Am I At Risk For Long term Sundamage ? Posted: 08-11-07 17:46pm
I apply sunblock religiously everytime I
go out and am in the shade for most of the
time when I go out.
But heres my paranoia:
My room faces the morning sun. The only
thing filtering the sun out is two thin
sheets of a curtain type thing. My room is
still fairly bright with sunlight with
this however. How much at risk am I? I
sleep in alot so I get bathed in that
light for 1-2 hours maybe even more
depending on time of year.
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Hi Posted: 08-11-07 18:25pm
Hi there, I guess you could call me Queen
of Melanoma! Do you have fair skin, light
color or red hair, have you ever had any
serious sunburn throughout childhood? Do
you ever sun bath or get in a tanning bed?
If you answered YES to any of these, you
are more prone to get any form of skin
cancer than others. I have had so many
places removed and actually had malignant
melanoma and lymph nodes removed 8 years
ago. As for your room, can you not get a
room darkening shade for your windows? You
can buy these fairly cheap and it would
keep out the harmful rays whenever you
wanted to eliminate the light. Or, you
could alwasy tack up a dark colored
sheet/blanket or even hang different heavy
type lined curtains over your windows.
Hope I've helped!
