Rash Guards for Kids

By admin on October 4, 2010

Last week we reminded you about the year round uses for rash guards, but we forgot to mention the kids!!

Our kid’s rash guards can also be useful for the little ones even if they’re not in the water.  :-)

Just like our mens and women’s rash guard shirts, your children can wear these shirts to protect their skin from the harmful UV rays of the sun all year long – especially if they’re playing any type of outdoor sports.

Rash guard shirts are especially useful when worn under any uniforms or padding that can rub against our child’s skin – say their football uniform for example. Not only will these specialized shirts protect your kids from getting rashes and scrapes but they also provide muscle compression and support.

For this type of use we would highly recommend a long sleeve rash guard shirt.

So just because it’s not Summer, doesn’t mean you should forget about protecting your child’s skin with a kids rashguard shirt!

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New Skin Cancer Diagnostics

By admin on April 3, 2009

We here at Buy-Rash-Guards.com are all about UV protection as we know first hand how important it is to protect your skin from the harmful, cancer causing UV rays of the sun.

So we were excited to read about a team of researchers at the University of San Francisco, (UCSF), who have discovered a new and highly accurate way to distinguish malignant melanomas from benign moles by using genetic markers.

This method has proven to have a success rate over 90% compared to the typical biopsy which is examined microscopically. Researchers say that using this new method in conjunction with the standard microscopic examination will help diagnose difficult cases with much more accuracy.

As most people know, Melanoma is the deadliest and fasted spreading form of skin cancer. It can spread to almost any organ of the body and is difficult to treat in its advanced stages. The earlier it is diagnosed and treated, the higher the survival rate.

This is the first large-scale study to demonstrate both the high diagnostic accuracy and practicality of a multi-biomarker approach to melanoma diagnosis, according to Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, MD, professor of dermatology at UCSF and director of the Melanoma Center at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

We can’t say it enough but please be sure to protect your family’s skin when you’re in or around the water with one of our rash guard shirts… the life you save could be your own or one of your kids!

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Beach Vacations Increase Kids Skin Cancer Risk

By rashie on February 6, 2009

We came across a study published today that followed 681 caucasian children who were born in Colorado in 1998.

They found that each vacation spent at the beach was linked to a 5% increase in a specific type of small mole that is a risk factor for developing melanoma later in life.

“Parents of young children need to be cautious about taking their kids on vacations that are going to be sun-intensive at waterside locations, where people are outside for whole days at a time in skin-exposing swimsuits,” said Lori Crane, chair of the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the Colorado School of Public Health.

You can read more about the study here…

Of course if you’re one of our regular customers here at Buy-Rash-Guards.com you know that proetcting you and your children from the harmful UV rays of the sun is our biggest concern.

Our line of rash guard swim and surf shirts are one of your best defenses against sunburns and skin cancer because they provide SPF 150+ protection that you wear – so it will not wash off or need to constantly be re-applied to keep you and your family protected.

See our entire line of kid’s rash guards, men’s rashguards and women’s rash guard shirts to get the coverage and protection you need for your entire family.

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Kids Rash Guard Shirts – On Sale This Week!

By rashie on July 22, 2008

Kids Rash GuardsSummer is in full swing and your kids are out and about swimming and playing in the water all day long… but are they protected from the harmful UV rays of the sun?

We hope so – and this week we’re gonna help you by putting ALL of our kid’s rash guards on sale!

Sunscreens wash off and need to re-applied but the SPF 150+ protection of our rash guard shirts lasts all day long – wet or dry.

So protect your child’s skin from painful sunburns and rashes and lower their chances of developing skin cancer later in life by protecting their precious skin now.

Grab a rashguard or two – they’ll be glad you did. :-)

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