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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/puckering-up-safely/">Puckering Up Safely</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 13, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Caroline Shannon</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">If the days of using Bonnie Bell-esque lip glosses are far from the days of yore, then you may want to tune into this: Some dermatologists say slapping on a shiny lip gloss may increase your risk of developing skin cancer. While any lip balm that does not contain an SPF will not shield skin from harm, experts say the smooth, shimmering nature of a gloss could cause even more attraction of the sun’s UV rays. In the worst case scenario, say skin doctors, the sun damage caused by wearing certain lip products can lead to a possibly fatal form of skin cancer. An estimated 3,500 new cases of skin cancer of the lips are diagnosed each year, and 90 percent of those cancers are squamous cell carcinoma, according…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/puckering-up-safely/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/puckering-up-safely/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/puckering-up-safely/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/puckering-up-safely/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>