Sun exposure can cause skin damage and cancer. According to the Skin Care Foundation, more than 9,500 Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer every day, and close to 90% of those cases are caused by the sun.
Fortunately, “nearly all skin cancers are preventable if you take the right precautions,” says Lisa Hladik, M.D., an internal medicine doctor at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. “Good daily sun protection is a must.”