14 DAY TRIAL // Contrary to what haters think and say out of spite and nothing more, it turns out that singer-songwriter and absolute lady's man Justin Bieber might not be entirely useless to society.
Thus, doctors with the Johns Hopkins Hospital, a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the United States, now say that the star's hairstyle has the potential to revolutionize cancer awareness.
More precisely, word has it these doctors are thinking about using the musician's totally adorbs bangs to educate teenagers about how spending too much time in the sun can cause skin cancer.
According to Live Science, this one-of-a-kind cancer awareness program was coined after researchers discovered that, when compared to the skin on the rest of the face, the one covered by bangs is pretty much freckles-free.
Since freckles are an indicator of sun damage and have even been linked to increased skin cancer risk in adults, trying not to develop all that many on one's body should be a no-brainer.
Because teenagers do not exactly enjoy listening to sermons about skin cancer and the like, doctors are now thinking about using Justin Bieber's hairstyle to raise awareness about the dangers associated with sporting one too many freckles.
What's more, they believe that, given the right approach, the singer-songwriter's bangs could serve to educate youth about how prolonged exposure to sunlight affects skin health and ups cancer risk.
“It's a gimmicky way to make them smile and engage them in a conversation about sun protection,” Dr. Bernard Cohen Cohen, professor of dermatology and pediatrics, tells the press in an interview.
Funnily enough, the researchers who found that bangs have the potential to protect an individual's skin against sun damage now refer to their discovery as the “big bang theory.”