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Please protect yourself and don't wind up with scars on your face like I have.
Summer time is coming! Just a PSA about protecting yourself from the harmful rays of the sun!
I too would lay out in my back yard as a teen and in my 20's, also used a tanning bed into my 30's. As soon as it became known how bad tanning beds are, I stopped using them. However after all those years of tanning, I'm sure it was too late for me and I was diagnosed with Melanoma 5 years ago. I still have spots removed about every 6 months by my Dermatologist. Better safe than sorry!
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My friends and I layed in the sun for hours on end in our high school years and afterwards. The objective was to get as brown as possible. My mom used to stand at the back door and call out to us that the sun wasn't good for our skin and to come inside. She knew 40+ years ago. Of course, she was a very fair skinned redhead and had already had cancer cut out of her skin. Should have listened to mom.
BTW, one of my friends still lays in the sun. She said she is not concerned about the risk and joked that she will look good in her coffin. Sigh.
