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My mood is so positively influenced by sun exposure or just by a clear sunny sky, that I really don’t understand why you would avoid it. For me it’s one of tho

• noasaservice 5y ago
  In summer, my skin burns in 10m outside in sun (partial or full). My mother also has multiple cases of confirmed carcinomas. She obtained disability due to those. So yeah, even though you may be all shock and awe about why some of us would avoid it, its definitely genetic. And I don't need the risk of having my skin burn and eventually cancer.
  • ginja 5y ago
    Does it burn in the early morning and late afternoon too? Those are probably the only times light skinned people should get extended sun exposure during the summer.
    • hutzlibu 5y ago
      Every person should probably avoid the summer sun at noon. But if you want Vitamin-D - the morning and evening sun won't help you, as they are too filtered out. And basically the whole winter sun in the northern hemisphere is too weak, even at noon. But the beauty of the morning and evening sun helps, too.
  • ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
    I'm of Irish/Scottish/British descent. Despite having a lineage that hates itself, it also means that I don't tan; I stroke. My mother was actually allergic to the sun. She had to be hospitalized, a few times, because of it. I live in an area with tons of folks of Mediterranean descent. Every summer, they end up looking like alligator purses, come May. I get really sick of them insisting that I "just need to do it in stages. Just go out for fifteen minutes at a time. You'll tan; I promise!" For me, it's: 15 Min. -> Nothing 15 Min. -> Nothing 15 Min. -> Nothing 15 Min. -> Bright red, peeling and screaming
    • sofixa 5y ago
      Then adjust :p do it in 10 minute increments, with sunblock, in the morning/late afternoon.
      • ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
        If tanning were worth it, to me, then I’d probably figure it out. It isn’t, and I’m not gonna bother. That said, I do like to get out and about, just with a hat on. I think that the mental health aspects of sunlight may come into play. Very difficult to control for.
        • pengaru 5y ago
          I wonder if diet can give your skin type some color, if so desired. When I consistently eat carrots daily my skin darkens a bit, but I also tan easily. It's been reported before that carrot eaters score better in hot-or-not style surveys, attributed to healthier looking skin. At least overdosing on carrots doesn't cause melanoma ;)
          • ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
            There’s a carrot-based “tanning pill,” that people use. I knew a girl in the 1980s, that used it. It gives the skin a noticeable orange color. I seem to recall seeing something like that, recently, but it escapes me, just now… Nevermind. I’m sure it will come to me…
• pinephoneguy 5y ago
  Skin and eye damage from the sun is permanent and cumulative. The trick is doing things in the sun without exposing yourself to it too much (and not letting the exposure discourage you.)
  • seanmcdirmid 5y ago
    Yes, wear hats! Australian schools send kids home if they arrive without them, skin cancer is a real killer (especially in Australia, but other places as well).