Poss posted before but beneficial to watch Some interesting facts..
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know that hey?
Emotive issue.Everything in moderation.
Exposure to sunlight in moderation,very healthy for every cell in the body.
Keeping entirely out of the sun is extremely unhealthy,just like over exposure
can lead to increase in skin cancer.
Its not a discussion or debate PM Its an educational post about covering up and wearing sun screen.
I believe that the majority of users on this site may benefit for watching this.
Common PM This year i made a resolution not to be a **** and be more educational ,helpful to people. Rather than being SUBJECTIVE ****>
Thanks buster, informative posts are always great. two mates a brother and myself have had a melanoma all have had a healthy diet even one of my mates run a health food shop for years and wouldn't drink alcohol and only drank rain water and it didn't stop him from getting a melanoma. up here in QLD if you work or play in the sun you MUST cover up. we still see youngins lying on the beach with no protection basically running the gauntlet, its all about education slip slop slap.
I am an unashemed fan of natural products that are backed up by results.
Personally I am getting results from these products by way of relief from arthiritic pain and immobility in my hand joints and gradual fading of ceratoses on my fore arms.
The face cream is having a definite beneficial effect on sun damage on my face.
This web site is worth a look and you will see that a medical professor in Melbourne is so impressed that he is conducting "double blind" trials on it and believes it could revolutionise wound management.
So make of it what you will and all I can say is "It works for me."
mcarthurskincare.com/?gclid=CJmqkO3jiq0CFWZNpgodWh2NlA
Had my first mole scan last week. Was a bit scared what they might find but it's a big weight off my mind knowing there's nothing sus. Now just to keep an eye out for any changes.
Good post Buster, this is the kind of thing we all need to keep in mind when getting ready to hit the water.
Nice post cisco,best one yet. Going to get some for my mum.i hope you watched vid i posted.
When I sail in Sydney, I'm one of the few that covers in the summer (hat & long sleeves), and does not cover (much) in the winter.
I've gotten laughed a few times, but lost a couple of acquaintances to melanoma when I was 20-something, so no shame in covering up.
I have a good friend who lost his eye to melanoma and now has a fold of skin where his eye used to be. He was lucky to survive and was a horrible time for him, his family and his mates.
I don't sunbake, plaster myself with Zinc - its the best IMO and try to keep in teh shade or cover up.
The sun's a ****
Vigilance is so important. I got checked over by a Dermatologist in 1994 as I have a lot of moles. He picked up one on my lower back which was 0.4ml thick, (anything under 0.7ml normally hasn't spread.) He did the wider margin cut which left a decent size scar but it was all clear.
Ever since then I strip down to my undies every six months at the same Dermatologists office. (He's a wind and kite surfer, so there's plenty to talk about.)
Last month he noticed a mole on my upper back that had changed size and colour and suggested I get it removed and examined. Sure enough, he was right again, this time only 0.3ml deep. However, the wider excision has shown up some suspicious cells on the skin surface that he didn't notice before. Possibly early melanoma cells, which will either require 3 monthly checks or an even wider excision.
It is a sh!t of a disease, but one that you can stay on top of if you keep a close eye on your skin. A trained Dermatologist is the way to go, these people can spot the dangerous lesion early and know what to look for. How this guy can pick out a melanoma amoungst all of my dodgy looking moles is incredible.
Stay safe people.
Natural products and all that crap: the missus and I visited our old place in North Ryde and wondered about a couple of neighbors.
Learned the story about the next door guys: the man got melanoma somewhere on the face. His vain wife didn't want him to get minor surgery, because of the looks. She got him into natural healing, that sort of crap. Within 3 months, we're told, he was dead. Two kids too, we used to to babysit them. Real sad. Stupid vain cow.
I've had 8 removed so far, but 2 of them turned out to be harmless. I get a thorough professional (as in Dermatologist) check every 6 months now (with the mole-scan type photos and computer matching software) and in between times my wife keeps a close eye on all the parts I can't see - this bit can have other side benefits too 
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Hey Cisco
You got it real wrong about natural treatments, Melanoma and creams and potions.
Melanoma's are seriously dangerous and usually need to be cut out by a doctor (if your lucky enough not to have had it spread to other parts of your body, brain, liver,lymph, bones lungs).
Trialling magical natural creams could very well cause you to die from it.
Time is the key, if you see one go to a specialist doctor ASAP!
They are being seen more in young adults these days and its not something restricted to old folk.
cheers
One of the keys to spotting melanoma early is "change." One should not feel re-assured because a mole has "gone away" with or without the use of some topical substance. Melanomas have been known to regress or "go away" (often the immune system seems to recognise them as being bad and tries to destroy them). In rare instances, the first presentation of a melanoma is a presumed metastasis to some other part of the body, and the original melanoma cannot be found; it is presumed to have regressed (probably destroyed by the immune system).
Sooooo, if you have a mole that you are concerned about, and it "goes away," that is a change, and not necessarily something to feel good about. You should definitely have the site checked by a dermatologist.
Just watched this movie, Cancer The Forbidden Cures. Very thought provoking and confirms much of what I have been reading
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regular digital cameras photos, with a ruler next to the suspect mole or spot makes it easy to monitor for any changes, and if you know what you are doing (unlike me) you could even superimpose one photo over the other for a close comparison.
then take your digital photo album along to your doc for checking.
how hard can it be?
Hey all,,
Nearly 2 months since I've been able to go for a kite.
Wife spotted a sus looking black mole on my lower back in Jan this year and booked me in to doc (without asking me, lol). Went in for checkup and he didnt like the look of it, got it cut out within a week. Wife also got one removed from her neck. Hurt like hell, but glad it was gone....
Then got a phone call, wife is ok but yours is a melanoma...
Went back in asap, this time it hurt like f#ck, took a section out of me about 10cm by 4cm and 2cm deep.. Still in pain, but I was lucky, few more weeks and it could have spread. Doc told me to rest up and go buy a bottle of french champagne, he'd just saved my life...
Keep covered up, and get checked regularly... and listen to ya missus..
Dave
yep put a mate of mine in the ground last year he died two weeks before his 50th we both as kids run around in just boardies he was a ranga but it don't matter as another mate got one too but caught it early enough and I go to mole map skin care every six months had two removed but where nothing , its too sad going to funerals and as I enjoy kiting you are in the sun I also work out doors so need to keep an eye on it , if in doubt go to the doc best and first not wait and see !!!
