bronze crazies under the sun lamp

[clouds z]

do you like sun tans?

im afraid of skin cancer

ive never bought sunscreen--do you put in on even under clothes or just on face?

im blond so more likely to get cancer maybe

spend last 3 months worrying about cancer and spots

ive heard sunscreen can cause cancer

i think the sun turned some brown spot into some blacker spot and hated the look of it and they said get it removed anyway

the woman who likes sunlamps is nuts i think

i dont like riding bikes or jogging much because that leads to skin cancer i think

im ready to move to a cave

[Buttons2]

I think tanning beds should be banned myself. Clouds,where we live the sun shines so seldom I sure wouldn't stay inside to avoid skin cancer! we need the vitamin D afterall. however to answer your question about sunscreen: I've never heard it causes skin cancer. you need to apply it to any skin exposed,also wear a hat & sunglasses on those rare days we do get sun. the sun rays toda
y are more harmful than what we had as kids growing up. plus if you ever burned as a child you already have a chance of getting skin cancer & there's nothing you can do about the past exposure.

skin cancer isn't the death sentence it used to be. partly cause people are more aware of the signs & because there are new treatments.

don't waste money on poor quality sunscreen. do your research. don't wear very thin cotton shirts. wear long sleeves.

I know I might not be able to ease your anxiety but hopefully you won't stay inside when we do have beautiful sunny days in Western WA!!

[clouds z]

WA has the highest rate of skin cancer and you get 80% of UV on a cloudy day!

[clouds z]

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[Buttons2]

Clouds,thanks for the links. I do not trust anything the EPA has to say. and no mention of tanning booths? perhaps IF we have more skin cancer it's because people use tanning booths to get a tan since we rarely have enough sun to get a tan?

also,eastern WA is totally different & they had the entire state colored dark blue. I got my sunburns growing up in the eastern part of the state.

I also find it hard to believe CA wasn't dark blue. all those people enjoying sunshine most every day? just doesn't make sense to me.

forgot to reply earlier to the woman on the news from NJ,to me she looked like a freak with her dark face & think she'll regret it someday.

just my 2 cents!

[houghchrst]

When I was little my mom would slather on the baby oil with a bit of iodine squirted in and lay on aluminum foil LOLOL. I have done it but prolly not since my late teens and only a couple times.

I have read and heard that your exposure to the sun as a child up to a certain age is what mostly determines what kind of harm will be done and that after a certain age it doesn't make any difference. Unless you go to the tanner every day like my bro's girlfriend. She looks like leather and I know she is only in her mid to late 40s, she dresses like a teen in 80s so there is this weird incongruence that kinda messes with yer head as she is walking towards you. My ex SIL was allowed to get a tanning membership by her husband and then he forced her to go every day until it expired. She signed up for a year and didn't know he was going to be a jerk about it until after, duh he is a jerk about everything. Then he signed her up for the next year and made her go. She wasn't too hot either er....whatever.

[lor]

Gads! Your ex-SIL is a real dope. Every day for a year? I wonder if he made her go? And she would "follow his orders".
Clouds z, Do you not ride a bike or jog because of sun exposer? Just wear long sleaves & a hat, or a hoody.

[houghchrst]

Lor he made her go. They were together for years until he went to prison for participating in a bank robbery. He is out now but she moved out of state and remarried.

[lor]

Someone who would make someone do something sounds like a person who would some day be in prison.
I'm glad she left him.

[joy]

Clouds you are in luck because there are houses made inside caves, at least down here where I live. It is really weird and they have almost no elecric bills to pay for heat or air. There was a big write up and they do have a place to rent out. I can't think exactly where it was and will put on my thinking cap, my menieres (ears and vertigo) has been bothering me so I have been sorta out of things. If I can remember more I'll add it.

I hope you just use precautions and get outside and enjoy some sunshine.

[clouds z]

are caves flood free?as soon as they're popular the prices will be jacked up

prices going up

the voters voted for no state run liquor stores

they jacked up prices 25%-they were sure the government made things worse-i cant find the 10 dollar whiskey i buy twice a year only

infuriating

[Buttons2]

it was sad to go to WalMart today & see several old men roaming the aisles looking for the liquor! all looked like they'd just left the streets they most likely live on.

I haven't been in a liquor store in many years so this was kinda shocking to me.

and I don't think the voters DID approve this! why would anyone vote to pay more for anything?yes,I admit I'm paranoid but Costco pushed until they got their way!

[Jo6]

this world has surely gone crazy! We have lived in this town for 30 something years. We were a "dry" town." Imagine my surprise when I walked into the Dollor Store, about 2 blocks from me found beer everywhere. The gas station across the street also. I had not heard a thing about anybody applying for licsense or a word about the whole thing.

Now, I am not oppose to beer , wine, whiskey or any other alcoholic beverages, but couldn't understand the town passing on such a bill without me knowing it. When I Catered I could not sell these things, only had what I used in cooking. I could serve it if client bought it and asked me to serve it. Strange this town is. I lobbied for sewer system so I could have a dish washer. The store really needed one!

[Buttons2]

so far the new law in WA state isn't working out too well! we were all lied to of course-nothing new with that. now people are going to other states to buy their booze. no brainer there either.

I know we have some "dry" towns in this state but no idea if that has changed or not?

stupid dust seems to be everywhere!

[Jo6]

Clouds, I'm sorry I got off topic with the liquor store business. I am with Pati about the Tanning beds! I was a member of a gym that had a tanning bed. I decided to try them out. Well the first thing I wasn't happy about was "NO SUNSCREAN".

They did not want their beds to have all that greasy oil on their beds. They had something to spray on the beds before and after use to Sanitize them. that was a bunch of bull. I would put the suncrean on before I left the house.

I tried it a time or 2, but I could not lay there and close that lid down. Felt too much like a casket! Much information has come to light about the dangers of tanning beds since I used one. I only tried using one about 3 times.

Kens Mom & Dad both had malignant brown spots, that was turning darker fast. After that they would go to the Dermatoligst((?))at least every 6 months to a year.

Ken and I go now. The Dr. cut a couple of strange colored spots on his face and they came back maliganant. I had some spots, just thought they were age spots, but I went with Ken the next time he went. the Dr. looked at one of mine and said they needed to go, so he cut them off. One of mine was Malignant, the others were just age spots.

Anyway, the both of us go every few months, mine have all been benign, but about half of Kens were malignant. He was in the sunshine for years growing up, helping his mom and Dad both in outside chores then 6 years in Navy he was exposed to a lot of sunshine.

None of the ones the Dr. took off was Melanoma. That is a very fast kind of cancer and it is deadly. Have someone look at the whole body now and then.

If we had ignored the spots or moles it can turn into Melanoma. We are due to go soon and I'm just used to it by now. I go in and ask which one of us is he gonna get that pound of flesh from:) He always takes at least one off me. Same as Ken. Ken has some on face right now that needs to get taken off. I noticed they had started changing.

The Dr. Calls mine the "old woman spots!" ha ha one day I will get back at him! Too much sun is not good for the skin, but wearing long sleeves and a hat will help a lot even if it is cloudy.

Getting so much sun trying to get a Sun Tan makes your skin look like leather. Especially as we are getting older.

So, my advice would be to use some sunscrean, if you'er just going to be in the sun for long and a hat. Get someone to help you look at moles, brown spots that starts changing colors. Simple things, but could cause you grief if not taken care of.

I don't know every thing, but look up "sunscrean" and see what it says and maybe do what it says.

I think I read some place where you had one cut off and it came back ok. that's great. Just keep an eye on things and you'll do just fine.

take care Clouds, Jo