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ngdawg · 09-27-2006, 08:52 PM

My name is Ngdawg and I am a sunaholic.
From the time I was an infant and my mom would put my playpen outside, I have been a sunsitter. While other babies were cute and pink, I was taupe. This continued for over a couple of decades. Come the first 60 degree day of the year, you'd find me on the roof of my parents' shed in a bikini and I did that every chance I got until the first frost. I have even taken prescription meds to fall asleep in the sun.
I never used suntan lotion, but I'd slather body lotion on after every shower. I was 'blessed' with very oily skin, so my face, back and chest never got leathery.
I did this sunbathing religiously until the month before my wedding. I wanted to be dark, so I went to the beach. I got what turned out to be a second degree burn on both of my legs, thighs to ankles and I had gotten heat stroke-passed out in the middle of the street when I got home.
I now have freckles, crepey leg skin from the burn, odd marks on my arms and my hands look like they belong on a farmer's wife. I have had 3 moles removed but all came back negative for cancer. I have to check every mole on my body all the time.
It is still hard for me to not want to sunbathe. But one look at my forearms and I remember why I don't anymore. What also helps is that my father and brother have both had melanoma-Dad NEVER sat in the sun without a hat at least and most of his cancerous tumors have been on his head and back.
To the OP, if you now have a preference for darker skin, just fast forward 15,20 years. What looks smooth and dark now is going to be crap later. There's no such thing as 'keeping it under control'; you simply don't know what will happen and when.
That's rickets in the picture-no vitamin C. Miinimal sun exposure helps with vitamin D, which is needed to help the body process calcium.

09-27-2006, 08:52 PM	#19 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	My name is Ngdawg and I am a sunaholic. From the time I was an infant and my mom would put my playpen outside, I have been a sunsitter. While other babies were cute and pink, I was taupe. This continued for over a couple of decades. Come the first 60 degree day of the year, you'd find me on the roof of my parents' shed in a bikini and I did that every chance I got until the first frost. I have even taken prescription meds to fall asleep in the sun. I never used suntan lotion, but I'd slather body lotion on after every shower. I was 'blessed' with very oily skin, so my face, back and chest never got leathery. I did this sunbathing religiously until the month before my wedding. I wanted to be dark, so I went to the beach. I got what turned out to be a second degree burn on both of my legs, thighs to ankles and I had gotten heat stroke-passed out in the middle of the street when I got home. I now have freckles, crepey leg skin from the burn, odd marks on my arms and my hands look like they belong on a farmer's wife. I have had 3 moles removed but all came back negative for cancer. I have to check every mole on my body all the time. It is still hard for me to not want to sunbathe. But one look at my forearms and I remember why I don't anymore. What also helps is that my father and brother have both had melanoma-Dad NEVER sat in the sun without a hat at least and most of his cancerous tumors have been on his head and back. To the OP, if you now have a preference for darker skin, just fast forward 15,20 years. What looks smooth and dark now is going to be crap later. There's no such thing as 'keeping it under control'; you simply don't know what will happen and when. That's rickets in the picture-no vitamin C. Miinimal sun exposure helps with vitamin D, which is needed to help the body process calcium. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.