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Does Sun Bathing Cause Skin Cancer?

My step-daughter had a stroke when she was 14. Not sure why. She is now 16. Her mother wants to take her tanning because she will be working as a life guard this summer and says it will be better to keep her from getting burnt. I am concerned because we do not know what caused the stroke, should she be tanning, not to mention the risk of skin cancer.
Fri, 30 Jun 2017
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hi,
thanks for putting up your query on HCM.
sir, as per your history, she had stroke 2 years back, that could be due to blockage or breakage in the blood vessels of brain.
-stroke has no correlation with sun exposure.
- tanning is due to ultravoilet radiations coing from sun which has nothing to do with stroke.
- you can expose her to sun without any worry or fear.
- skin cancer only occurs at a later age, after a prolonged exposure to sun.
- to prevent it, she can use good sunscreens of spf more than 30.
thank you.
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Does Sun Bathing Cause Skin Cancer?

hi, thanks for putting up your query on HCM. sir, as per your history, she had stroke 2 years back, that could be due to blockage or breakage in the blood vessels of brain. -stroke has no correlation with sun exposure. - tanning is due to ultravoilet radiations coing from sun which has nothing to do with stroke. - you can expose her to sun without any worry or fear. - skin cancer only occurs at a later age, after a prolonged exposure to sun. - to prevent it, she can use good sunscreens of spf more than 30. thank you.