John Cena threw the bomb news last week that he quietly overcome skin cancer, having previously removed two cancerous drops from Pec and his shoulder.
“Man, that phone call is not what you want to get because it’s unpredictable and doesn’t know how bad it will be,” Cena, 47, told people.
But the WWE actor and star admitted that he had long been “stubborn” for the protection of the sun – and according to a dermatologist, he has it in common with many men who tend to make two big mistakes when it comes to preventing cancer.
No sun cream? Problem
Cena said he “never” wearing sun cream growing up, and this followed it at adulthood.
“I didn’t want to have a routine and I also thought the problem would never reach me. And it’s one of those things where I had a ton of exposure with minimal protection and caught with me,” he said.
This was not until he went to see a dermatologist for a routine check that he received the awakening call he needed.
“I am in a great space in my life, where this is now important to me. And I am very grateful to be able to avoid those two bullets, but I wear them as a reminder of,” Hey man, you have to get a few extra seconds to protect myself every day, “he said.
To this end, he recently joined the Sun screen Neutrogena Ultra Sheer for his latest campaign and hopes to encourage others to get serious about taking care of their skin.
Expensive errors
It is a message that more men, in particular, may need to hear, as many tend to be less proactive for health care.
“Men tend to think less about regular preventive care because there is not much precautionary care based on guidance for men compared to women,” said Dr. Victor calls, a dermatologist at Northwestern Medicine, for The Post.
Calling stressed that while women may seek a skin exam as they are already on the doctor for other conditions such as acne or rosacea, men will often avoid a visit until something is clearly wrong.
“In general, I see more women who make appointments for regular preventive visits,” he said. “Men tend to enter when they or often, when their partner, noticing a new place or changing.”
Even then, they sometimes choose to ignore it – which can have serious consequences.
“Men sometimes come in with skin cancers that are larger or more advanced,” he said, and “they don’t think they are worried about a lump that would disturb someone else.
“Sometimes, they do not know what skin cancers look like – that they should not be ugly moths, but they can be warts, acne or scales that are simply not healing.”
Shocking, he noted that some men “simply have not been in any kind of doctor” for 25 to 30 years.
A 2018 study published in Jama Dermatology found that men were a lower 34% like to visit a dermatologist than women.
That is to say, he noticed that he was “seeing an ultimate trend of more men looking for skin controls simply on a preventative basis or even simply seeking a” good skin routine ” – a development that he credits at least in part on social media.
But there is another great blind point to be addressed – ignorance about the importance of everyday SPF.
“Men tend to know less about the importance of sun protection – such as a basic circus does not protect you from UV damage,” Call said.
“Sun protection is so normalized for women, as so many cosmetics have now built SPF, while men do not use make-up, moisturizers or other products on a daily basis.”
That kind of thought can have real consequences.
Research shows that men are more likely to develop skin cancer in areas such as scalp, face and neck – areas that often go unprotected during outdoor activities, according to Dr. Neera Nathan, a dermatologist and skin cancer surgeon.
“My recommendation to all my patients, males or females, is to practice good sunscreen behaviors, including the search for shadows during the sun’s peak hours, to wear wide-widespread hats, while we get old, our hair, so our head becomes even more vulnerable to sun-wore and sun-shirty. Post.
It recommends choosing a sun -resistant sun cream, contains SPF 30 or more and includes wide spectrum UVA/UVB protection.
Most, most importantly, “it’s best to find a sun cream you like – quality, feel, finish – because the best screen of the sun is the one you will actually wear,” she said.
Indeed, Cena told people that one of the reasons he loves the new line neutrogena Ultra Sheer is because, following his diagnosis, he wanted “the highest sunlight” that he could take hands, but “those things, is great for you but it [leaves] A very white caste … as if you were wearing medicine. “
Taking the sun will actually use every day is critical because durability is essential – it can literally save your life.
“I give men the same advice I give to women, that sun exposure is the biggest factor of modifiable risk for skin cancer,” he said Post.
“I am not asking them to stop all their activities in nature – just to make the benefits of small habits increase throughout life. Everyone counts. Compositions like investments do.”
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