If skin cancer prevention education had to be boiled down to two words, it would be these: Wear sunscreen.
“Sunscreens may not be the end-all, but it’s the best we have,” said Dr. Michael Gold, a Nashville-based dermatologist.
But slapping on a few drops of 15-SPF down by the pool is no an empty gesture, dermatologists say, but not nearly as effective as needed.
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