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Why risk melanoma for a little bit of "natural protection" when sun screen exists?
by waboremo 4y ago
Why risk melanoma for a little bit of "natural protection" when sun screen exists?
- robocat 4y agoAFAIK the biggest risk of melanoma occurs from sunburn. I would guess a protective tan from regular sunlight is probably healthy overall (depending on how you get your tan: confounding benefits and risks for any activity would drown out signal?). Lifestyle risks trump melanoma risks.
- meindnoch 4y agoChronic sun exposure affects the skin differently than intermittent:https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Differential-dependence-of-melanoma-subgroups-on-sun-exposure-and-types-of-gene_fig1_331818745 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Differential-dependence-... If you stay indoors 95% of your time, then yes, by all means, use as much sunscreen as you can. If you spend most of your time outside your whole life, your skin is already conditioned to deal with UV damage. Otherwise we would have gone extinct due to skin cancer, aren't we?