Sunburn

depleting the energy that skin cells need to repair damaged DNA and profoundly suppressing the skin’s immune system. A single sunburn increases a person’s risk for skin cancer. The more sunburns an individual experiences the higher the chance of developing skin cancer. Factors that increase the risk of skin cancer include having a light skin tone, a history of sunburns, excessive exposure to the sun or radiation, a family history of skin cancer, and moles. Other factors that can also lead to…

My summer was extremely eventful but I'm only going to tell you about on of the events i did this summer. This summer I went to the Gary air show. The Gary air show is a giant air performance with plains, and people jumping out of plains, and plains writing in the sky. The air show happens every year at the beach in Gary. It happens during July and is open for two day during July. Before for we went to the air show we stopped at subway to get sandwiches to eat at the air show. While we were in…

Skin Cancer Today, I am going to tell you about skin cancer. I chose this disease because I’m always warned about the effects of not wearing sunscreen or using a tanning bed. They always say “You could get skin cancer” or something to that nature so I decided to research this disease to see the causes myself. Skin cancer is caused when ultraviolet rays damage the skin cells. This can appear anywhere on the body but is most common on the skin. Those that have low pigmentation in the skin such as…

In the Awakening by Kate Chopin is dependant on the setting because without the descriptions and use of sensory imagery this book would be very hard to understand. The setting of the Awakening by Kate Chopin helps the reader visualize the setting. “He could see it plainly between the gaunt trunks of the water oaks and across the stretch of the horizon”. This sentence is an example of the way Kate Chopin helps readers visualize what she is talking about. Kate Chopin’s use of words to describe a…

Global Warming is turning into a disaster !!! Global warming is bad because it is making air way hotter and not good. Global warming is everyone’s problem because people are making air temperatures rise. Clean Air is important for healthy living American breathe about 2 gallons of air per minute which means around 3400 gallons of air each day are breathed in Americans are breathing in air pollution that's not good for them at all that's killing them slowly and they don't know that all they know…

one day just to help, I didn’t think I would be coming back after that day but of course I did. Everything was alright because hard work pays off. My very first day on the farm wasn’t fun, I started out by wearing a muscle shirt, so I got a bad sunburn and itchy skin. The hay needed stacked and Eric was busy, so I of course had to do it all myself. I honestly felt like the work was comparable to the labors of Olaudah Equiano. This was defiantly a big eye opener because if not for me Eric…

Imagine getting dislocated joints and sunburns really easily. That’s what people with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) get easy. EDS is a genetic disorder that affect the joints and skin. There are 6 different types of this disease, Classical type, Hypermobility type, Kyphoscoliosis type, Arthrochlasia type, and the Dermatosparaxis type. The mutations for this disease happens on these chromosomes, the Classical type is mostly on chromosome 9 or 2, the hypermobility type is on chromosome 6, the…

Sunscreens are products which help protect the skin by preventing the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation from reaching it. There are two types of ultraviolet radiation UVA and UBA that can damage the skin and can contribute to skin cancer. Different sunscreens vary in their range to protect against UVA and UVB. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is part of the electromagnetic (light) is received by the sun and passed down to the earth. It consists of wavelengths shorter than visible light therefore making…

With more tanning salons in the state of Florida than McDonald's, CVS stores, or Bank of America branches, indoor tanning has become a serious problem everywhere (Tavernise A16). A tan is the skin’s response to UV light damage but still, many long for golden skin (“That Not So Healthy Glow”). Tanning is not an issue secluded to adults. Every year, 1.6 million American minors tan in tanning beds and of those who tan, more than half of them have tanned over ten times in that year (Tavernise A16).…

applied topically on the affected area, exposing the area to sunlight or ultraviolet light. During this process, the skin turns pink and gradually darkens and matching the surrounding skin. The potential side effects of this therapy are blistering, sunburn marks, hyperpigmentation in the treated patches site or on the normal skin surrounding the Vitiligo. Autologous skin grafts: (Surgical procedure) The cosmetic surgeon grafts the normal pigmented skin from one area and attaching it to the…