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Basically, there are two seasons of the year that most people really fear. Well, at least people who have to take care of the expenses to do with the seasons. Winter is expensive of course with Christmas and all the gifts and all. But come summer, and there are always summer vacations and summer camps to take care of. Well, in the summer, unfortunately, worried as they are about how they are going to handle the money part of the deal, people often forget one important little detail – sun protection that can protect them from sun damage to their skin.

What are you to do? For the budget conscious, protecting skin from sun damage can be a painful affair. It might seem like just a little when you buy a bottle of sunscreen or something. A bottle of sunscreen doesn't go very far though when there's a whole family to protect. And those little bottles can add up.

You know all about UV protection lotion; but have you ever tried using UPF clothing? That's right, they sell ultraviolet protection factor sweat shirts and other swimwear. Buy one with a UPF of 50, and it's practically complete sunblock. That should help you save on the costs of sunscreen.

You don't hear about as much as, say, breast cancer or prostate cancer, but it's there. Every skin doctor out there has been fighting an extraordinary battle against skin cancer over the last 10 years or so. Every year, a million people are diagnosed with skin cancer; melanoma, the scariest kind of skin cancer there is, affects about 70,000 people per yearr just to make sure.

Of course, that's easier said than done. The fact that there are only about 10,000 dermatologists in the country for all the hundreds of millions of people there are, means often that one needs to wait about six months for an appointment.

Actually, it isn't really fair to say there are 10,000 dermatologists in the country for all the hundreds of millions of people. A great many of them are in the cosmetic skincare field – you know – Botox, wrinkles, laser hair removal and so on. So actually, you could say that the actual number of skin specialists there are would be about half that number give or take.