Welcome to Sun Blocked, Refinery29’s global call to action to wake up to the serious dangers of tanning. No lectures or shaming, we promise. Instead, our goal is to arm you with the facts you need to ...

On HealthWise, we have said many times that all it takes is a bad burn at the beach or the pool to develop, years later, into a skin cancer. It can also be a childhood full of fishing and camping ...

“I was very naive. I thought it would never happen to me,” Beth Brown said A woman received a skin cancer diagnosis at age 22 after not utilizing SPF and using tanning beds weekly for six years Beth ...

One bad burn, a lot of questions. Two dermatologists explain what actually raises your skin-cancer risk—and what doesn't. I grew up in the ’70s and ’80s, which meant summers spent greased up in oil, ...