Transcript Sun Safety Session Slideshow

Sun safety
Lesley Pallett
Workforce Health & Wellbeing Specialist
Advisor and
Ian Murray Dermatology Nurse
Aims and objectives
To be aware of
• What skin cancer/skin damage is
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How it can be detected
• How you can reduce your risk
Overview of session
• What is skin cancer/skin damage
• How do I reduce my risk
Reasons for doing this session
South West has the highest
incidence of skin damage/melanoma
in the UK
Skin Types
Type
Skin, hair and eye colour
History of Sunburn
or Tanning
I
White skin and freckles
Red or fair hair
Blue or green eyes
Always burns easily,
never tans
II
White skin,
Light hair
Blue or brown eyes
Burns easily, tans
minimally
III
Tends to have white skin
Brown hair
Brown eyes
Burns moderately,
tans gradually
to light brown
IV
Brown to dark skin
Dark brown hair
Dark brown eyes
Burns minimally,
always tans well
to moderately brown
V
Brown to dark skin
Dark brown hair
Dark brown eyes
Rarely burns, tans
profusely to
dark brown
VI
Black-brown skin
Dark hair
Dark brown eyes
Never burns, deeply
pigmented
Types of skin damage/cancer?
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Actinic keratosis and Bowen’s Disease
Squamous cell carcinoma
Basal cell carcinoma
Melanoma
What are Actinic Keratosis and Bowen’s Disease?
Actinic Keratosis
Bowen’s Disease
What is basal cell carcinoma?
• Most common and least dangerous,
low risk of spreading around body.
• Appears as pearly lump or scaly or dry
area with pearly edge. Red or pale or
pigmented.
• May bleed or become ulcerated that
heals and breaks down again.
• Usually grows slowly
What is basal cell carcinoma?
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
• Not as dangerous as melanoma but can
spread to other parts of the body if not treated.
• Appears as thickened red, scaly spot that may
bleed or ulcerate.
• Develops on most sites exposed to sun, such
as face hands arms and lower legs.
• Grows over weeks or months and is tender
and painful
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
What is melanoma?
• Can develop in pre-existing moles but
more commonly in melanocytes in
epidermis.
• Two main types:
• Superficial Spreading Melanoma is most
common
• Nodular Melanoma
• But there are others or a combination
What is melanoma?
A – E for superficial spreading melanoma
Signs and symptoms
To distinguish a superficial spreading melanoma from a
normal mole.
•Asymmetry – the two halves of the area may differ in shape.
•Border – the edges may be irregular or blurred and
show notches.
•Colour – may be uneven, shades of black, brown and pink
•Diameter – usually greater than 6mm
•Evolving – a lesion that changes over time (size, shape,
symptoms, surface, colour)
E,F, G for Nodular Melanoma
Elevated – small round raised lump colour
may be uniform, black, brown, pink or red.
Firm to touch.
Grows quickly, nodule that has been growing
progressively for more than a month
deserves urgent clinical assessment.
Treatment for melanoma
Suspected Squamous Cell
Carcinoma or Malignant Melanoma
are excised completely without
biopsy
How do I reduce my risk?
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High factor sun cream
Shade for babies
Sun suits for children
Sun bed usage
• Vitamin D
SAVE OUR SKIN
• Slip on a Shirt
• Seek out shade
• Slap on Sunscreen
• Don’t get caught out, never let your
skin burn.
• If in doubt – get it checked out Visit
your GP