Author: Anu

  • Skin cancer awareness month: D for Diameter

    May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. During this month a lot of people contribute to the mission of raising awareness of skin cancer risk to as many people as possible. To support this cause, we will publish a series of blog posts dedicated to the most common signs of skin cancer. We focus on the ABCDE-method for…

  • Skin cancer awareness month: C for Colors

    As you are now (probably) aware of, May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. During this month a lot of people contribute to the mission of raising awareness of skin cancer risk to as many people as possible. To support this cause, we will publish a series of blog posts dedicated to the most common signs of…

  • Indoor tanning and the connection to skin cancer

    By now, most of us must have heard that tanning is not good for our health, as the UV rays emitted from tanning beds penetrate our skin, damaging it deeply. What is the exact connection between indoor tanning and skin cancer? Let’s have a look at how these two are linked.

  • Skin cancer awareness month: B for Border

    As we introduced to you in the last blog post, May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. During this month a lot of people contribute to the mission of raising awareness of skin cancer risk to as many people as possible. To support this cause, we will publish a series of blog posts dedicated to the most…

  • Skin cancer awareness month: A for Asymmetry

    You might not be aware (yet), but May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. During this month a lot of people contribute to the mission of raising awareness of skin cancer risk to as many people as possible. To support this cause, we will publish a series of blog posts dedicated to the most common signs…

  • Melanoma Monday – this is why you should care

    The 1st of May is Melanoma Monday and kicks off the start of Skin Cancer Detection & Awareness Month.

  • Can you actually ‘shrink’ your pores?

    Take a walk through the beauty or skincare section of any drug store, and you’ll find product after product claiming to shrink or minimize pore size. It seems that a lot of beauty advice these days centers around this nebulous quest of making this seemingly harmless part of your skin disappear. But what does shrinking…

  • Skin cancer diagnosis

    At SkinVision, we focus on detecting signs of skin cancer in the early stages so that you get to a doctor in time to follow up, and start treatment if necessary. But before any intervention, an official diagnosis needs to be made. So how does the skin cancer diagnosis take place? Let’s take a look.

  • Why is skin cancer so common?

    Skin cancer is one of the fastest-growing cancers in the world. The incidence numbers have been rising for decades now, and with summer temperatures around the world reaching (or breaking) records, these numbers do not seem to decline soon. So why is skin cancer so common? That’s an important question to answer if we want…

  • Is SkinVision available in the us?

    So.. When are you coming to the US? After our successful presentation during the startup competition at the SXSW festival in Austin, we get this question a lot: So when is SkinVision coming to the US? We are happy to say that we are working on that, but we are not quite there yet. In…