What increases your risk of getting melanoma?
Using tanning beds and sunlamps increases your risk of developing melanoma.
Anyone can get melanoma, but having skin that sunburns easily increases your risk.
If you have fair skin, naturally light-colored hair, and blue or green eyes, you have a higher risk of getting melanoma.
Having red hair and freckles helps protect you from getting melanoma.
Having 50 or more moles increases your risk of getting melanoma.
Where you live doesn’t affect your risk of getting melanoma.
Getting short bursts of sun, such as on a tropical vacation or summer weekends, increases your risk of getting melanoma.
If a close blood relative (parent, brother, sister, or child) had melanoma, you have an increased risk of getting melanoma.
Your risk of getting melanoma decreases with age.
Anyone who has had melanoma has a greater risk of getting another melanoma.
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