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Children should wear sunscreen every day, from six months during the year. It was the sun, protector. Remained, reapply after two hours, entering the water or sweat a lot.

The sunscreen should be passed in all areas of the body exposed to sunlight. So what changes in cold weather is just the reduction of the area exposed by wearing clothes that protect against ultraviolet radiation.

The recommendations are the medical Bianca Costa Soares de Sá, a dermatologist from the Department of Cutaneous Oncology at the Hospital A. C. Camargo. She said even that solzinho 7 o’clock in the morning, requires protection.

In the famous period of 10h to 16 hours, care should be even greater. In addition to sunscreen, it is necessary to combine other physical protection: clothing, hats and shade.

Carcinomas are the most common type of cancer directly related to the sun, and the higher incidence of cancers worldwide, but rarely appear in childhood. Affect only children who have no defense against the sun because of some very specific syndrome.

Melanoma is another type of cancer that comes from the black spots, which is related to the sun, but other factors are important to trigger the disease. This cancer can appear in children, but the incidence is much lower than in adults.

However, although skin cancer is very rare in children, in childhood and adolescence that prevent the disease in adulthood.

“The most important thing about the sun and childhood cancer is that prevention is very important. As the sun has a cumulative effect, the damage will not appear exactly at the time, but much more in the future. 80 percent of the damage that the sun will cause the skin is the sun that we take up to 18 years old, “he said.

Bianca de Sa said that the sun burns are not only uncomfortable, they can induce other diseases such as herpes in those who already have a history and are an important factor in cancer risk for the future. “One of the parameters in which we are based to see if the person is at risk or not is if she ever had sunburn in childhood and adolescence,” he said.

She said that risk is burning, blistering or redness and burned for more than two days. I am a strong candidate!

The conversation goes on with the dermatologist. Tomorrow, there’s more.