Evaluation of Solar Exposure and Photoprotection of Aesthetic Student

M.E.O. Rocha¹ , A.C. França-Botelho²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.5 , Issue.11 , pp.42-46, Nov-2019

Online published on Nov 30, 2019

Copyright © M.E.O. Rocha, A.C. França-Botelho . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
In Brazil, skin cancer is the one with the highest incidence and when an early diagnosis is made it is possible to treat and cure it. Solar radiation is directly linked to the onset of skin cancer. Photoprotection is characterized as the main measure to prevent ultraviolet radiation-related diseases. Therefore, a quantitative, exploratory and cross-sectional research was carried out with the objective of knowing the sun exposure and photoprotection habits of students the Aesthetics course at a university in the interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. To perform the search was used an online form by Google Docs Forms. Although the risk of exaggerated sun exposure is widely known, as well as the importance of using sunscreen daily, even in a population composed of students of an Aesthetics course, daily adhesion to sunscreen was only reported by a minority of the sample, evidencing the need for awareness about skin cancer prevention.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Skin cancer, radiation, ultraviolet rays, photoprotection, cancer prevention

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