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Prevent Skin Cancer With Aurat Closing

The skin of our bodies has such a valuable function. Among its functions is to protect the body from heat, light, infection, and injury. The skin also serves to store water, fat, and vitamin D (Source: National Cancer Institute PDQ Statement).

Then, what if our multi-functional skin is attacked by cancer? (commonly referred to as skin cancer). Skin cancer is one form of skin disease in the form of cancer cells that grow on the outer layer of skin.

What caused it?
Among the factors that trigger the emergence of this skin cancer is sun and ultraviolet rays. These two rays are destructive. And that damage can continue to be cancer. In addition, other factors such as heredity / genetics and the environment of residence also contributed to the emergence of this rather dangerous disease.

Two things that affect sun damage are the amount of light the skin receives over the years, and often exposes with sunlight. It can cause the skin to burn so that there is skin cancer. Generally humans receive 80% exposure to sunlight at the age of 18 years of life. It is therefore recommended to protect children from the sun from an early age.

Skin cancer develops very slowly. The sunburn effect we received this week takes 20 years to become skin cancer.

Heredity Factor *
Heredity factors also affect the appearance of this skin cancer. A history of congenital skin cancer from the family may increase the likelihood of an increased risk of skin cancer. Light-skinned people with descendants of northern Europe have a greater risk factor.
Ultraviolet Light Dangers *
Current ultraviolet light levels are higher than 50 or 100 years ago. This is due to the reduction of the ozone layer from the Earth's atmosphere. Ozone serves as a filter to filter out a number of ultraviolet rays that enter the Earth's surface. With the thin ozone in the atmosphere, the higher the level of ultraviolet rays that enter the surface of the earth. One factor that can reduce the intensity of ultraviolet rays that reach the earth is the clouds in the sky.

How to reduce the risk of skin cancer?

There are several steps that have been recommended by the American Academy of Dermatology and Skin Cancer Foundation to reduce the risk of skin cancer, the following description:

Minimize expose with sunlight at noon, between 10.00 (morning) until 03.00 (afternoon).
Wear sunscreen with at least SPF-15 or higher to all parts of the body exposed to sunlight.
Apply a sunscreen every 2 hours, even when the weather is overcast. Repeat after swimming or sweating.
Wear clothes that cover the body and face (hat is also recommended as a complement to cover two parts at once, the face and neck).
Avoid expose with ultraviolet radiation on the lamp.
Protect children from exposure to very stinging sunlight at 10:00 (morning) to 3:00 (afternoon).
Use sunscreen only for children aged 6 months and over. Children age 6 months and under should be avoided from exposure to light at these hours.

Close Aurat, A Solution

From scientific facts written by scientists who incidentally western people, clearly and conclusively can be concluded that close aurat in syar'i really have to protect the Muslims (especially muslimat) from the danger, especially skin cancer. The very thing they (unbelievers) about all-out it turns out they prove themselves some of its benefits to humans. In fact, they themselves are making recommendations to cover the body to protect it from the dangers of exposure to sunlight. The more days the ozone layer grows thinner, and the risk of skin cancer is increasingly high.