How to Treat Sunburn Fast
Plus, how to prevent it – and lower your risk of skin cancer – in the future.
By Anna Medaris Miller, Staff Writer June 7, 2018, at 12:44 p.m.
Remember when tanning beds, tanning oils and even aluminum reflectors to accelerate the sun's ability to tan (or, more likely, burn) your skin were cool? Dr. Anthony Rossi, a dermatologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, does – and is glad that's changing.
"I think more and more people are becoming educated that these burns – though they may seem insignificant at the time – the later on damage is important to think about," he says. That damage includes accelerated skin aging and most seriously, a greater potential for skin cancer, which studies show is more likely with a history of sunburn, says Dr. Cameron Rokhsar, an associate clinical professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. "We know that the two most common skin cancers are directly related to amount of sun exposure received over a lifetime," he says.
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