John Cena wants you to wear sunscreen

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John Cena never thought it would happen to him. But then he got the call — twice. The spots on his skin were cancerous.

Cena’s first skin spot was discovered on his left pectoral muscle during a routine visit to the dermatologist. It was promptly removed and sent for testing. His second spot was noticed a year later on his left upper trapezius muscle.

“I received the phone call twice, ‘Hey, you’ve got to come back, because the biopsy came back cancerous,’” Cena recalls. “That information is sobering, and it right there prompted me to change my life.”

The 17-time WWE world champion, who is now the face of the new Neutrogena campaign for Ultra Sheer Mineral Face Liquid Sunscreen SPF 70, says he had always “neglected” SPF. But he quickly integrated applying sunscreen into his daily routine, calling it his way of showing “gratitude” after his cancer scare.

“Skincare is a more palatable and accepted term and subject matter amongst women,” he says. Discussions between men can be more difficult to initiate. But it doesn’t have to be that way, he argues. “Men especially, are becoming more conscious of self-care… I just think we need to make it more commonplace.”

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