Melanoma diagnoses have increased 600% in the last 40 years, and the rise is BY FAR most outrageous in women ages 18-39, where melanoma increased 800% (400% for men). This is a major gender-specific finding. There are lots of factors to consider in the soaring rise of skin cancer, but we’re ready to argue that this is, above all, an issue of beauty ideals literally killing too many of us. Your life is valuable. You are more than a decoration. How will you pledge to take care of your skin? -Lexie and Lindsay Kite of Beauty Redefined Tomorrow Lexie will have surgery to remove a patch of melanoma from her leg. Her thoughts on her diagnosis: Friends, before years of research into how harmful unattainable beauty ideals can be and before forming Beauty Redefined, I was a light-skinned girl that bought the lie sold to us at every turn that tan skin was most beautiful. I’ve stepped foot in a tanning bed at least 15 times throughout my life. I laid out at the pool without reapplying sunscreen more times than I can count. And I would *beg* my younger self to do things differently. I would shout to her what I shout to the world now – You are more than a decoration for the world! Don’t buy the lie that your value and power are dependent upon your looks! Our lives are valuable, and that is abundantly clear after receiving a skin cancer diagnosis at age 28. beautyredefined.net/ugly-side-of-tanning/
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 02:00:01 +0000
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