Sunscreen slide:
I lived in Hawaii for thirty years.
Wore sunscreen every day.
Unlike a few of my co-workers, I never missed a day of work due to a bad sunburn. I have known people to be hospitalized for sunburn. I can’t tell you how many tourists I came across who just HAD to get a tan before they went home and would up blistered and miserable or worse their whole vacation.
The tropical sun is nothing to mess with Haole Boy.
I grew up in Pompano Beach/Ft. Lauderdale area of Florida until I started high school when we moved to TN. Back in the late 50’s through the 60’s, nobody knew the sun was so dangerous. My mom baked us on the beach almost all year round. I never wore sunscreen when I got older because my skin is so sensitive that even sunscreen broke me out. Same with makeup. Curse this red hair and ultra-white skin anyway. The weird thing is, when I was a kid, I was able to tan if I did it slowly. I turned a golden color. One of the surgeons that did my last skin cancer surgery said, “I bet I can guess your ancestry”. He said, “Scottish”? I told him yes. He said I had skin that should never see the sun.
Now is a fine time to tell me. Still, I live on a farm and being outside is a big part of my life. I just have to deal with it.
No it is not. One must be careful in the sun. Getting blistered is bad news. That there is a second degree burn.