so I grew up wearing little sun block. As a teen and early 20’s I thought I needed to be tan so I would spend countless hours in the sun without sunblock trying to achieve that golden bronze look. Instead I only gained more freckles and future skin problems.
I now have countless suspicious sun spots/freckles/moles…throughout the past couple years I have had them frozen, burned, and cut off. Last year one was extra suspicious so the Dr had to cut extra out, leaving me with a 1 inch scar on my lower back. Within the last week I have had yet another one removed and sent to the lab…only to return with a negative result of “suspicious” (well that is what the Dr calls it) So I returned on Tuesday to have her cut yet more of my tramatized skin out…Leaving me this time with an 1 2/2 inch cut…on my upper back.
I have yet to find out these lab results…hopefully she got it all…
Now I am constantly reminded to use sunscreen on myself and my children…I do not leave the house without a 55spf on my face and yesterday I actually bought my first 70spf (yikes) And I actually find it odd because I still love the way I feel when I lay in the sun and feel its warmth on my skin…I love having my freckles get darker on my face and body…hmmm I suppose having skin cancer is a good cause to wear sun block ??
And I do believe it is a hereditary thing…my mom has a 5 inch scar on her tummy from a mole and my dad is regularly having skin cut off and biopsied…so my kids will hopefully NEVER experience a sunburn or the desire to be tan…I now believe in the tan in the bottle and hope to teach my daughters tan is not always beautiful!
