Would i still get skin cancer if i lay in the sun with sunscreen?

if i have on spf 10 sunscreen and lay out in the sun, do i still have chances of geting skin cancer?

On average everyone has about a 1 in 7 chance in getting skin cancer. Then you introduce various risk factors such as family history, repeated sunburns before have 21, high number of moles, etc.

repeated use of tanning booths along doubles this chance.

The body's act of tanning is a defense mechanism to prevent further damage by UV rays. This sacrifice of Melatin cells is the suspected mechanism of creating cancer cells (Melanoma).

UVB rays are what cause the sun burns, UVA cause tanning, penetrate deeper into the skin.

So a good preventive behavior is a sunscreen (spf 30 or higher) that provides both UVA and UVB protection. Avoid unprotected skin exposure during middle of day. If you have risk factors, then periodically see a dermatologist.

SPF 10 is suitable to protect from incidental exposure only.

It is the sort of thing you wear to protect your face as you move between vehicle and car for example.

If you have enough sun exposure to change the colour of your skin, then it is enough to do damage.

Tanning is not a safe or healthy pasttime.

SPF30+ should be used if you must be in the sun.

let me tell you something, 1992 i was out all day in the summer without sunscreen i go home, blisters all over my back/shoulder area. i go to the doc and he tells me "do not stay out in the sun more than 20min or so w/out sunscreen". after that, now my back and shoulders are covered with freckles and moles...i got smart in time so my moles would not be cancer....it really sucked as a teen to go to the beach and had to have a shirt on till sun set ....find a higher spf sunscreen...

there is a new finding or at least they have just released that sunscreen is a culprit with skin cancer, i'm in college and my health teacher who is a retired chiropractor relayed this news to us, he said we would probably still apply it but it has been linked to cancer...scary, i'm not going to use any from now on

yes, you could cause it's not strong enough, and i dont even have pale skin, but i have to use the highest sunscreen they make because i almost got skin cancer, cause i had 3rd degree burns from a sun burn, but it only depends on what type of skin you have.

p.s. sorry about the run-on sentence, i was in a hurry :)

yes, you do.

honestly, people who rarely go into the sun are still at risk for it, especially if they are predisposed to cancer from genetics. Laying out in the sun significantly increases your odds. Also - spf 10 really wont protect you from much.

If memory serves me correctly any overdose of sun can lead to at lest signs of skin cancer. Plus you need to have a sunscreen that is for your type of skin and also of how long you plan to be out in the sun. it says on most bottles.

You know how on the bottle, it says SPF-30 or something like that? It stands for Sun Protection Factor of 30 minutes. So if you reapply every 30 minutes, you should be fine. Or SPF-15 is reapply every 15 minutes, etcetera.

it depends on how dark your skin is.
if you have light skin with 10spf..you can still commonly get skincancer.
get better sunprotection and dont stay to long.

Very much so.

Most sunscreen only blocks UVA...which is no good at all. It's UVB that causes skin cancer.

Yes. SPF 10 is not strong enough anyway, but sunscreen will not prevent skin damage 100% of the time.