Wear Sunscreen. Pass This On. Save Lives.

Wear Sunscreen. Pass This On. Save Lives.

"If I could offer you only one tip for the future, Sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscren have been proved by scientists..." Buz Lurhmann - Everybody's Free

My Daddy was an amazing guy. Always striving for and acheiving his dreams. He was a friendly giant and his love for us is only mirrored by our love for him. He died this summer after fighting melanoma for 4yrs, the last year was full of pain and for the last few weeks and days he was unable to move of talk. He stayed positive through it all, always believing. No one should loose a parent, but, watching him die... it cant be put in words.

Some Need To Know Facts:
- (malignant) Melanoma is a skin cancer caused sun exposure.
- The ABCDE's of Detecting Melanoma (check your moles)-
- Assymmetry - the shape on one side is different than the other side.
- Border - the border or visible edge is irregular, ragged and imprecise
- Colour - there is a color variation.
- Diameter - the growth in diameter or width is common in (malignant)melanoma. Melanomas can range in size from 1-2 mm and up.
- Evolution - there is a change in the size, shape, surface or colour
- Melanoma commonly appears on the back and legs.
- A person born in Canada today has a 1 in 7 chance of developing skin cancer in their lifetime.
- Sun damage can also affect your appearance as u gorw older (evan creating wrinkles)

Three easy steps to protect your skin:
1) Wear a t-shirt and stay in the shade.
2)Use sunscreen (min.SPF 30).
3)Check your skin and moles.

Sites you can check out to learn more:
- http://www.dermatology.com/
- http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Cancertype/Melanoma


Thank you for reading what i had to write, I'm trying to get people interested and concerned about melanoma and starting to fight it. Nothing will pop up on your screen, your crush wont ask you out just for passing this on to as many people as you can but, you can know that you probably helped change and save lives. Wear Sunscreen, tell your friends to wear it. It affected me beyond beleif and one day it might affect you but, u can stop that. So take a minute of your time and ...

Wear Sunscreen. Pass This On. Save Lives.