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Sun Tan Innit?

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  • June 27, 2017 at 8:39 am #27272
    Jimmy Ray Will

    Read this one this morning… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40407734

    Made me think. 

    Go back 40 years and did we live in a skin cancer epidemic? Or did we simply not spend so much time in the sun as we do now? Or, has the sun got noticeably stronger in the last 40 years?

    I get it, I really do, too much sun can give you skin cancer, but this report to me seems to be taking it to another level. As I read it, it is stating that any tanning of the skin is a visual display of skin damage taking place that could lead to cancer.

    Now this is a major change for me. My kids are generally factor 30+ ‘d up throughout the summer, but due to their breeding, they still bronze up like you wouldn’t believe. Which I now understand is effectively a death sentence. 

    With that in mind, am I now to keep my kids inside throughout the summer months just to give them a chance of reaching adulthood?

    And what about us cyclists? Again, I go brown real easy, sun cream or no suncream.. its in the genes. Am I to give up summer sport?

    In my mind, either we are on the edge of a health epidemic or is this report is taking things too far. Is it the same as alcohol and recommended drinking allowances? Are health advisors having to go way over the top, as no one is heeding their more moderate warnings, or are we really shagged if we go outdoors? 

     

     

     

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  • June 27, 2017 at 12:06 pm #895909
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    hawkinspeter

    It’s all to do with risk

    It’s all to do with risk management.

    Any kind of sun tanning is causing damage to the skin and is thus “unhealthy”. Whether it’s worth worrying about it depends on a number of factors including your skin-type and the type of exposure. It might be that your chance of getting skin cancer would be significantly less than being struck by lightning in which case there’s little point in worrying about it. If on the other hand, you might be fair-skinned and have a 10% chance of melanoma in the next 5 years, then it’s worth taking precautions.

    The modern rates of skin cancer are increasing which may be down to a number of factors. e.g. people taking more foreign holidays; thinner ozone layer; better detection rates; fancy skin care products etc.

    So, I’d recommend to take the “easy” precautions – make your kids wear hats and protective clothing, and apply SPF lotions when feasible. Keeping them inside could possibly increase their risk of getting obese, type II diabetes, heart disease etc, so I’d guess that would be more harmful than exposure to the sun.

    June 27, 2017 at 11:07 am #895907
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    StraelGuy

    My grandmther drank silver

    My grandmther drank silver topped milk, sunbathed a lot, ate butter and smoked like a chimney for many years and lived healthily until she was 94. I will NOT be giving  up my cycling tan any time soon yes.

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