resists the sun with the help of a special pigment - melanin. He determines the shade of a person's tan. But even this protective mechanism does not save you from burns - UV rays damage skin cells, make them age, and sometimes degenerate into cancerous.

Many melanoma and non-melanoma types of skin oncology are associated with the action of solar ultraviolet radiation. And not only sunny! Tanning salons and lamps are as dangerous as natural UV radiation, the doctor reminds. Therefore, if you really want to "

Natalia Makhneva recommends that everyone who burned in the sun in the summer, often went to the solarium, periodically examine their skin.

Should alert:.

- red spots of unknown origin,.

- growing birthmarks,.

bleeding or crusting growths.

The success of skin cancer treatment depends on the timeliness of its detection. It is very dangerous to expose your epidermis to ultraviolet radiation all year round: outdoors in summer, in a solarium in winter. Radiant, tanned skin should not be associated with a healthy body, but with a threat to it.

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