Too true: I have done the same but I'm free of skin cancer so far even though Australia has the highest rate in the world: not so friends of mine who've worked as gardeners or farmers.
I guess my Aboriginal ancestry may be protecting me to some extent, because I've only used sunscreen very rarely and tan without burning
I stay out of the sun as much as possible now but in the past, especially when I lived in a remote desert Aboriginal community, I was out in the sun a fair bit and it doesn't seem to have affected me. I do get any suspect moles etc checked out and so far none of them have been cancerous.
I'm not from that country so your apology should be to the Anungu people, who've always made it clear they don't want people to climb the rock. Surely you must've seen the signs?
Nope. It was long ago in the last half of the twentieth century. There were no signs. 80% of visitors climbed it. We were only warned by park officials to stay away from the base of the rock except where the trail to the top started.
Out of respect to the dreamtime spirits, I would never climb it again.
The purpose of sunbathing is to get a tan, right? A tan means your skin has been damaged - keep doing it often enough and there's a fair chance there's be some permanent damage in the form of skin cancer
My opthamologist told me I have to always wear sunglasses, hats and sunscreen, because he found sun damage in my left eye. He also told me it was rare to develop outside of Australia.
I'm curious to ask you since you're from Australia. I guess your theory about ethnicity makes sense. My doctor also asked me about my ancestry which is mostly Spanish, Welsh, German and Scot-Irish (I think I have some English & French) then he basically told me to stay out of the sun as much as possible.
What exactly is the sun damage called and what can be done about it medically? Does it affect your vision at all? I have the beginning of cataracts, but I don't know if it's from exposure to the sun, more like my age (68) and I can't drive at night because the lights totally blind me - not very safe!
However, very many desert Australian Aboriginal people do have cataracts and other eye conditions and there's a high rate of blindness in the very old traditional people, so that could be sun damage and also daily exposure to camp fires, including sleeping alongside them.
Because of that, it doesn't look as if my Aboriginal ancestry (great grandmother) would protect me from cataracts but may do so in relation to skin cancer: years ago a GP speculated that even though I'm not dark skinned there may be enough extra melatonin in my skin to explain my vitamin D deficiency.
I live in what used to be a country town, now a tourist area, and I often see elderly men who look like former farmers with dressings on their faces where presumably they've had skin cancers removed. People used to call them "sun spots" - how misleadingly innocuous does that sound? A bit like "tanning" - ie exposing one's skin to the sun until it's damaged but a more fashionable colour!
Genetically, your ancestors wouldn't have been exposed to the amount of sun anyone in this country now is and you also have to factor in the changes in clothing: it would've been a bit hard for women to get sunburnt in all those layers the pioneer women wore and the big hats and in those days pale skin was the fashion.
I reckon you're pretty safe if you follow the opthamologist's advice and keep an eye on any skin changed.
That is a huge misconception. It's just that medicine in the places where most non-whites work in the sun isn't as comprehensive as it is in the first world.
Well my name is because I love a postman!! But he is not real, I am still reminded of him by other postal things,which makes me happy enough!! Is that a phone number?? Where are you from?
is it normal that I like to sunbathe nude whenever possible .
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Too true: I have done the same but I'm free of skin cancer so far even though Australia has the highest rate in the world: not so friends of mine who've worked as gardeners or farmers.
I guess my Aboriginal ancestry may be protecting me to some extent, because I've only used sunscreen very rarely and tan without burning
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I stay out of the sun as much as possible now but in the past, especially when I lived in a remote desert Aboriginal community, I was out in the sun a fair bit and it doesn't seem to have affected me. I do get any suspect moles etc checked out and so far none of them have been cancerous.
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I'm not from that country so your apology should be to the Anungu people, who've always made it clear they don't want people to climb the rock. Surely you must've seen the signs?
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Nope. It was long ago in the last half of the twentieth century. There were no signs. 80% of visitors climbed it. We were only warned by park officials to stay away from the base of the rock except where the trail to the top started.
Out of respect to the dreamtime spirits, I would never climb it again.
Sunbathing nude is the only realistic way imo. Why would u want to wear clothes wen sunbathing,likewise at spas. Wen I can't be nude I wear minimum.
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The purpose of sunbathing is to get a tan, right? A tan means your skin has been damaged - keep doing it often enough and there's a fair chance there's be some permanent damage in the form of skin cancer
My opthamologist told me I have to always wear sunglasses, hats and sunscreen, because he found sun damage in my left eye. He also told me it was rare to develop outside of Australia.
I'm curious to ask you since you're from Australia. I guess your theory about ethnicity makes sense. My doctor also asked me about my ancestry which is mostly Spanish, Welsh, German and Scot-Irish (I think I have some English & French) then he basically told me to stay out of the sun as much as possible.
My skin cancer risk gives me the heebie jeebies!
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What exactly is the sun damage called and what can be done about it medically? Does it affect your vision at all? I have the beginning of cataracts, but I don't know if it's from exposure to the sun, more like my age (68) and I can't drive at night because the lights totally blind me - not very safe!
However, very many desert Australian Aboriginal people do have cataracts and other eye conditions and there's a high rate of blindness in the very old traditional people, so that could be sun damage and also daily exposure to camp fires, including sleeping alongside them.
Because of that, it doesn't look as if my Aboriginal ancestry (great grandmother) would protect me from cataracts but may do so in relation to skin cancer: years ago a GP speculated that even though I'm not dark skinned there may be enough extra melatonin in my skin to explain my vitamin D deficiency.
I live in what used to be a country town, now a tourist area, and I often see elderly men who look like former farmers with dressings on their faces where presumably they've had skin cancers removed. People used to call them "sun spots" - how misleadingly innocuous does that sound? A bit like "tanning" - ie exposing one's skin to the sun until it's damaged but a more fashionable colour!
Genetically, your ancestors wouldn't have been exposed to the amount of sun anyone in this country now is and you also have to factor in the changes in clothing: it would've been a bit hard for women to get sunburnt in all those layers the pioneer women wore and the big hats and in those days pale skin was the fashion.
I reckon you're pretty safe if you follow the opthamologist's advice and keep an eye on any skin changed.
I always make sure suncream is applied everywhere tho and I mean everywhere. Very much used to the sun too.
Only if you're white
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That is a huge misconception. It's just that medicine in the places where most non-whites work in the sun isn't as comprehensive as it is in the first world.
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Oh okay. I kind of thought it might be. I thought the extra melanin of other races blocks some sun from your internal skin tissues ?
What difference does it make?
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White people higher susceptible to skin cancer . It's just science. And To your question Yes if something's possible to do naked then why not!
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Good on u postman lover. Can I ask wat that name is all about btw? Be good to keep in touch,if u want to that is. Steve 07943495839.
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Well my name is because I love a postman!! But he is not real, I am still reminded of him by other postal things,which makes me happy enough!! Is that a phone number?? Where are you from?
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Of course it's a phone number btw!
South west England.