I normally keep my skin covered by light clothing. Due to a bone marrow transplant, I’m prone to graft vs host disease. Sun will trigger it. So, I stay covered. I used to love summer, being tan and all the fun things being outside in the summer offers. Those days are long gone for me.
I was bronze all summer long, as a blonde child and teenager. Today, I've had a squamous cell carcinoma removed from my face--no sequelae, not even a scar--and am now applying 5-fluororuacil by night, sunscreen by day.
When I was off at college (13 years) and then working all the time, I was never in the sun. I felt victimized. Everybody else (it seemed) was sailing, basking on the beaches, driving convertibles! I'm lucky I couldn't do all those things.