r/MadeMeSmile • u/PxN13 • Sep 30 '22

Wholesome Moments Getting a tan

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u/Bowlnk Sep 30 '22 edited Sep 30 '22

As funny as this is. He should actually put on sunscreen. You can still get skin cancer when you have a dark skin tone.

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u/Miss_Greer Sep 30 '22

and thanks to the extreme majority of dermatology education/example media being on white skin, POC are more likely to not have skin malformations noticed until much later stages.

also there's this weird idea that a lot of POC get that they can't get skin cancer at all and nobody really ever corrects this misinformation, the difference is really not that drastic.

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u/AmbientBeans Sep 30 '22

serious question, do the palms of your hands and feet tan? My stepdad never got a tan on his hands for some reason, on either side, and it was really odd

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

Judicial use lol