Dr. Teo Soleymani

Unfortunately, luck of the draw. That's why a majority of these melanomas occur. Now we say, OK, don't go outside and get added mutations to your skin, which is too much UV. But we know, in fact, that these these bad sun naive areas, the tumors are not they don't have a sun signature.

Unfortunately, luck of the draw. That's why a majority of these melanomas occur. Now we say, OK, don't go outside and get added mutations to your skin, which is too much UV. But we know, in fact, that these these bad sun naive areas, the tumors are not they don't have a sun signature.

Unfortunately, luck of the draw. That's why a majority of these melanomas occur. Now we say, OK, don't go outside and get added mutations to your skin, which is too much UV. But we know, in fact, that these these bad sun naive areas, the tumors are not they don't have a sun signature.

So I don't want people to feel guilted that they went out in 1992, went to a beach vacation in Virginia Beach or something, and that's the cause of their skin cancer. In fact, there was a very large study in 1999 published in one of our most incredible journals that looked at sunscreen versus no sunscreen use, diligent sun protection versus none,

So I don't want people to feel guilted that they went out in 1992, went to a beach vacation in Virginia Beach or something, and that's the cause of their skin cancer. In fact, there was a very large study in 1999 published in one of our most incredible journals that looked at sunscreen versus no sunscreen use, diligent sun protection versus none,

So I don't want people to feel guilted that they went out in 1992, went to a beach vacation in Virginia Beach or something, and that's the cause of their skin cancer. In fact, there was a very large study in 1999 published in one of our most incredible journals that looked at sunscreen versus no sunscreen use, diligent sun protection versus none,

And the incidence, meaning the number of these cancers, of basal cell carcinoma, which is our most common cancer in the world, one in four Americans will get this, there was no difference between the groups. So it scratched our heads saying, hey, we've been saying, like, avoid the sun like the plague, you know, dress like a beekeeper, don't go out in the sun, don't do this stuff.

And the incidence, meaning the number of these cancers, of basal cell carcinoma, which is our most common cancer in the world, one in four Americans will get this, there was no difference between the groups. So it scratched our heads saying, hey, we've been saying, like, avoid the sun like the plague, you know, dress like a beekeeper, don't go out in the sun, don't do this stuff.

And the incidence, meaning the number of these cancers, of basal cell carcinoma, which is our most common cancer in the world, one in four Americans will get this, there was no difference between the groups. So it scratched our heads saying, hey, we've been saying, like, avoid the sun like the plague, you know, dress like a beekeeper, don't go out in the sun, don't do this stuff.

But we couldn't solve for this difference. So there's a lot of factors that go into it. Now, I'm not saying... I'm not saying do the stuff you see online where people are tanning their perineum and their butthole. That's like not the thing to do. But if you enjoy the sun and you can do it without burning, I think that's fine. I think you feel good.

But we couldn't solve for this difference. So there's a lot of factors that go into it. Now, I'm not saying... I'm not saying do the stuff you see online where people are tanning their perineum and their butthole. That's like not the thing to do. But if you enjoy the sun and you can do it without burning, I think that's fine. I think you feel good.

But we couldn't solve for this difference. So there's a lot of factors that go into it. Now, I'm not saying... I'm not saying do the stuff you see online where people are tanning their perineum and their butthole. That's like not the thing to do. But if you enjoy the sun and you can do it without burning, I think that's fine. I think you feel good.

Yeah, particularly the life-threatening ones.

Yeah, particularly the life-threatening ones.

Yeah, particularly the life-threatening ones.

So yes... with an asterisk, not skin specifically, because we know sun avoidance will decrease the likelihood of some garden variety skin cancers, but there was a great study that came out of Sweden back in 2000, maybe 16, 17, that looked at over 20,000 women that avoid the sun for risk of melanoma. And they matched those women who had strict sun avoidance to those who smoked a pack a day.

So yes... with an asterisk, not skin specifically, because we know sun avoidance will decrease the likelihood of some garden variety skin cancers, but there was a great study that came out of Sweden back in 2000, maybe 16, 17, that looked at over 20,000 women that avoid the sun for risk of melanoma. And they matched those women who had strict sun avoidance to those who smoked a pack a day.

So yes... with an asterisk, not skin specifically, because we know sun avoidance will decrease the likelihood of some garden variety skin cancers, but there was a great study that came out of Sweden back in 2000, maybe 16, 17, that looked at over 20,000 women that avoid the sun for risk of melanoma. And they matched those women who had strict sun avoidance to those who smoked a pack a day.

And those patients had the same cardiovascular disease risk. And the presumption was that the patients who avoided the sun had some biologic changes related to chronic low vitamin D and other factors they couldn't measure in a test tube that equated to higher cardiovascular disease similar to pack-a-day smokers.

And those patients had the same cardiovascular disease risk. And the presumption was that the patients who avoided the sun had some biologic changes related to chronic low vitamin D and other factors they couldn't measure in a test tube that equated to higher cardiovascular disease similar to pack-a-day smokers.