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Avoid the skin cancer
Nghiem has been experimenting with the implementation of caffeine directly on the skin. “Achieving suppresses the development of skin cancer by as much as 72 percent in mice and humans are progressing slowly,” he said.
It is possible that the topical preparations caffeine might one day be used to help prevent the skin cancer, nghiem said, “The caffeine is a sunscreen and eliminates the damaged cells,” he said.
“It is possible that it makes sense put it into a preparation of solar protection”.
Dr. Robin Ashinoff, a dermatologist and associate professor of clinical dermatology at the University of New York from the Medical Center Langone, considers these results must be checked before they can have any clinical application.
“This study tells me that the caffeine can be a useful ingredient topical ultraviolet to eliminate the damaged cells genetically reproduction,” said Ashinoff. “This can help prevent the development of skin cancer.”
“It is interesting that caffeine, which is believed to have a negative connotation, has proved to be associated with a lower incidence of skin cancer melanoma in several epidemiological studies,” he added.
Dr. Albert Lefkovits, a spokesman for the Foundation of skin cancer and associate professor of clinical dermatology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in the city of New York, does not believe that has been shown to the caffeine reduces the risk of skin cancer. Read the rest of this entry »