Bovie Medical Insights

Nothing will ever replace educated medical diagnoses, but educating your patients is always a great idea, and especially effective in promoting skin care self-evaluation. Skin cancer is no longer a fair-skinned people’s disease. More of us are at-risk for UV exposure than ever before, and the CDC’s report released in June 2015 called for more community efforts to educate about and protect people from skin cancer. Two main types of skin cancers are non-melanomas (basal cell/squamous cell carcinomas) and melanomas.

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It may seem benign - a day at the beach without skin protection - but long-term exposure to the sun can increase your patient’s risk of experiencing melanoma in their lifetime.  Dermatologists know that ultraviolet radiation, in the form of UVA and UVB rays, can penetrate the skin and contribute to the appearance of freckles, solar keratoses, and even melanoma.  However, that’s just the start of some of the risks associated with excessive sun exposure.

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