Comments on: How Getting Naked Can Save Your Life http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/22/how-getting-naked-can-save-your-life/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: mattetna http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/22/how-getting-naked-can-save-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28142 mattetna Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:57:54 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2464#comment-28142 In this day and age I'm still surprised to hear people not taking skin cancer seriously. There are more cases than ever before, so it's not like we've really got a handle on the problem. I work with a <a href="http://www.columbiaaesthetic.com/index.cfm/PageID/1119" rel="nofollow">plastic surgeon in Maryland</a> and another sad fact is that fewer and fewer insurers are covering tumor removal. There are more cases every year, yet according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, tumor removal surgeries have fallen 16% since the year 2000. These people who are not able to afford initial treatment are very likely to have increased health concerns down the road. In this day and age I’m still surprised to hear people not taking skin cancer seriously. There are more cases than ever before, so it’s not like we’ve really got a handle on the problem. I work with a plastic surgeon in Maryland and another sad fact is that fewer and fewer insurers are covering tumor removal. There are more cases every year, yet according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, tumor removal surgeries have fallen 16% since the year 2000. These people who are not able to afford initial treatment are very likely to have increased health concerns down the road.

]]> By: Jan74 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/22/how-getting-naked-can-save-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27820 Jan74 Sun, 25 May 2008 14:57:23 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2464#comment-27820 Janis, it would work if you had a 360 degree mirror. But I don't even have a full body mirror, for example (I put on stuff, climb on the toilet to see if the top matches the bottom, and pray for the best. It usually works, but sometimes I'll catch a glimpse of myself and realize that what I have on doesn't really go together). So I definitely look at my front side, but I'd never see a mole on my back. Janis, it would work if you had a 360 degree mirror. But I don’t even have a full body mirror, for example (I put on stuff, climb on the toilet to see if the top matches the bottom, and pray for the best. It usually works, but sometimes I’ll catch a glimpse of myself and realize that what I have on doesn’t really go together). So I definitely look at my front side, but I’d never see a mole on my back.

]]> By: courtney http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/22/how-getting-naked-can-save-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27740 courtney Thu, 22 May 2008 22:19:33 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2464#comment-27740 Thanks for posting this. My mother passed away from skin cancer (actually complications related to it), and everyone who finds that out says "I didn't think people actually die from skin cancer." Because it is one of less aggressive ones most people sort of disregard it. Thanks for posting this. My mother passed away from skin cancer (actually complications related to it), and everyone who finds that out says “I didn’t think people actually die from skin cancer.” Because it is one of less aggressive ones most people sort of disregard it.

]]> By: Janis http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/22/how-getting-naked-can-save-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27738 Janis Thu, 22 May 2008 18:34:20 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2464#comment-27738 I'm not entirely sure why people can't check themselves out with a mirror. *shrug* You should be able to tell in the shower and whatnot if you've got a new bump someplace where there was no bump before. I wonder if having someone else see it doesn't also increase the chance of the other person bugging you to go to the doctor and get it looked at ... It's easier to stay in denial if you're the only one who knows that the bump is there. I’m not entirely sure why people can’t check themselves out with a mirror. *shrug* You should be able to tell in the shower and whatnot if you’ve got a new bump someplace where there was no bump before.

I wonder if having someone else see it doesn’t also increase the chance of the other person bugging you to go to the doctor and get it looked at … It’s easier to stay in denial if you’re the only one who knows that the bump is there.

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