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Skin Awareness Project Offers ‘Skinsolutions’
Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Think about this before you throw on that swimsuit, bypass the sunscreen and bake yourself in the sun this spring break: It’s estimated that more than 1 million people in the United States are diagnosed every year with skin cancer, and the best way to avoid this potentially deadly disease is to limit your exposure to the sun.
“The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 10,000 Americans died last year as a result of developing skin cancer,” said Dr. Stephen Miller, an oncologist at The University of Tennessee Medical Center. “The medical center is teaming up with The University of Tennessee to do everything we can to educate people about the risk factors and dangers associated with melanoma as well as basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. Through this project, we hope to prevent future cases of skin cancer, the most common form of cancer in the United States.”
UT Medical Center and the University of Tennessee are working together to show everyone just how unattractive skin cancer can be. The skin cancer awareness project, called Skinsolutions, is Tuesday, March 4 and Wednesday, March 5 from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Rooms 225-226 of the University Center on the UT campus. The event is free and open to all. It will offer education and an opportunity for participants to see through age progression computer software how they might look after exposure to significant amounts of UV light.
“It won’t be pretty,” said Rosa Thomas, the wellness coordinator at the University of Tennessee Student Clinic. “In less than two minutes, people will be able to view side-by-side photos of what they look like today compared with what they’d look like after years of exposure to harmful UV rays.
In addition to healthcare professionals providing information and education, Clinique representatives from the Belk West Town store will be on hand to offer mini-makeovers and share information about available Clinique products that offer UV protection. Clinique is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and marketers of prestige skin care, makeup, hair and fragrance products.
For more information about the Skinsolutions event, call the UT Student Health Service at 865.974.3135 or the UT Medical Center Cancer Institute at 865.305.8577.
The University of Tennessee Medical Center is a 581-bed, not-for-profit academic medical center, which serves as a referral center for Eastern Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina. The medical center, the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, is one of the largest employers in Knoxville. For more information about the University of Tennessee Medical Center, visit online at www.utmedicalcenter.org.