Melanoma is a common disease in the skin. Melanoma is really a malignant tumor in the skin that is associated with skin cancer. Melanoma is one of the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Melanoma is a deadly disease, so you need to be treating it as soon as possible. Melanoma has preventions, different stages, treatments, death penalties, causes and risk that society needs to know.
There are preventions for Melanoma it can be one of the diseases that you can prevent. The skin cancer foundation has recommended since 1979, the use of sunscreen with an SPF (sun protection factor) of 15 or higher “skin cancer foundation.” sunscreens explained. Web. 20 April 2015. Some preventions that you can do to not be in risk of this malignant disease is to find a shade during 10 A.M - 4 P.M. “Skin Cancer Foundation." Prevention Guidelines. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. This previous prevention can protect your skin from the sun, this is hours that the sun has the most radiant and the rays hit you the most. Another prevention that you can use is to not be a user of the tanning beds since it can burn your skin and the light in the tanning bed that tans you is an ultraviolet light that is harmful for your skin. …show more content…
Melanoma has a lot of different preventions as well they are different types of stages in Melanoma. Melanoma will need surgery to get rid of the tumor, is a really serious surgery that can save your life or help get rid of the Melanoma. The percentages of survival are really high but it can vary on the different stages. The thing that you always need to do is to go to a dermatologist to help prevent it. You need to go to dermatologist every time you see a mole in your body. The dermatologist would need to do a biopsy to see if the tumor is cancerous. As you can see, you can prevent Melanoma to occur if you take care of your skin and your health. So why not, start seeing a