We’re always told to reapply our sunscreen when we’ll be outside for extended amounts of time, and wearing hats and long sleeves also helps. Many women wear sunscreen on their face on a daily basis, but where are doctors finding that women develop skin cancer on their mug?
Dr. Wu reveals that she finds basal cell carcinoma (remember, it's the most popular from of skin cancer) on places like the nose, forehead, and ears and lower lip, because women tend to forget to load up on those areas.
"I find my patients get it on their nose,” says Vanessa Hernandez, celebrity esthetician. So slather than sunscreen all over your schnoz!
As for melanoma, Dr. Wu says they find it most on women's legs and men's backs. "For people who live in cooler climates, (their) legs are in tights or pants, and then it gets sunny and our legs are exposed and those are the areas, we get burned," says Dr. Wu. "Pay attention when you’re shaving your legs. Get to know your moles. Get to a doctor once a year."
