I burn then tan (I think-- it has been years). The sun tend to make me ill because my hair is dark and I get really hot. I am OK with a hat!
One year after I discovered the hat thing, I baked myself in the sun every day the whole summer-- I worked until noon, then laid out for three hours. I was so tan and lovely on my top, and my calves remained fish belly white forever. They do not tan. Neither do my mother's!
I also got a really really bad sunburn but continued laying out and now have scarred from the burn/peel/burn saga.
Well, aside from the sun aging the hell out of exposed skin (hello, wrinkles!), and, of course, skin cancer, there art medical conditions, such as lupus, that can be aggravated by UVA/UVB exposure. There are also a hell of a lot of drugs -- antibiotics, antidepressants, retin-A -- that make the person taking them extremely sensitive to the sun.
I get all that. I'm saying "put on long sleeves" probably doesn't require the latest in textilogical science.
Um, when I say dress for sun, I don't just mean long sleeves. I burn through clothing. I have to think about how thick the t-shirt I'm wearing is. So, yes, if I'm doing things like fishing, windsurfing, anything on the water, I would need to buy SPF t-shirts.
Is the ozone depletion contributing to this? People lived for millenia without spf clothing.
I get all that. I'm saying "put on long sleeves" probably doesn't require the latest in textilogical science.
Um, when I say dress for sun, I don't just mean long sleeves. I burn through clothing. I have to think about how thick the t-shirt I'm wearing is. So, yes, if I'm doing things like fishing, windsurfing, anything on the water, I would need to buy SPF t-shirts.
megan said it way better than I did. Clothing that is designed to protect from the sun is different than just a long-sleeved cotton tee from Target.
Is the ozone depletion contributing to this? People lived for millenia without spf clothing.
I'm guessing they didn't windsurf, but that's just a guess.
My genes didn't evolve as fast as they dropped latitudes. And in the last couple thousand years my ancestors were further north, up until 90 years ago, they generally wore more clothes than I do now.
I'm guessing they didn't windsurf, but that's just a guess.
They were too busy working in fields to windsurf?
Is the ozone depletion contributing to this? People lived for millenia without spf clothing.
I'm thinking that people's skin reactions haven't necessarily kept pace with the last 500 years of migration patterns. I seem to recall reading that Caucasian Australians had some of the highest skin cancer rates in the world, because a bunch of people whose skin was fine for, say, Dublin, found themselves in a much sunnier environment.
I am blaming Tino for the girl who was leading me on and suddenly doesn't feel a "dating vibe" (even though I am now totally crushed out on her). I am also blaming Tino for the contingent of Marines that is on the plane that i want to get on, which means I am likely stuck in the Yuma airport for another three and a half hours, which means that I will not get home until after 11pm. The Yuma airport is the tiniest airport EVER. Tino, I BLAME YOU.
