This is great news! I think people forget how anti-skin cancer protocols even as simple as applying suntan lotion weren't as popular as recent as 50-60 years ago. Lots of "sun children" of the 50s and 60s are now feeling the repercussions of only applying baby oil and are getting hit with lots of melanoma.

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Insanity an hour ago | parent | next [-]

+1. Also, just to call out, it doesn't need to be _warm_ for you to need sunblock. Even when it's cooler / cloudier out there you can still get skin damage. Look for UV rating rather than temperature. Conversely, it being hot doesn't imply high-UV either.

	▲	jjice an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I didn't know about the UV index or what it meant until like three years ago. It blows my mind I went that long without understanding. It was actually wonderful to learn that I could just see if I needed sunblock based on a 0-10 scale. We never wore sunscreen as kids because we didn't burn. I probably have had three sunburns in my life. Learned once I became an adult that that wasn't sound logic...

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Noaidi 30 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

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anonymars 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

Article: "two forms of rare melanoma are not caused by exposure to the sun.."

> Most skin cancers are not a big deal, and even Melanomas can vanish on their own

PSA: don't take medical advice from internet comments

	▲	Noaidi 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It is very easy to disagree with me without showing evidence. What are you disagreeing with in that statement? Most skin cancers are not a big deal: Skin cancer survival rate for BCC's are near 100%. Only Melanoma are more deadly but occur in only 25/100,000 in the US. https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/#/special-topic/demographics... BCC's occur in 80% of cases, the rest are mostly SCC's. Both of these are nearly 100% treatable. https://wasatchdermatology.com/blogs/basal-cell-vs-squamous-... > Melanomas can vanish on their own https://www.nature.com/articles/s41379-021-00870-2 What did I say that was wrong? If two forms or melanoma not caused by the sun, that means that .3% of a very rare skin cancer are caused by the sun. The odds of anyone getting melanoma from the sun are near zero. This also means that you are likely to get melenoma form something other than the sun.