How to Best Protect Yourself from the Sun as Temperatures Heat up in Phoenix - Affiliated Dermatology

Video transcript: 12 News: Melanoma Monday & Skin Cancer Awareness with Dr. Mullens

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[00:00:01] on this melanoma Monday we are talking

[00:00:04] ways to protect your skin from the Sun

[00:00:06] the very strong sun rays that you might

[00:00:09] not think of coming up here in just a

[00:00:11] few minutes Monday it's a day dedicated

[00:00:18] to raising awareness of that condition

[00:00:21] yeah hey good morning the most dangerous

[00:00:23] form of skin cancer it's especially

[00:00:25] important with this extreme heat Steve

[00:00:27] Jobs genoise live with the dermatologist

[00:00:29] this morning with exactly what we need

[00:00:32] to know Jen these are such good things

[00:00:34] and great reminders especially with the

[00:00:36] weather getting hot again Paul saying

[00:00:38] that he likes to take his shirt off when

[00:00:40] it's that's not true I don't I try to

[00:00:42] keep sunscreen lotion in my car but I

[00:00:44] often forget to put it in there and then

[00:00:48] therefore put it on all right Jen so

[00:00:50] what do you got for us oh okay so I was

[00:00:54] gonna save this for the six o'clock but

[00:00:56] cut Paul he just brought it up he said I

[00:00:59] leave the sunscreen in my car and we

[00:01:02] were just talking about this this is

[00:01:04] doctor Dustin Mullen so what do you have

[00:01:06] to say about leaving the sunscreen your

[00:01:07] car I learned this this morning Paul I

[00:01:09] didn't know either so here we go I would

[00:01:11] say to Paul please don't

[00:01:13] sunscreen leaving it in the car out here

[00:01:16] in Arizona puts the sunscreen at risk of

[00:01:18] being exposed to extreme heat any time

[00:01:22] sunscreens exposed to temperatures

[00:01:23] approximately 100 degrees Fahrenheit it

[00:01:26] can become inert or inactive so you

[00:01:28] could be applying a sunscreen that

[00:01:30] basically is just a cream that's not

[00:01:32] protecting you from the Sun and you may

[00:01:34] be noticing that you're burning now even

[00:01:37] though you're applying sunscreen so

[00:01:39] absolutely a must you cannot leave that

[00:01:41] sunscreen in the vehicle cannot leave it

[00:01:43] in any areas where it'll be exposed to

[00:01:45] extreme temperatures see I never knew

[00:01:46] that I know we have a lot of people who

[00:01:48] golf out here who swim I mean you're out

[00:01:50] at the playground with the kids we were

[00:01:51] outside all the time with about 300 days

[00:01:53] of sunshine every year so where do you

[00:01:55] recommend what are better options for

[00:01:57] leaving that sunscreen around make sure

[00:01:59] we still have it with us

[00:02:00] so obviously you can leave the the

[00:02:02] sunscreen at home but you can take some

[00:02:04] handhelds with you as well I have some

[00:02:05] great samples golf bag you can take

[00:02:12] put them in the vehicle for the day

[00:02:13] there are some good carry options that

[00:02:15] you can take with you okay and then

[00:02:17] let's talk about now like hats because I

[00:02:19] was just asking you a couple minutes ago

[00:02:21] - I always wear a baseball hat I mean

[00:02:22] especially on the weekends I don't want

[00:02:23] to mess of doing my hair so what do you

[00:02:25] have to say about the baseball hats and

[00:02:26] what are some better options there

[00:02:28] basically I like I like if you're

[00:02:30] wearing a hat versus nothing but ideally

[00:02:33] you'd wear a hat with a three-inch

[00:02:35] circumferential coverage around the head

[00:02:37] and that will protect your ears neck

[00:02:39] forehead nose to a degree and that will

[00:02:42] give you a little bit of extended

[00:02:43] coverage but a baseball cap is good

[00:02:44] you'll still need to apply sunscreen to

[00:02:46] the ears the neck because those will

[00:02:48] still be exposed but I like these wide

[00:02:50] brim tats these are two good examples

[00:02:51] here some other options that we may have

[00:02:54] though would be these long sleeves that

[00:02:56] are SPF protecting yeah I like this

[00:02:58] because you're out in the Sun a lot and

[00:03:00] you're like man I don't want to wear

[00:03:01] long sleeves it's so darn hot but

[00:03:02] actually if you cover yourself up if

[00:03:04] it's lightweight it helps you keep cool

[00:03:05] so talk about these wear these might be

[00:03:08] good for people to use them so those are

[00:03:09] actually a fantastic option for

[00:03:11] individuals they're going to be outside

[00:03:12] for longer than two to three hours as

[00:03:15] you know you have to reapply sunscreen

[00:03:16] every two to three hours and sometimes

[00:03:18] sometimes that's not conducive to what

[00:03:20] you're doing this is an excellent option

[00:03:22] for people golfing out here that's a big

[00:03:24] thing you can wear that golfing those

[00:03:26] are a particular pair that I use that do

[00:03:28] not make me overheat

[00:03:30] I do not notice any difference in my

[00:03:32] temperature or having to cool down and

[00:03:34] they're a fantastic option to protect

[00:03:36] your skin from the Sun all right dr.

[00:03:38] Mullins thank you so much for joining us

[00:03:39] live we're gonna be back here at 6 a.m.

[00:03:41] we're gonna show you what a good mole

[00:03:43] looks like as opposed to one that might

[00:03:45] have some cancer associated with it plus

[00:03:48] give you some other options for blocking

[00:03:50] the Sun that you might not have already

[00:03:52] thought of and as like sometimes you

[00:03:54] know you look at those pictures I think

[00:03:55] makes your skin crawl a little bit but

[00:03:56] it's such good information we got to

[00:03:58] know this stuff I like starting my

[00:03:59] Monday mornings being reminded that I'm

[00:04:01] doing everything wrong the Today Show is

[00:04:04] also trying to raise awareness about

[00:04:05] melanoma this morning they'll try to

[00:04:07] break the Guinness world record for the

[00:04:08] most people simultaneously applying

[00:04:11] sunscreen what sounds like riveting

[00:04:13] television yeah I love it

[00:04:14] only on the Today Show right after 12:00

[00:04:16] today

Video transcript: Melanoma Monday with Dr. Mullens & 12 News

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[00:00:01] it is melanoma Monday we are telling you

[00:00:04] some of the best ways to protect your

[00:00:06] skin from the sun's harmful rays that

[00:00:09] you might not be thinking of coming up

[00:00:10] in just a few minutes today is melanoma

[00:00:13] Monday a day dedicated to raising

[00:00:15] awareness about the most dangerous form

[00:00:17] of skin cancer it's a critically

[00:00:19] important topic for Arizonans who enjoy

[00:00:21] the sunlight nearly every day of the

[00:00:23] year

[00:00:23] team 12s genoise is live this morning

[00:00:25] with a dermatologist letting us know

[00:00:27] what we need to know as temperatures

[00:00:29] continue to heat up good morning Jen

[00:00:33] yeah you got a good morning to you guys

[00:00:35] we're live here at a park I know a lot

[00:00:37] of little kiddos are gonna be getting

[00:00:38] outside enjoying the Sun and this

[00:00:40] morning I want to bring on dr. Dustin

[00:00:42] Mullins here here with affiliated

[00:00:44] dermatology let's go ahead and start out

[00:00:46] first tell us the difference between a

[00:00:47] good mole and a bad mole to put it very

[00:00:49] plainly absolutely so good mole versus

[00:00:51] bad mole so what's the difference so

[00:00:54] good mole will have certain features

[00:00:55] that we're looking for and bad mole will

[00:00:58] have features that we're also trying to

[00:01:00] look for so what we apply is the abcdes

[00:01:02] of melanoma for melanoma Monday we're

[00:01:05] gonna run through those so is it

[00:01:07] asymmetric so if I cut it down the

[00:01:09] middle is a mirror image of itself this

[00:01:11] normal mole good mole is a mirror image

[00:01:13] of itself if you look over here this is

[00:01:15] a melanoma this is not a mirror image of

[00:01:17] itself is asymmetric so that offends the

[00:01:19] a of the abcdes

[00:01:21] if you go down the the spectrum B is the

[00:01:24] border is it irregular or is it smooth

[00:01:26] so is it jagged or smooth this is nice

[00:01:28] and smooth and the normal versus jagged

[00:01:30] in the melanoma the C stands for color

[00:01:32] variation is it more than one color is

[00:01:34] it dark black and brown is it blue and

[00:01:37] brown so more than one color that's

[00:01:39] going to be a Finch that rule we're

[00:01:41] going to want to see if for for that as

[00:01:43] well D is diameter is it greater than

[00:01:45] six millimeters so can I stick a pencil

[00:01:47] eraser over it if I can stick a pencil

[00:01:48] eraser over it generally speaking that's

[00:01:50] a reassuring feature and eat evolution

[00:01:53] is evolving in any way is there any

[00:01:55] change to that mole all right so really

[00:01:57] important to make sure you're getting

[00:01:59] checked with your dermatologist let's

[00:02:00] move on to sunglasses we need them so

[00:02:02] badly because you can also get eye

[00:02:04] cancer which is crazy to be melanoma

[00:02:06] behind the eye yeah so melanoma can't

[00:02:08] occur in the eye we have pigment in the

[00:02:10] back of the eye and therefore were at

[00:02:13] risk of melanoma in that location you

[00:02:15] need to have a good pair of eye

[00:02:16] protection especially here in Arizona so

[00:02:18] you need some UV 100% protection

[00:02:20] sunglasses you ran those every day all

[00:02:22] right thank you and then my last

[00:02:24] question is going to be that chemicals

[00:02:26] in sunscreen I'm always looking for that

[00:02:28] for my kids I want to keep them

[00:02:29] protected but I want to make sure I'm

[00:02:30] putting good sunscreen on them so what

[00:02:33] do you recommend for families anyone

[00:02:35] wearing sunscreen good question I always

[00:02:37] recommend natural products mineral base

[00:02:39] so I like zinc oxide and titanium

[00:02:41] dioxide those are going to be your

[00:02:43] broad-spectrum mineral base so they're

[00:02:45] physical blockers they're not

[00:02:46] Mikal blockers the chemicals that we

[00:02:48] have in some of our sunscreens are going

[00:02:49] to block the sunlight using chemical

[00:02:51] dispersion so we need to be careful with

[00:02:53] those and the application of those

[00:02:55] especially in these spray sunscreens

[00:02:56] when we're spraying those in a closed

[00:02:58] unventilated room or potentially

[00:03:00] inhaling those chemicals and we don't

[00:03:02] know currently at this time whether or

[00:03:04] not there's potential long-term effects

[00:03:06] of that so make sure if you are spraying

[00:03:08] them with a sunscreen it's in a

[00:03:09] well-ventilated open room all right you

[00:03:12] got it guys thank you so much for

[00:03:13] joining us live this morning we have a

[00:03:15] lot more clothing you can wear if you're

[00:03:17] outside wide-brimmed hats so important

[00:03:19] if you're not going to put sunscreen on

[00:03:21] your ears plus SPF 30 to 50 make sure

[00:03:24] you're reapplying every two to three

[00:03:26] hours EMA impulse Jen I'm one of those

[00:03:30] moms that does a spray with my kids

[00:03:32] because lathering and on them is so

[00:03:35] difficult for me so that's good to

[00:03:37] remember you got to be in the open area

[00:03:39] if you're looking for more tips look no

[00:03:40] further than the Today Show they're also

[00:03:42] trying to raise awareness about melanoma

[00:03:44] this morning they're gonna try to break

[00:03:45] the Guinness world record for most

[00:03:47] people simultaneously applying sunscreen

[00:03:49] can they do it you can see it at 7 a.m.

[00:03:52] right after 12:00 today