Re: Nudity and seawater.
- From: "bill" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 19 Sep 2005 08:32:08 -0700
If your body builds up the melanin in the skin slowly--in other words
without acutely burning the skin--the result is that the skin can
resist burning from sun exposure. Of course there are long-term
changes to the skin--wrinkling etc, but not neccessarily skin cancer.
I find it interesting that skin cancer seems to be such an epidemic
among a people who spend most of their time indoors (modern americans).
It seems that the repeated "shocking" of the skin is far more
conducive to skin cancer formation than is exposure alone.
If you have ever gone on a voyage, you will notice that your ability to
acclimate is very dependent on whether you have been in the sun at all
before the trip. I speak from experience on this matter, having spent
much of my time as a child and young adult out on the water every day.
I now spend my time in an office, and find the sun unbearable
mid-summer, until the end of vacation when, after having been outside
more frequently than usual, I finally have a tan and can therefore go
about my daily business without discomfort.
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