The terrifyingly few times you need to have suffered sunburn to ‘double risk of killer melanoma’ – plus 5 signs to spot

IT’S common knowledge that sun damage can increase your risk of developing skin cancer.

But experts have warned that it takes a scarily low number of sunburns in your lifetime to make you vulnerable to melanoma – a particularly deadly form of the disease.

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Susanna Daniels, CEO of Melanoma Focus, said: “We know that more than five sunburns in your lifetime doubles your risk of melanoma, so burning every...