thanks for all of your repsonses. its like i think that its never going to happen to me (skin cancer) but it already has; i've had several precancerous spots removed. Being i'm only 28 thats pretty bad. I have this all or nothing mindset about tanning (just like my eating and exercising) either i'm tanning with no sunscreen or i'm never stepping foot in the sun (which is unrealistic as i'm an avid fisher woman) I have sooooo many freckles and i've lost skin elasticity on my forearms due to overexposure. My skin is so blotchy on my face from tanning all these years. i also have some tiny spots of no pigment on my legs. My moms skin looks terrible and she has had all sorts of basal cell removed from her arms which i don't want to go through. I'm going to recommit myself to wearing sunscreen daily and especially when i'm out in the sun all day! my skin always looks better in the winter anyway so i need to embrace the real me which is pale skinned.
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JeanneMarie
Cathlete
I'm 53 and a former tanner.
Thank goodness I always covered my face. My face never tanned, just peeled, so I would keep it covered while in the sun and just apply make up to match the rest of me when I was tan.
But, I can see the results of tanning on the skin on my chest especially. Also my shoulders.... mainly areas with the thinnest skin are the areas that will show the most damage. Your face chief among them.
I have had several basal cell carcinomas removed from my chest, and several pre-cancerous areas frozen off. It's just not worth it.
I have to ask. What is wrong with beautiful, smooth, white skin? It's lovely. I wish I had thought so 30 years ago.
Thank goodness I always covered my face. My face never tanned, just peeled, so I would keep it covered while in the sun and just apply make up to match the rest of me when I was tan.
But, I can see the results of tanning on the skin on my chest especially. Also my shoulders.... mainly areas with the thinnest skin are the areas that will show the most damage. Your face chief among them.
I have had several basal cell carcinomas removed from my chest, and several pre-cancerous areas frozen off. It's just not worth it.
I have to ask. What is wrong with beautiful, smooth, white skin? It's lovely. I wish I had thought so 30 years ago.
Little Lady
Cathlete
Kathryn,
I don't know. I was using a sensitive skin Neutrogena. I am afraid to try anything. It wasn't like just a little itchy. It was awful. I am scared to try anything. Maybe I could test these on my neck. I need to figure something out. I have 9 acres to mow and 3 barns that I will be renovating next year. Lots and lots of stuff that I will be doing outside next year.
What is a skin cancer screening or whatever it's called like?
What does the doctor do?
I should do this.
I don't know. I was using a sensitive skin Neutrogena. I am afraid to try anything. It wasn't like just a little itchy. It was awful. I am scared to try anything. Maybe I could test these on my neck. I need to figure something out. I have 9 acres to mow and 3 barns that I will be renovating next year. Lots and lots of stuff that I will be doing outside next year.
What is a skin cancer screening or whatever it's called like?
What does the doctor do?
I should do this.
mspina
Cathlete
Ditto this. Well, except the first link is for a popcorn popper, but besides that, you may need to try a sunscreen with completely different ingredients. I have to use a mineral formulation myself, and I absolutely love it.
Kimenem
Cathlete
I used to tan at the beach AND the tanning bed in my teens. Kept that up through my twenties. I had a basel cell skin cancer removed around 34 (37 now) and that has stopped me from tanning in a bed though I REALLY want to. 
I do go out in the sun but stay lathered in sun block. I've also had several suspicious moles removed.
I do go out in the sun but stay lathered in sun block. I've also had several suspicious moles removed.