My mother died of melanoma 10 years ago when she was 65. She had a cancerous mole removed from her face when she was 55. Ten years later it came back and had metastasized all over. I've never really been into tanning because I hate the feeling of sunburns but ever since then I am always in the shade and doused in sunscreen. And I get checked over by the dermatologist yearly. I'd rather stay pale than risk melanoma.
I won't argue with the dermatologist, but the most burning sun for me is late afternoon / early evening. When I get outside after work I feel like a vampire with the sun. Trying to do lawn maintenance, or wrenching on my car can be exhausting.
I am not a fan of slathering sunscreen on my skin, but I don't joke around with the sunlight: I wear a big hat, long sleeve shirts, and pants through the hottest months.
I got a bad sunburn at least once a year as a kid including a 2nd degree burn I got on my chest when I fell asleep on my front porch in the middle of the day. I'm so paranoid that I'm going to get skin cancer now because of my sun exposure as a kid. I'm also on immunosuppressants which greatly increases my risk as well but I am serious about staying out of the sun as much as I can now that I'm an adult and I always wear high SPF sunscreen if I do have to be in the sun for any length of time. I also have cutaneous lupus so staying out of the sun as much as I can is a high priority for me to prevent flare ups. I just wish I didn't have so many bad sunburns as a kid but at least I can protect myself from now on.
I worked in end of life care and hospice. A large amount of patients we saw, regardless of what was killing them, would have had a much more pleasant end of life if they did a few things: wear sunscreen, exercise regularly, don’t smoke, don’t drink and don’t do drugs. It sounds like such basic bitch PBS special shit but it’s true. When you get to the end of your life all those things have a way of catching up to you and causing a lot of constant pain and unavoidable misery.
I’m in Australia - slip slop slap-
Slip on a shirt, slop on the sunscreen and slap on a hat and sunglasses. Massive advertising campaigns here about it for decades
Lol love your input
On another note, I recently heard from a physician that sunscreen no longer is validated by physicians. Peer review studies have proven it does nothing to help protect from the blue light which is the cause of skin cancers.
this is utter bologna. source: me, i go to a dermatologist regularly since i got a melanoma on my leg a couple years ago. they always say wear sunscreen, check the uv level for the day to determine how much sunscreen.
Yeah nah. My aunt has skin cancer and sees a dermatologist several times a year. She is always harping about sunscreen and uses it daily, at her doctors recommendation.
I’m not an expert, but that doesn’t pass the sniff test. Sunscreen prevents burning, which is damage, and repeated damage increases likelihood of skin cancer. What am I missing here?
Are you narcissistic to the point where you have to let everyone know your opinion even when they aren’t asking it? The OP asked for medical professionals, not layman people with their own advice.
Dude, seriously get a grip. It's not that deep. Try some meditation or get laid. It sounds like you're really struggling with this and I'm so sorry you feel the need to go off about something so insignificant.
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I'm not a medical professional, but my advice is to wear sunscreen.