Transcript: (2/2) [Stephanie] When I see many different sunscreen lotions on the shelves, I get overwhelmed and so confused! I try to figure out which lotion is best for me. There are bottles with different numbers with SPF. What is SPF and why are the numbers so important? [Image Description: Yellow background with sun screen labels displaying SPF 15, SPF 30, and SPF 50] [Dr. Jensen] As far as what sunblock to use, I like to see number 30 or above. It doesn't really matter how high you go. 30 is plenty. [Image Description: A blue box of a sunscreen showing Drug Facts: Active Ingredients. Titanium Dioxide 15% and Zinc Oxide 12%. A red circle appears to show the important ingredients. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.] [Dr. Jensen] And more importantly, I like to see certain ingredients like zinc or titanium. Those are physical sunblock. [Image Description: An illustration of two skin layers. The first illustration is titled, “With Sunscreen” and shows the UV light bouncing off the skin. The second illustration is titled, “Without Sunscreen” and shows the UV light absorbing into the skin. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.] [Dr. Jensen] They work as soon as you put them on, you don't need to wait. And there's so many different versions. They don't have to look so white and pasty. They can be very easy to use on a daily basis. You do need to reapply throughout the day if you're going to be out all day, gardening or golfing. But I do recommend just a first layer in the morning for all the driving or errands we do. I tell people to put it by your toothpaste. You're going to brush your teeth every morning. So you link it to a habit you already do, it makes it easier. [Stephanie] Dr. Jensen, thank you so much for taking your time, from your busy schedule, to meet with me. The information you shared are so invaluable and very helpful. I might come back with more questions, down the road, so let’s keep in touch. People would take care of their organs, by eating healthy food or avoid any potential harm to our organs. Bikers wear helmets, football players wear pads, and we wear a seatbelt to protect our bones and organs. But people don’t realize that our skin is an organ, actually the largest organ, on our body! If people take extra care of themselves by adding protection gears to prevent any severe damage, why can’t we do the same for our skin? By putting 30 or higher SPF on your skin and a hat, when staying out in the sun for more than 30 minutes, and do a body check for any suspicious growth. If you are not sure, it wouldn’t hurt to go see a Dermatologist. At Pink Wings of Hope, we have a team of volunteers, or Butterflies as we call them, who have gone through their own cancer journey and is wanting to help other deaf, hard of hearng, and deafblind to get through theirs and not to let them feel alone. If you need someone to talk with, help in finding peer support, or if you’d like to share your journey, please reach out to us and we’d be happy to listen. [Image Description: Pink Wings of Hope Logo and contact information. (314) 714-6398. pwoh@deafinc.org. www.deafinc.org/pink] [Visual Description: Ending- Light green background. The Cocoon logo, a purple butterfly flying over written out cursive “The Cocoon” ending with a drawn out cocoon. Pink Wings of Hope is a program of DEAF, Inc. and www.deafinc.org/pink appears underneath.]
Transcript: (1/2) [Visual Description: Introduction- Light green background. The Cocoon logo, a purple butterfly flying over written out cursive “The Cocoon” ending with a drawn out cocoon. Pink Wings of Hope and www.deafinc.org/pink appears underneath. Cocoon Logo gets flipped into a short video of the host wearing black shirt, turning to look at the camera and Hosted by Stephanie appears.] [Visual Description: Stephanie - a white female, dressed in black shirt with Pink Wings of Hope logo and butterfly design, sitting down in front of a white wall.] [Stephanie] Hello, my name is Stephanie and thank you for joining in with us. Today, we will be focusing on skin cancer, which is the most common cancer in the United States and worldwide, how to identify any potential cancerous skin growth, and how we could prevent ourselves from being at a greater risk for skin cancer. I am honored to have this opportunity to talk with a Dermatologist. Hi Dr. Jensen, thank you for joining with us. I heard you were learning ASL in a class, would you like to introduce yourself? [Visual Description: Dr. Jenson - a white female with short hair, wearing a lab coat, sitting next to a white female dressed in black who is her interpreter. There are medical equipments and cabinets in the background.] [Dr. Jensen] Hi, my name is Dr. Jensen. My sign name is this. [Image Description: Blue background with a large woman in the center from shoulder to head, with spots on her face. Medicine bottle in front of her and a doctor holding on to a magnifying glass to look at the spots. Another doctor sits with on an enlarged science drawing of a person’s skin.] [Dr. Jenson] I am a dermatologist. [Stephanie] The Deaf, hard of hearing, and Deafblind community have been hearing about skin cancer and preventive care from time to time, but most of the the time we don’t have the equal access to all information, only bits here and there. So, let’s see if we can bring the information out here today. Let’s start with the big question- what is skin cancer? [Dr. Jensen] Skin cancer is an abnormal growth of cells from the skin and there are three most common types we see. [Image Description: A series of three images showing the three most common types of cancer with an interpreter in the upper right hand corner. Basal Cell Cancer shows an image of a red mark on the skin. Squamous Cell Cancer shows an image of a peeling bump like a mole. Melanoma Cancer shows an image of a black mole with dark coloring on the skin.] Basal Cell Cancer is the most common. Squamous Cell is the second most common cancer I see, and Melanoma Cancer of the cells that cause color in the skin: melanocytes. It's also the most concerning type of cancer to get. [Stephanie] With the most of the types of cancer, it all begins with an abnormal cell that multiply into a cluster of abnormal cells, which could lead to a cancerous tumor or a beigin. I am aware that our skin have their own cells, that functions differently than other cells in our body. How do skin cells become cancerous? [Dr. Jensen] Skin cells become cancerous as a result of damage to the DNA and that happens with cumulative sun exposure. UV radiation causes damage to the cells and then they grow and multiply. [Stephanie] What is UV? [Image Description: A medical illustration of the skin’s layers and a sun in the upper left corner. Arrows of the rays dispaying the impact of each UV light. UVA goes deeper into the skin to the dermis layer. UVB goes into the epidermis layer. UVC doesn’t touch the skin. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.] [Dr. Jensen] UV light is what comes from the sun. We see UVA and UVB, UVC stays up in the clouds above us. But that radiation causes the damage to the cells. [Stephanie] Please explain a little more about each of the top 3 you mentioned, Squamous Cell Cancer, Basal Cell Cancer, and Melanoma. [Image Description: A flat medical illustration of the skin’s layers. Titled Basal Cell Carinoma, the cancer cell is superficial and at the top of the first layer. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.] [Dr. Jensen] So Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common cancer we see. It often starts off as a pimple that won't heal, a wound that comes and goes or something that bleeds easily. Usually in areas of more sun exposure: the head, neck, or back. It's easily treated with surgical procedures and it has a very low risk of moving throughout the body. It won't metastasize. [Image Description: A flat medical illustration of the skin’s layers. Titled Squamous Cell, the cancer cell is deeper into the first layer called epidermis. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.] Squamous Cell Cancer is a little more concerning in that it can travel through the body. It looks more scaly, rough looking and again happens where the sun hits the skin: head, neck, arms, and back. [Image Description: A flat medical illustration of the skin’s layers. Titled Melanoma, the cancer cell has surpassed the epidermis layer and went deep into the dermis layer. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.] And then Melanoma is the more worrisome type of skin cancer that comes from a mole or the cells that make color in the skin and that can travel through the body. It can cause a lot of morbidity and mortality. It also has a little more risk of passing through generations. It can be hereditary. So people with a first degree relative with Melanoma have to be more cautious. [Stephanie] We know that if we see anything different on our skin that wasn’t there before, to go see a Dermatologist but what if I have some moles or freckles, how would I notice the difference? To me, a freckle looks the same as the early sign of a melanoma. [Dr. Jensen] It's hard and I understand that to tell the difference between a normal freckle or a mole and a skin cancer or melanoma. I think it helps to have a baseline exam with the skin specialist or dermatologist so you have an understanding. And then to look for changes in any moles that you might have and to see someone if you do have a changing mole or changing spot. [Stephanie] Now I have a better understanding of the three types of skin cancer and how to identify a potential sign of a skin cancer; let’s talk about how we can take a better care of our skin and what preventive actions we should take. [Dr. Jensen] Well, it's important to take care of your skin in the sun. The sun is important for us for vitamin D production. And also, the sun feels good. So you don't have to hide fully from the sun, but you have to be smart in the sun. I recommend people wear sunblock on their face and their arms on a daily basis because you get a lot of sun driving around going to the grocery store. I tell people, sun is like chocolate. You don't want to eat it all day, but you can have little bits of it.
Transcript: (2/2)
[Stephanie] When I see many different sunscreen lotions on the shelves, I get overwhelmed and so confused! I try to figure out which lotion is best for me. There are bottles with different numbers with SPF. What is SPF and why are the numbers so important?
[Image Description: Yellow background with sun screen labels displaying SPF 15, SPF 30, and SPF 50]
[Dr. Jensen] As far as what sunblock to use, I like to see number 30 or above. It doesn't really matter how high you go. 30 is plenty.
[Image Description: A blue box of a sunscreen showing Drug Facts: Active Ingredients. Titanium Dioxide 15% and Zinc Oxide 12%. A red circle appears to show the important ingredients. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.]
[Dr. Jensen] And more importantly, I like to see certain ingredients like zinc or titanium. Those are physical sunblock.
[Image Description: An illustration of two skin layers. The first illustration is titled, “With Sunscreen” and shows the UV light bouncing off the skin. The second illustration is titled, “Without Sunscreen” and shows the UV light absorbing into the skin. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.]
[Dr. Jensen] They work as soon as you put them on, you don't need to wait. And there's so many different versions. They don't have to look so white and pasty. They can be very easy to use on a daily basis.
You do need to reapply throughout the day if you're going to be out all day, gardening or golfing. But I do recommend just a first layer in the morning for all the driving or errands we do. I tell people to put it by your toothpaste. You're going to brush your teeth every morning. So you link it to a habit you already do, it makes it easier.
[Stephanie] Dr. Jensen, thank you so much for taking your time, from your busy schedule, to meet with me. The information you shared are so invaluable and very helpful. I might come back with more questions, down the road, so let’s keep in touch.
People would take care of their organs, by eating healthy food or avoid any potential harm to our organs. Bikers wear helmets, football players wear pads, and we wear a seatbelt to protect our bones and organs. But people don’t realize that our skin is an organ, actually the largest organ, on our body! If people take extra care of themselves by adding protection gears to prevent any severe damage, why can’t we do the same for our skin? By putting 30 or higher SPF on your skin and a hat, when staying out in the sun for more than 30 minutes, and do a body check for any suspicious growth. If you are not sure, it wouldn’t hurt to go see a Dermatologist.
At Pink Wings of Hope, we have a team of volunteers, or Butterflies as we call them, who have gone through their own cancer journey and is wanting to help other deaf, hard of hearng, and deafblind to get through theirs and not to let them feel alone. If you need someone to talk with, help in finding peer support, or if you’d like to share your journey, please reach out to us and we’d be happy to listen.
[Image Description: Pink Wings of Hope Logo and contact information. (314) 714-6398. pwoh@deafinc.org. www.deafinc.org/pink]
[Visual Description: Ending- Light green background. The Cocoon logo, a purple butterfly flying over written out cursive “The Cocoon” ending with a drawn out cocoon. Pink Wings of Hope is a program of DEAF, Inc. and www.deafinc.org/pink appears underneath.]
Transcript: (1/2)
[Visual Description: Introduction- Light green background. The Cocoon logo, a purple butterfly flying over written out cursive “The Cocoon” ending with a drawn out cocoon. Pink Wings of Hope and www.deafinc.org/pink appears underneath. Cocoon Logo gets flipped into a short video of the host wearing black shirt, turning to look at the camera and Hosted by Stephanie appears.]
[Visual Description: Stephanie - a white female, dressed in black shirt with Pink Wings of Hope logo and butterfly design, sitting down in front of a white wall.]
[Stephanie] Hello, my name is Stephanie and thank you for joining in with us. Today, we will be focusing on skin cancer, which is the most common cancer in the United States and worldwide, how to identify any potential cancerous skin growth, and how we could prevent ourselves from being at a greater risk for skin cancer. I am honored to have this opportunity to talk with a Dermatologist.
Hi Dr. Jensen, thank you for joining with us. I heard you were learning ASL in a class, would you like to introduce yourself?
[Visual Description: Dr. Jenson - a white female with short hair, wearing a lab coat, sitting next to a white female dressed in black who is her interpreter. There are medical equipments and cabinets in the background.]
[Dr. Jensen] Hi, my name is Dr. Jensen. My sign name is this.
[Image Description: Blue background with a large woman in the center from shoulder to head, with spots on her face. Medicine bottle in front of her and a doctor holding on to a magnifying glass to look at the spots. Another doctor sits with on an enlarged science drawing of a person’s skin.]
[Dr. Jenson] I am a dermatologist.
[Stephanie] The Deaf, hard of hearing, and Deafblind community have been hearing about skin cancer and preventive care from time to time, but most of the the time we don’t have the equal access to all information, only bits here and there. So, let’s see if we can bring the information out here today. Let’s start with the big question- what is skin cancer?
[Dr. Jensen] Skin cancer is an abnormal growth of cells from the skin and there are three most common types we see.
[Image Description: A series of three images showing the three most common types of cancer with an interpreter in the upper right hand corner. Basal Cell Cancer shows an image of a red mark on the skin. Squamous Cell Cancer shows an image of a peeling bump like a mole. Melanoma Cancer shows an image of a black mole with dark coloring on the skin.]
Basal Cell Cancer is the most common. Squamous Cell is the second most common cancer I see, and Melanoma Cancer of the cells that cause color in the skin: melanocytes. It's also the most concerning type of cancer to get.
[Stephanie] With the most of the types of cancer, it all begins with an abnormal cell that multiply into a cluster of abnormal cells, which could lead to a cancerous tumor or a beigin. I am aware that our skin have their own cells, that functions differently than other cells in our body. How do skin cells become cancerous?
[Dr. Jensen] Skin cells become cancerous as a result of damage to the DNA and that happens with cumulative sun exposure. UV radiation causes damage to the cells and then they grow and multiply.
[Stephanie] What is UV?
[Image Description: A medical illustration of the skin’s layers and a sun in the upper left corner. Arrows of the rays dispaying the impact of each UV light. UVA goes deeper into the skin to the dermis layer. UVB goes into the epidermis layer. UVC doesn’t touch the skin. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.]
[Dr. Jensen] UV light is what comes from the sun. We see UVA and UVB, UVC stays up in the clouds above us. But that radiation causes the damage to the cells.
[Stephanie] Please explain a little more about each of the top 3 you mentioned, Squamous Cell Cancer, Basal Cell Cancer, and Melanoma.
[Image Description: A flat medical illustration of the skin’s layers. Titled Basal Cell Carinoma, the cancer cell is superficial and at the top of the first layer. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.]
[Dr. Jensen] So Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common cancer we see. It often starts off as a pimple that won't heal, a wound that comes and goes or something that bleeds easily. Usually in areas of more sun exposure: the head, neck, or back. It's easily treated with surgical procedures and it has a very low risk of moving throughout the body. It won't metastasize.
[Image Description: A flat medical illustration of the skin’s layers. Titled Squamous Cell, the cancer cell is deeper into the first layer called epidermis. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.]
Squamous Cell Cancer is a little more concerning in that it can travel through the body. It looks more scaly, rough looking and again happens where the sun hits the skin: head, neck, arms, and back.
[Image Description: A flat medical illustration of the skin’s layers. Titled Melanoma, the cancer cell has surpassed the epidermis layer and went deep into the dermis layer. An interpreter is placed on the upper right corner.]
And then Melanoma is the more worrisome type of skin cancer that comes from a mole or the cells that make color in the skin and that can travel through the body. It can cause a lot of morbidity and mortality. It also has a little more risk of passing through generations. It can be hereditary. So people with a first degree relative with Melanoma have to be more cautious.
[Stephanie] We know that if we see anything different on our skin that wasn’t there before, to go see a Dermatologist but what if I have some moles or freckles, how would I notice the difference? To me, a freckle looks the same as the early sign of a melanoma.
[Dr. Jensen] It's hard and I understand that to tell the difference between a normal freckle or a mole and a skin cancer or melanoma. I think it helps to have a baseline exam with the skin specialist or dermatologist so you have an understanding. And then to look for changes in any moles that you might have and to see someone if you do have a changing mole or changing spot.
[Stephanie] Now I have a better understanding of the three types of skin cancer and how to identify a potential sign of a skin cancer; let’s talk about how we can take a better care of our skin and what preventive actions we should take.
[Dr. Jensen] Well, it's important to take care of your skin in the sun. The sun is important for us for vitamin D production. And also, the sun feels good. So you don't have to hide fully from the sun, but you have to be smart in the sun. I recommend people wear sunblock on their face and their arms on a daily basis because you get a lot of sun driving around going to the grocery store. I tell people, sun is like chocolate. You don't want to eat it all day, but you can have little bits of it.