So Should We All Just Stay Inside?

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/story/1280586/factor-50-suncream-does-not-stop-skin-cancer

Perhaps the passport 'fiasco' is a blessing in disguise for those sun seekers!

[vakayu]

Ha that's not all talking about food safety concerning barbecues,outdoor hazards,mild winter has meant midges and ticks are thriving leading to deadly Lyme disease,risk of E-coli from petting farm and zoo animals,and Legionella risk from blue-green algae blooms on lochs and ponds.Definitely stay indoors and do nothing,not even venturing out to enjoy any good weather as it is Sooooo dangerous!

[jd_1984]

Did it ever claim to "stop" skin cancer though?
Surely its purpose is to reduce the chances.

[jd_1984]

And I agree, you wouldnt do, eat or experience ANYTHING if you listened to every study or opinion!! Whack on the factor 50, which is a great prevevntative measure and enjoy your holidays (if you are having one)

[vakayu]

Wholeheartedly agree jd,every day they are contradicting themselves with new ideas.

[mikey4444]

I agree jd...I use factor 50 on my hands and arms, on advice from my Doctor. Its a good precaution but it can't possibly prevent skin cancer 100%.

[Sqad]

We are talking "malignant melanomas " here and not the common types of skin cancer.

These are just MY personal thoughts and not generally accepted by the medical fraternity.

Sun exposure plays only a small role in the development of malignant melanoma....there is something else hitherto undiscovered.
Malignant melanomas commonly occur in body areas, NOT exposed to the sunrays e.g feet and other "covered" areas.
Why?
One study showed that "indoor" workers had a greater predisposition to MM than outdoor workers..........odd.
So..
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Doesn't seem to work.

I am not saying that sun exposure doesn't play a part in the development of MM, but in my opinion, it plays only a small part.

[Bazile]

I wonder what the incidence is of MM in people with dark skin , in carribbean and african countries .

I dont think they splash on factor 50 or indeed any factor at all , in their daily lives

[Sqad]

Bazile........they have about one third of the incidence of MM that do white skin races, suggesting that melanin prevents MM......BUT....the black skinned races have a higher incidence of MM of the sole of the foot.

Odd eh?.......no sun exposure there!

[woofgang]

My mother had the non malignant type of skin cancer and had them removed from many areas of her body. Most of the areas that she had them removed from were those areas normally covered by clothing. She was never a sunbather either. I suspect in her case age played a part, as it does in many cancers; but she was also told that as she got older the rate of new cancers appearing would slow and it did. She was in her 70's when she got the first one and died aged 89. of unrelated illness.

[mikey4444]

Good afternoon Sqad !

Would the fact that the sole of black peoples feet being just about the only part of the body that is white (ish) have anything to do with the incidence of skin cancers on that part of the body ?

At this time of year, I need to put factor 50 on my right arm, and especially my right hand, if I am going to driving for any length of time. If I don't then the very thin skin on my right hand becomes extremely inflamed and very sore, sometimes even bleeding. This can happen after only 2 hours driving.
I already have multiple brown "liver spots" there, which make me look considerably older than my 61 years !

On the very occasionally times that I am driving in the American West, especially the deserts of California and Arizona, it effects my left hand and arm !

I am sure that I have heard that northern hemisphere immigrants to Australia have a high incidence of skin cancer. My nephew now lives in Sidney and he has told me of lots of people he knows that have have these MMs removed. I wonder what the incidence of MMs are amongst the Aboriginal population...they have especially black skins it would seem to me.

[youngmafbog]

Can't stay and can't go out. Oh well.

[treetops68]

If everyone took notice of half of these half-baked findings that some research group somewhere in the world produced, we'd all crawl into the nearest dark hole and give up!! Ignore them with the contempt they deserve and just get on with living, life's to short as it is.

[ummmm]

People don't put enough on. I live with a ginger person and it takes him about 10 minutes to apply sunscreen and he tops up every couple of hours. You should even wear it in the winter.