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Hello everybody with summer fast approaching here is your regular reminder that:
Everyone needs to wear sunscreen
SPF 50 is pretty much the best protection you can get, an SPF higher than that will have the same effect
Melanin does not protect you from skin cancer
Tanning is caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation
Spending the majority of your life receiving regular large doses of UV radiation without any skin protection is a good way to get skin cancer
Don’t use tanning beds, and don’t go sun tanning
Wear your fucking sunscreen
Okay, people are clowning in the replies, so let’s try this again:
Sunburn is an uncomfortable short term problem caused by being out in the sun for too long without sunscreen. Some people are more susceptible to it than others. Melanin does protect you from sunburn, so people with dark skin are less likely to get burned, but also sometimes people just have a natural resistance to sunburn (or lack of resistance) - I’m white as hell, and literally the only time in my life I’ve gotten a sunburn was when I spent a whole day outside in a swimsuit without putting on sunscreen when I was a kid, and all I got was a minor burn across my shoulders. Never experienced that whole ‘peeling’ thing y’all are talking about, sounds super gross and uncomfortable tho. Rip to all the rest of you but i’m different.
Skin cancer is fucking cancer. It has nothing to do with sunburn, apart from both being caused by a lot of unprotected sun exposure. If you have skin, you are at risk of getting skin cancer. I have little to no risk of getting sunburn, but I still wear sunscreen, because I am protecting myself from fucking skin cancer.
If someone is basically immune to sunburn, then that’s awesome, but we still need to use just as much sunscreen as everyone else. Because we can still get skin cancer. Immunity to sunburn is not a sign that you can go easy on the sunscreen. And honestly, if you’ve got dark skin, you should probably be extra paranoid about applying sunscreen, because the majority of information on recognizing skin cancer is meant specifically for recognizing it on white skin. If you’re black/brown, it will probably take you longer to be diagnosed if you get skin cancer. And cancer is one of those things that you want diagnosed and treated very quickly, so you should be extra motivated to not get skin cancer in the first place.
Everyone needs to wear sunscreen. Wear your fucking sun screen.
any advice for someone who seams to be allergic to all sunscreens? I want to use sunscreen and be safe, but every option i’ve used has given me rashes that get worse the more i use sunscreens. I’ve tried normal, for kids, for infants, for sensitive skin, hypoallergenic, and even a few different kinds from those hippy stores that use ‘all natural’ ingredients, every time after about 24 hours of use i start itching and getting rashes, i’m tempted to get a doc app about it but not sure what they could do either, its getting very distressing for me, i use a parasol but it’s not always a usable solution
I looked it up, and the Cancer Council basically says stop using any sunscreen that gives you a reaction, use the other protective measures (wear a hat, stay in shade, etc), and try to see a dermatologist about it. If you haven’t tried it already, apparently sunscreen that uses zinc oxide and/or titanium dioxide as the main ingredients haven’t been reported to cause any allergic reactions, so that might be worth a shot.
But just generally I’d say your best bet is to just… make sure you know the warning signs of skin cancer. It’s not like you’re guaranteed to get it, you’re just at higher risk, and it’s not too dangerous if you catch it early enough. There isn’t even surgery if you’re diagnosed quickly enough; they just slap some numbing cream on the bad spot, laser it off, and you’re good to go. So if any new moles or weird patches of discoloured skin pop up… see a doctor immediately.
Apart from that, I wouldn’t be too anxious about it - the main point of this post is more shutting down the myth that if you can’t get sunburn, you don’t need sunscreen. Because there’s a lot of people who don’t burn, and genuinely don’t know that there’s still a reason to wear sunscreen.
(Which is why I also keep getting so annoyed when people derail this post to whine about their sunburns, like yes it’s unfortunate that they’re uncomfortable, but they don’t need to be told to wear fucking sunscreen, they know there’s consequences to not doing it. And them acting like sunscreen is only for preventing sunburn just reinforces the idea that if you don’t burn, you don’t need sunscreen.)
