wdlove: Sorry to hear about your father, wd. That's too bad -- truly.
Kilbey: Good for you in wearing the sunscreen! My children have grown up with big bottles of sunscreen and handlotion mixture (I take handlotion called "Lubriderm" and I mix in -- with a kitchen mixer -- sunscreen with SPF of 50 then put the mixture in a plastic Ziploc bag, squeeze it down to a corner, then cut the tip of the corner off and squeeze the mixture back into the Lubriderm bottle) in their bathroom and I call them "Bottles of Love."
They know to put lotion on right after getting out of the shower.
Not only is this wonderful for the skin (because it traps moisture inside and keeps the skin soft, glowing, and healthy), but the sunscreen is on them also.
I've even got my spouse in the habit when we got married.
Melanoma is genetic -- that's a FACT. So, even if you have dark or olive skin your chance of getting melanoma, if you come from a family that has a history of melanoma, is as high as 50% regardless of the color of your skin. So, Kilbey, you're doing the right thing.
It's a terrible disease and people are full of regret AFTER they find out that:
1) Checking their skin regularly and
2) Protecting themselves from the sun
WOULD have helped prevent or lessen the progression of melanoma.
to all of you who check yourselves and loved ones out.
Kilbey: Good for you in wearing the sunscreen! My children have grown up with big bottles of sunscreen and handlotion mixture (I take handlotion called "Lubriderm" and I mix in -- with a kitchen mixer -- sunscreen with SPF of 50 then put the mixture in a plastic Ziploc bag, squeeze it down to a corner, then cut the tip of the corner off and squeeze the mixture back into the Lubriderm bottle) in their bathroom and I call them "Bottles of Love."
They know to put lotion on right after getting out of the shower.
Not only is this wonderful for the skin (because it traps moisture inside and keeps the skin soft, glowing, and healthy), but the sunscreen is on them also.
I've even got my spouse in the habit when we got married.
Melanoma is genetic -- that's a FACT. So, even if you have dark or olive skin your chance of getting melanoma, if you come from a family that has a history of melanoma, is as high as 50% regardless of the color of your skin. So, Kilbey, you're doing the right thing.
It's a terrible disease and people are full of regret AFTER they find out that:
1) Checking their skin regularly and
2) Protecting themselves from the sun
WOULD have helped prevent or lessen the progression of melanoma.
to all of you who check yourselves and loved ones out.