Excuse me. Being fair-skinned and freckled, I am a perfect case of someone subject to skin cancer. Growing up in Southern California trying to be dark-skinned by all the Mexicans living around me, what a surprise that I've had basal and squamish skin cancers too numerous to count. Now, BBC reports on this great new discovering dealing with gene mutations? Why does this not thrill me? And, all it will prove is that people will smaller amounts of Melatonin should cover up and keep out of the sun. Anyhow, read the article @ http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26790332 p.s., I was in my early thirties when a highly respected dermatologist told me I would have lots of skin cancers in my '50s. He was right. Best of all, he told me what to look for to reduce the chances of having deadly melanoma.
"Reduce Your Risk of Cancer With Sunlight Exposure " http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/03/31/cancer-sunlight.aspx yep, new studies are showing that while increased sun exposure may cause skin cancer, it is also shown to reduce other cancers... catch 22 even smoking related cancer risks are reduced with lots of Sun exposure.. who would of thought... .
Let's settle this with a game of horsh. I live in Southern Arizona and never really thought much about what the Mexicans were doing to their skin but, in my 40s, a dermatologist told me we were "going to become best friends." Seems he has to scrape or freeze something off my hide every 3 to 6 months. Btw, squamous cell can get serious. My brother had one on his lip that was diagnosed as something else. By the time he went back to the doc, it had spread to his trigeminal nerve.
Melanoma is the killer, once it begins metastasis, better prepare for the end game. Terminal. You have to watch moles in particluar, caught early enough it's treatable.
Look what I had to do after reading these uploads http://www.politicalforum.com/showthread.php?t=349337&p=1063745402#post1063745402 Enjoy, or not. My barber noticed a brown spot, not mole, not the back of my neck and told be to have it checked out. Biopsy, "atypia" , not a full fledged Melanoma. The Dermatologist did her wide excision and two layer closure but I directed "No Dissolvable sutures. "Fertilizer Bag" the lower layer and pull to unzip, my responsibility if it did not go well and she had to cut in to remove those sutures. But it worked. The skin was closed by vertical mattress suture. My tissues are "reactive" and I never heal via suture except by a vertical mattress technique. I say, and told her, it is the best scar a beautiful lady ever left on me. Every few years I go in and let her screen me but, she hasn't found anything, nor had my barber. I am a devout hat wearer. I have several. Notice the wide brim. And it doesn't bother me no one else where's hats as I do. Also long sleeves. I lost by Southern California tan line in Medical School '70 - '74 and never got it back. Even with programmed sun. A good sun light induced tan is a protection from skin cancer. Not "burn", an honest tan. Medical school in San Francisco somehow knocked off my ability to tan and I believe it is lost with age too. BTW this weeks episode of Naked and Afraid (Discovery Channel) featured a "ginger lady". Amazingly, she did not burn as bad as might have been predicted in Fiji. She did weave a hat. Moi Enjoy the link above, Sweet Dreams No
Ive known 5 people friends and family with melanoma, 3 caught it early and survived, one ignored it until too late and died age 34 and another age 39 could go either way...
