No I'm not.
- George Hamilton
Posted on 10/25/2018 7:32:44 AM PDT by C19fan
A mother-of-two was left with a 'huge hole' in her face from almost a decade of tanning.
Surgery to remove the hole left the 34-year-old with face paralysis and crippling headaches that 'feel like I'm being struck by lightning'.
Carrie Doles, from Chicago, Illinois, was diagnosed with skin cancer at the age of 26, almost ten years after her first sunbed at the age of 18.
Whilst at university, she was using them every day for four years.
As well as this, Mrs Doles never wore sun cream and would lie out in the sun whenever she could, only occasionally replenishing her skin with moisturiser afterwards.
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Had a date with a gal, in her late 30s early 40s can’t recall. Marathon runner, nut. Really healthy and fit, but she would tan everyday esp her face. She was as dark as an Indian.
I told her that she could use fake tanning lotions and look the same. I got her to back off where she would tan once per week...
Some people are addicted to this, and in fact will tan twice per day and different places.
It’s another addiction of sorts, or better said to be an obsession.
And some guy married someone this stupid, huh?
White people don’t need to be tan.
I have a similar scar on my head from removal of a Basal Cell Carcinoma. For me it wasn’t vanity, but carelessness when living in some tropical climates as a young man.
She worked hard at it. It seems they are blaming the tanning beds but there was a lot of natural sun exposure and also no sunscreen ever? She was trying to get skin cancer.
People who work out and exercise regularly often like to tan because it shows off the body’s lines and muscularity better. That’s why bodybuilders literally spray paint themselves dark brown before they go on stage.
Some folks are just predisposed. She might be one.
My mother in law was always red/brown from the sun. She’d lie out for hours up until she was about 60. She had a mild form of skin cancer in her shins and went thru painful Dr’s visits to keep it at bay. She died at 93 but went thru a lot of skin grafts and horrible pain.
Looking back on old photos of her it just wasn’t attractive. Certainly not worth it with what she dealt with.
She should go to a melanoma blog and see/read what others have and are going through with metastatic melanoma. People have no idea.
Exactly. They actually just use the fake stuff. This gal was so tanned that she looked fake.
There. Fixed it.
Pard, I was diagnosed with both my first case of skin cancer and cataracts in both eyes when I was 29.
I have never been a sun worshipper.
My brother died of skin cancer. He was a redheaded outdoorsman. He was not good about wearing a hat. He got it on his head and it burroughed dealer and deeper. He lost his ear, and then his sight and then died at 48.
It all started when he was 23.
My parents were not good at keeping him out of the sun.
Fortunately both of my grandfathers were from Beirut. Natural tan 24/7 365. No tanning bed needed.
Betcha her skin was as soft as rawhide.
I had a roommate in college (U of S FL - 1970) who scheduled all his classes to leave the peak UV rays of the day open for tanning. 10-12 every day. We called him the sun king. He had leathery skin even at 19.
I wonder what happened to him.
Wow! That’s a tough break! I’m sorry you experienced those things so young. There’s never a good time, but 29 is just so early. My sympathies.
True story.
Work buddy and I were going out for drinks after work.
His wife was to meet us at the bar when she got off work.
We stopped at their place so he could change.
I noticed their wedding pics on the mantel.
So dark I assumed she was Indian (dot, not feathers).
With her being Indian I hoped we could talk about something other that her husband’s work.
When she finally showed up at the bar I was so in shock that
she was actually white the only thing I could say was, “gee, you lost your tan.”
We still joke about this.
Mother-of-two is left with a HOLE in her face...
No she isn't.
No I'm not.
- George Hamilton
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