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dunno man, just had melanoma removed from my ear and if it had moved to my lymph nodes I had a 50% chance of dying within 5 years. thankfully it didn't but it w
by spullara 1y ago
dunno man, just had melanoma removed from my ear and if it had moved to my lymph nodes I had a 50% chance of dying within 5 years. thankfully it didn't but it was caused by sun damage incurred in my youth. I'll be wearing sunscreen and mostly avoiding direct sunlight.
- gaoshan 1y agoMake sure your sunscreen is free from things like benzene* or you may just be trading one cancer causer for another. * https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/is-sunscreen-safe https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/is-sunscreen-safe
- meatmanek 1y agoA reality check on the sunscreen benzene panic: https://labmuffin.com/will-benzene-in-sunscreens-give-you-cancer-with-video/ https://labmuffin.com/will-benzene-in-sunscreens-give-you-ca...
- gaoshan 1y agoThe take away from that blog post: "I would personally stop using the products from batches that were measured to have high amounts of benzene"
- DennisP 1y agoThey did say to avoid getting sunburn, which is the main cause of melanoma.
- jghn 1y agoThat's the thing about population level trends: there's always going to be individuals with counterexamples.
- WarOnPrivacy 1y agoIt has a lot to do with the individual's makeup. My mom came from a pale lineage and had the same story as the parent comment - except for the luck part. Melanoma was common in her family and was tightly tied to excessive time in the sun as children.
- papyrus9244 1y agoThere are studies that show that regular sun exposure is correlated with both lower incidence of and lower mortality from melanoma. So as long as you're not getting sum burns, sun exposure is actually better for you. In some decades we'll look at the whole sun avoidance policy as those doctors prescribing cigarettes a century ago.
- smeeger 1y agofunny how some anecdotes are pounced on by redditors and others are taken at face value