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| Dec 28, 2018 at 13:37 | comment | added | Jan | @user1847129, the last paragraph of this PubMed article says that sun exposure increases the risk of melanoma in people with sun-sensitive skin types (pale skin, fair hair) and decreases the risk in non-sun-sensitive types. And there are two other common skin cancers: squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma, which are related to sun exposure. | |
| Dec 8, 2018 at 15:24 | comment | added | Narusan | @user1847129 Do you have those studies at hand? I can’t imagine the evidence to be conflicting, but I can‘t criticise studies I haven’t read yet either... UV-A and UV-B are definitely both harmful and exposure time of both kinds is directly proportional to developing melanomas. If an institution like the AAD does not even recommend sun exposure for vitamin D production, I think it is safe to assume that the studies are pretty comprehensive and non-conflicting. | |
| Dec 8, 2018 at 15:11 | comment | added | user1847129 | Hm, I've read about conflicting studies, some claim that some amount of sun exposure is inversely correlated to development of melanoma. Tanning beds are geared towards tanning / producing UV-A, which is the band said to cause cancer(?). Some reptilian lamps output a high UV-B portion (they claim), i.e. the exposure time (to get vit-D) may be reduced, also reducing the exposure to UV-A. So much for theory. Actual numbers would be nice, but given the weirdness of my question, I guess it requires some luck that someone knows about both, human skin requirements and pet accessories ;) | |
| Dec 8, 2018 at 12:38 | history | answered | Narusan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |