The skin does not forget: Too much sun at a young age can later lead to skin cancer. The numbers have increased significantly.
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Sunburn as a danger in summer: Daniela Göppner is head of the Giessen Skin Cancer Center and in an interview she talks about too much sun on the skin, sunscreens with a blue light filter – and the right order when applying make-up.
Ms. Göppner, it’s June and everyone is happy that the sun is shining. Do you still leave the house without sun protection?
No. I have seen far too many tumors in my professional life. I’m a fan of sunscreen.
According to figures recently published by the Federal Statistical Office, no type of tumor is increasing as rapidly as malignant black skin cancer. What is the situation at the Skin Cancer Center of the University of Giessen?
We dermatologists in particular see the continued significant increase in white and melanoma skin cancer almost every day. However, according to the data from the Robert Koch Institute, skin cancer screening, which has been established in preventive care since 2008, is effective with a stable mortality rate, which means: skin cancer is still trending upwards, but we detect the tumors earlier in a proportion of the time Initial stage in which the cancer is still curable. That is the good news.