I Fell Into a Burning Ring of Sunrays

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Added: Tue. Jun 02, 2009 10:40am
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I had a skin cancer removed recently and have a lot of skin damage to my foreskinhead and other body parts exposed to the sun regularly.

When we played golf this weekend, I had Nancy spray my forehead with sunblock. Hey! That stuff works! Science is amazing. I didn’t get a sunburn on my receding hairline.

The couple we played golf with has a red-headed, freckled, SIL.  They said he was using SPF 100 sunblock. I remember reading somewhere that it wasn’t just the number that was important, but I didn’t say anything because I couldn’t quote a source other than “I read it on the internet.”

 USA Today has the real story about using sunscreen.

•The truth about SPF. These numbers reflect how well a product screens out ultraviolet B (UVB) rays, which cause burning and contribute to skin cancer.

However, the worser Rays are UVA rays.  MORE