Dr. Mitchell Elliott Bender

And if you take supplemental vitamin D. So I think that's something...

to keep in mind.

It's very important.

And a lot of this skin cancer is preventable.

The other thing that, and this is stated by the American Academy of Dermatology, tanning beds and tanning bed use

The incidence of skin cancer is increasing in young adults, including melanoma on young people, and that has been correlated with use of tanning beds before age 19.

So dermatologists are not real thrilled about tanning beds.

We think that they increase the risk of melanoma and perhaps other skin cancers too.

So I don't want to sound anti-industry, but we are very worried about tanning bed use and don't recommend it.

So those are some of the practical things that summer brings on.

ultraviolet protection.

The highest rates of skin cancer in the world, Australia is number one, because the people have collected blue-eyed blonde, mostly Northern European appearance.

Number two is Israel, another country closer to the equator that gets a lot of ultraviolet light.

So I think the evidence of ultraviolet light causing most, not all, but most skin cancers is

is incontrovertible.

So if people remember one recommendation from this podcast, please use sunscreen, hats, some protective clothing.

And also from a cosmetic standpoint, we know that chronic ultraviolet light, sunlight exposure causes increased wrinkling, brown spots, texture change.

So even from a cosmetic standpoint, you're going to look a lot better

practicing sun protection than if you don't.

So that's another reason to do that.