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Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:06 pm  |
| I tried googling it, but a lot of them were just a bit too extreme for me to tell what it actually is. Does anyone have some good pictures of it? |
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Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:20 am |
| lol so it's just darker skin? or is it patches of dark skin? |
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Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:57 am |
I would say it's unevenly pigmented skin, whether darker, lighter (or even white!), or redder. And the sun erodes collagen too, so sun-damaged skin tends to crumple unattractively, like the crepy cleavages of older women who have routinely exposed their decolletages unprotected.
This has some non-extreme pictures in the slideshow: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sun-damage/SN00021 |
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30-ish, sensitive fair skin, oily and acne-prone, faded freckles; tretinoin since Oct 2010 |
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Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:33 pm |
The Mayo Clinic slides are interesting. I am #2,7 and 10!! Guess I have some major work to do  |
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Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:52 pm |
| Hmm ok it's much clearer now.. thanks for the link! |
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Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:08 pm |
That was a great link, Rockhugger! Thanks. I'm very fair-skinned and have sustained a lot of sun damage over the years.
I can't emphasize enough the importance of using sunscreen! |
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Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:41 am |
The last link that Queenie provided shows some rather "advanced" photos of skin cancer. I don't know why someone wouldn't get that checked out; it's obviously out of the ordinary.
That being said, I definitely need to make an appointment with a dermatologist to just get my vast assortment of moles/freckles checked out.
What's a little aggravating is that, in my area, you have to have a physician's referral in order to get an appointment with a derm! |
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