#and I am subject to vanity myself I cannot lie but this ain't about wrinkles this is about how

[princessnijireiki]

Not to be Madam Fearmonger about it but on top of the usual sunblock tips (sunscreen on your scalp, eyelids, back of your ears & beck, wear a hat, etc), if you know you're prone to moles/beauty marks & EVER develop new ones ANYWHERE, or tbh even if you're not sure (ex found out a few years ago I have a mole on the back of one ear, to this day I have NO idea how long I've had it, whether it's lifelong or sth that just showed up one day)... you NEED to get screened and/or biopsied by a doctor.

And this includes spots on your fingernails, toenails, palms, and soles of feet!

It's very COMMON for melanomas to be localized & primarily develop at the site of carcinogenic sun exposure, but your skin covers your whole body... you can be poisoned & scorched primarily on your arms, farmer's tan style, you can even have your main exposures be in full or partial shade, while fully clothed, and still have the first tumor show up on your ass or in the back of your knee bc cellular reproduction for the WHOLE SKIN, as an organ, has been altered.

Especially with climate change, a harsh start to this year's hurricane season, and high as hell oil (and by extension, electricity) prices, there's going to be a lot of people personally or regionally without (or with insufficient) power and/or air conditioning this year, and that means folks are going to be outside + have windows open more, even if only to get a cross-breeze in their homes or to not slow roast during power outages, and you HAVE TO be on the lookout for things that you might think, "oh, only white people burn," "I'm in NYC not TX hahaha," and consider it not your problem... because it's about to be EVERYBODY'S problem in a VERY real way whether you're ready for that or not. And there's no sense in letting cancer be another factor sneaking up on you when paying attention & doing self-screenings + preventive care can be your ticket to early detection & easier treatment.

#long post // #psa #this goes extra for the retinol girlies I FUCKING SEE YOU!!!!! #and I am subject to vanity myself I cannot lie but this ain't about wrinkles this is about how #climate change & temp/humidity spikes & hurricanes kill a whole lotta people fast but every year they also kill a whole lotta people slow #and cancer's not a good death esp if/when it metastasizes + even if it doesn't kill you the treatment is HARD #skincare tiktok & ig can be hella toxic but fr we all need to at minimum be listening to medical profnls about sunblocks + cancer screening #health