A New Way To Predict Skin Cancer

by Left Brain on May 19, 2007 · 0 comments

In the last few weeks we’ve answered questions about how sunscreens damage nail polish and the secret danger of sunless tanners.

sunscreensGiven the interest in all things SUN, I thought the Beauty Brains community might appreciate learning that researchers have developed a new test that can assess your individual risk for devolping melanona based on an analysis of the amount of melanin in your hair. You can read all about it in the May 15th issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. I’m certainly in favor of any kind of screening test that helps prevent lives being lost to skin cancer!

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