Just my :2cents: - YMMV.
My wife and I are in our mid 40s - grew up swimming, beaching, tanning and burning in CA in the 1970s and 1980s, back when a little baby oil and some Coppertone was all there was. Remember the sunburns when you could peel of layers of burnt skin from your nose and shoulders?
In the late 1980s I had the pleasure of getting to know Dr. Derek Cripps, one of the leaders in the field of skin cancer research, and a major player in the creation of the SPF system. He put the fear of god into me about UV exposure.
Fast forward to 2008, and my wife - who is quite freckly to begin with - visited her dermatologist, to be told that she had a stage II/III melanoma. Depending on the amount of recession, etc it might have already spread through her lymph system - a sentinel node biopsy was required.
Without going into the gory details, you can imagine how a mother of three young children might have handled the news that she had melanoma, and what the survival rates are if it has metastasized.
If you're smart, you will do all you can to keep yourself - and your loved ones - from getting too much UV exposure. Shade, clothing and sunscreen are all part of this.
Just my :2cents: - YMMV.
My wife and I are in our mid 40s - grew up swimming, beaching, tanning and burning in CA in the 1970s and 1980s, back when a little baby oil and some Coppertone was all there was. Remember the sunburns when you could peel of layers of burnt skin from your nose and shoulders?
In the late 1980s I had the pleasure of getting to know Dr. Derek Cripps, one of the leaders in the field of skin cancer research, and a major player in the creation of the SPF system. He put the fear of god into me about UV exposure.
Fast forward to 2008, and my wife - who is quite freckly to begin with - visited her dermatologist, to be told that she had a stage II/III melanoma. Depending on the amount of recession, etc it might have already spread through her lymph system - a sentinel node biopsy was required.
Without going into the gory details, you can imagine how a mother of three young children might have handled the news that she had melanoma, and what the survival rates are if it has metastasized.
If you're smart, you will do all you can to keep yourself - and your loved ones - from getting too much UV exposure. Shade, clothing and sunscreen are all part of this.
