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Default Experienced skin cancer from sun exposure? - 12-14-2008, 03:36 AM

I have a friend who insists that sunbathing for several hours, around 7hrs none stop, with no sun lotion, is safe.I keep trying to tell her how dangerous it is and she argues that people get skin cancer from using sun lotion because of the chemicals inside it!I'd like to hear experiences from people who have been diagnosed with skin cancer or similiar because of excessive sun bathing, and how it affected them.It annoys me to know that she is Spain right now frying herself and won't accept how dangerous it is.
   
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Default 12-25-2008, 03:11 PM

Being young and thinking nothing can happen to you is a great land (Denial) however I spent most of my life at the Jersey shore, getting a burn or laying in the sun with friends with oil, and the tanning beds.. oh how I loved them.When I turned 30 I had a bleeding mole which was cancer - it hasn't been a pretty fight and my kids use sun screen like we wear seat belts now.It's fine to live in the moment but some things in life do matter.. healthier ways to get tan.
   
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Default 01-02-2009, 02:21 PM

SPF means how long you can stay out in sun before burnyou still can get skin cancer if you have had a very very badburn in the past products with higher SPF have the mostchemicals so lower SPF is more natural especially for kidsyour friend should get skin cancer test every yr women havedied from melanoma on skin that doesn't get exposed as longas she tests yearly or even semi-yrly she should be fine butyou're right it's not good for us it is Damage/AgingWrinkling
   
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Default 03-10-2009, 12:41 PM

Did the sun burn her brain cells?It does not matter if she tans or burns. I want to say that first because people who tan don't think they can get skin cancer. False, they can.I had 2 family members who both had skin cancer.One did sun bathe often (every chance they got) and were young (in their 20's.). They tanned easily and they too never used sun block.The other person was my grandmother who was in her 50's, pale skinned and always used sun block because she burns easily.Not only is your friend looking at getting skin cancer, but aged skin as well. By the time she's 50, her skin will look like leather.There have been girls as young as 20, who have used sun beds weekly and within a year of doing so, had skin cancer.Skin cancer can also kill. Its harder to detect because people do not think of getting their moles checked yearly by their doctor or dermatologist.When she's back from her trip, have some documents about skin cancer ready for her to read... because she surely does have it wrong.
   
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