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Can drying your skin with hot air from a hairdryer cause skin cancer if it is very hot but not unbearably hot?
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No: Severe burns leaving large scars sometimes form sarcomas and squamous cell carcinomas. Most skin cancers are related to radiation, usually UV. No skin cancers from blowing hot air.
Answered 1/5/2019
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