Applying sunscreen is annoying, so why bother? Anyway, people with darker skin shades don't need to worry about the sun, right?
Wrong! People with all skin shades can be harmed by UV radiation, and sunscreen is one good way to protect yourself.
 
Learn about keeping your skin healthy and safe with the More Than Skin Deep! Skin Health Activity Handbook (available at our bookstore) and with the great FREE stuff on this site. Check out the links below!

Know More

• Find out more about UV Index. Read The UV Index. (106KB PDF download )
• Find out more about melanoma and skin cancers. Read Facts About Skin Cancer. (261KB PDF download )
• Find out more about alternate skin-bleaching ingredients. Read Alternate Skin-Bleaching Ingredients. (38KB PDF download )
• Find out more about albinism. Read People without Melanin. (171KB PDF download )

FREE Games & Puzzles

• The Skin You're In Quiz
• The Skin You're In Crossword Puzzle
• The Skin You're In Word Search

In the News

• UC Academic Health Center—UC HEALTH LINE: Remembering ‘ABCs’ Could Help Identify Skin Cancer Warning Signs
  
• The Colbert Report—Anthropologist Nina Jablonski warns Stephen that she may say the word "ape"
• The Science Daily Website—New Study Indicates Tanning May Be Addictive
• BBC News—Skin Bleaching Cream Couple Fined
• The New York Times—Always Revealing, Human Skin Is an 
  Anthropologist's Map
• NPR Radio Interview—Finding the Beauty in 'Skin: A Natural History'
• NPR News—Experimental Lotion Could Be Secret to a Safe Tan

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