WARNING! YOUR LIP GLOSS MAY BE GIVING YOU CANCER. No it's not a joke, this is serious stuff. What is it about lip gloss that is causing cancer among 5 Americans per year? It's chemical content? No, the materials inside your gloss wouldn't cause cancer, unless you are using some kind of illegal brand. No, the truth is, the sun's magnification across the gloss is causing people to get lip cancer. The "experts" are comparing putting on lip gloss to putting on baby oil to promote tanning. Gross. Who wants tan lips? Mine would just get sun burned anyway. In an article at ABC News.com it says: "...squamous cell carcinoma (the kind of cancer that makes up 90 percent of new cases of lip skin cancer each year) has a higher risk of metastasis on the lips. That means that it's more likely to aggressively spread if it starts on your lips than if the same kind of cancer appears first on other parts of the skin." OK, that might be true, but is lip gloss really the cancer causing culprit? The "experts" suggest finding a lip gloss that has SPF benefits. So how do you know if your lip gloss is protecting your delicate lips? Well, mine does not come right out and say SPF, but there are some ingredients that are proven to protect your lips that they add in. The only problem is, you have to check it yourself. If you are really THAT concerned go to "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen#Active_ingredients" and you will have an entire list of fun names that you can try to find on the tiny back of your lip gloss tube. I might be digging my own grave here, but I don't really care what my gloss has in it, because it tastes likes limes. I have this suspicion that when I die, it won't be from lip cancer due to the high sheen on my lip gloss, but it's up to you to decide. Live a joyful life of shimmering, tasty lips or live in fear that while your lips taste good, the product YOU placed upon is slowly killing you.
Thanks for reading my meaningless rant
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