"Fry now, pay later," The American Cancer Society says (Lamberg 71). Skin cancer is on the rise, not just in the United States, but also all over the world. There are many reasons why it is on the rise, and they all play in equally. Not one of the factors is more important than the other; they all play in equally and build up to a disease that can be deadly or not. It just depends on which type you have. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer.
             There are many types of skin cancer. Some are very harmful, and some are not very harmful at all if treated right away. Usually skin cancer starts as a growth, or lesion. Most of the time these growths develop from moles. A mole is made of clumps of melanocytes, the cells that produce the brownish pigment melanin. Moles are usually smaller than the tip of a pencil eraser and are circular in shape. They are tan to dark brown and uniformly colored. Most moles show up before their host is twenty years old. If one notices irregularity in a mole that he or she has, they should get it checked out. The American Academy of Dermatology has developed a checklist for a person to check their moles with if they think that their mole might be cancerous. "A" stands for asymmetry, suggesting that part of a mole or skin spot may look different from the rest of it. "B" stands for border irregularity, indicating that the outline of the spot is scalloped or bulging. "C" stands for color variation, meaning that the spot shows shades of tan or brown, black, red, white, or blue. "D" stands for diameter that means your mole is larger than the tip of a pencil eraser. (Lamberg 78) These are all signs that your mole may not be normal.
             One type of mole, the dysplastic nevi, may turn cancerous. These types of moles are generally larger than normal moles, irregularly shaped, and vary in color. They are usually found on people who have more t...