Here is a solid video from Dr. Brad Stanfield regarding increasing rates of skin cancer (melanoma) in many places around the world.
There are many reasons for this including the fact that most countries have aging-populations, suncreen use encourages more “risky” sun exposure behavior, tanning bed use, etc.
There are also many unique gender differences between women/men and the age of diagnosis. It is clear that sun exposure results in skin aging, but I’m also not sure that sun avoidance is the best strategy either.
I wish there was something that touched on diet and melonoma risk included. Diets these days tend to be pretty poor and I suspect that is at least a factor in this equation.
I cringe at the amount of sun exposure I had when young…
What does everyone’s sun exposure philosophy here look like?
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Everyone claims to be using sunscreen but the only other person besides me I know who regularly uses it is a pretty boy.
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Beth
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Amen, brother!!! Oh, the foil tanning mats and the baby oil!!! I’m so jealous of today’s kids who will never do that to themselves!!!
For vanity reasons alone, I expose very little skin and I don’t leave the house without spf 50. Until about 3 years ago, I was doing the same but only using spf 30.
My friends who golf have commented on their cancers they’ve had removed from their non gloved hands, so I very recently started keeping an spf stick in my car to apply to the back of my hands on particularly long drives.
I mostly don’t use spf on my hands because I mess with my hair too much and then any lotion will make my hair look greasy 
I supplement with vit d.
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A_User
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Yes, I do use sunscreen, why do you ask?
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