This was a normal day in the office for Jessica Zibinden-Wabster, when she scratched her eye and realized that her hand was covered in blood.
For months, she was Know a wound on his faceBut her late adolescence and early twenty -seventh condition had a problematic skin, she considered it a blocked hole.
Nevertheless, in 2018, Ms. Zbinden-Webster from London realized that it could be more serious after falling into the skin’s hands, and she booked a GP appointment for the next day.
“I was diagnosed on the spot,” he told Independent. “He was a simple GP, not a dermatology expert, but he could see immediately Size and color that was basal cell carcinomaMost common type skin cancer,
Then at the age of 26, he underwent surgery, which removed his lower eyelid, when the tumor initially found much deeper than the expectation, and many laser surgery were required along with the skin graft from his inner hand.
“I was a completely shock. I was in my middle-wise condition and the last thing that I expected was to diagnose cancer. I had no history in the family of any skin cancer and I was and I was and I was Never usedI was really scratching my head, finding out how it happened to me, ”he said.
He now suspects that it was due to burning as a child on family holidays, and since then it has been revealed that the damage in childhood is “very powerful”, doubled the possibility of catching the disease with a banging skin burning.
On receiving a doctor’s advice to wear sunscreen regularly, he started buying the product regularly and saw that the cost began to build.
“I was buying so much sunscreen and I was wondering if everyone is spending it? How do people living below the poverty line tolerate it? Is it possible in their budget too?”, He said.
It was during this research that he realized that sunscreen was not classified as a medical requirement, but as a cosmetic, meaning it has been done with 20 percent Tub Each bottle was applied.
“I was afraid. We are paying us 20 percent more for a lifestyle products. It is in the prices of homes outside sunscreen and in principle sends a really harmful message to our public health on sun security.”
Melanoma is Britain’s fastest growing type every year with about 17,500 new cases. Cancer Research UK has predicted skin cancer experts that the figure will be 26,500 by 2038-2040, while melanoma is currently the fifth most common cancer.
Meanwhile, about 4,000 cases are deprived every year in England.
“NHS spends half a billion pounds to treat skin cancer every year,” he said. “We need to change the situation fundamentally. It is a skin cancer crisis and it is affecting thousands of people and it is spending millions to the taxpayer.”
Since launching his change.org campaign #axethespftax, he has received more than 52,000 signatures and has received support from key dermatologists,
His open letter, which urges the government to re -establish the sunscreen as an essential health care item, has been supported by prominent politicians by prominent politicians, including Reform UK leader Nigel Faraz and Lib Dame Leader Sir Ed Devi.
Now it is clear from the age of 33 years and cancer, hoping that VAT will be scattered during Rhel Reeves’s upcoming autumn budget, and vow to continue lobbying until the government’s policy is formed.
“UK has skin cancer -related deaths compared to Australia, which is the world’s sunny capital. He had a skin cancer crisis and the government did something about it to get rid of its tanning salon and removed its VAT on sunscreen.
“They have a culture of Sun Suraksha and this is what we should simulate here in Britain. We have a skin cancer crisis that is out of control but we can bend it around.”