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Dr. DeEtta Gray, MD, FRCPC
Welcome. The sun has finally arrived in Seattle so I wanted to take a moment to share some tips for how to have fun in the sun and still decrease your risk of skin cancer and pre-mature aging. The sun produces two types of rays that can damage your skin. Ultraviolet-A radiation (UVA) is primarily responsible for premature aging, wrinkles, and tanning, whereas ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation can cause burning. Both types can severely damage the skin, resulting in skin cancer. Every time you tan, you damage your skin and this damage accumulates over time. This accumulated damage, accelerates the aging process by causing wrinkles, age spots and even skin cancer. The good news is that sun exposure is the most preventable risk factor for all of these, including melanoma. Below are questions that my patients frequently ask me so I thought I would share them with everyone so that we can all be smart about the sun.
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