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The pixie haircut may be trendy again — thank you, Anne Hathaway! — but a new study, published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, suggests that shorter hair may put women at greater risk of melanoma (a life-threatening skin cancer), due to increased exposure to the sun’s damaging rays. When researchers in France studied a group of people suffering from melanoma, they discovered that cancers that appear on the eyelids, nose, cheeks and chin — called the peripheral regions — were less common in women than in men. Why? Because women tend to have longer hair that protects their skin, they concluded. Hair can act as a barrier to prevent cancer-causing UV rays from reaching the scalp. People with dark, thick hair are the most well-protected. If you still want to rock short locks, be sure to slather sunscreen all over your face, ears and scalp when you’re outside. There are foams, gels and sprays that won’t mess your ’do — and wear a hat.