Comments on: Tanning Tribulations: My Hard Lesson About Sun Damage https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/beauty/tanning-tribulations-my-hard-lesson-about-sun-damage/ style + fitness Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:49:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: admin https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/beauty/tanning-tribulations-my-hard-lesson-about-sun-damage/#comment-7269 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:49:48 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=9348#comment-7269 In reply to Erika.

I am so sorry to hear about your mom’s experience and hope she is on the road to recovery. That is just awful and certainly a huge wakeup call to all of us. Thank you for sharing Erika! 🙂

]]> By: admin https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/beauty/tanning-tribulations-my-hard-lesson-about-sun-damage/#comment-7268 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:48:12 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=9348#comment-7268 In reply to Chelsea.

Hey Chelsea! Thank you for your comment! I think we all were a little careless when it came to the sun during our younger years but it is never too late to turn things around. I would highly recommend going to see Dr. Howard and Ryan at Georgetown Skin. Ryan did most of my mole removals and was very good about pointing out the moles that didn’t look right and also marks the ones to watch. I know am scheduled to go back every 6 months to make sure I am still in good health. Give them a try and please let me know how it goes. And thank you so much for reading our blog, it means the world to us! 🙂

]]> By: Chelsea https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/beauty/tanning-tribulations-my-hard-lesson-about-sun-damage/#comment-7267 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:39:26 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=9348#comment-7267 Thanks for sharing your story! I’m in a really similar situation. As a fair skinned kid growing up in Florida, I got a lot of sunburns. Then I started using tanning beds in my teens and into my early twenties. Like you, I wish I would have listened to my mother. Most of all, I’m terrified of developing melanoma, but I also worry about the damage I did that might not show up until later (wrinkles, spots, etc).

I’m now in the DC area and see a dermatologist frequently. I like my doctor a lot, but I worry he isn’t aggressive enough with mole biopsies (I have a lot of them and want to biopsy all of them!). Did you go to Georgetown Skin for all of your treatment and would you recommend your doctor?

]]> By: Erika https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/beauty/tanning-tribulations-my-hard-lesson-about-sun-damage/#comment-6957 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 14:39:14 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=9348#comment-6957 Thanks for this post! My mother was recently diagnosed with a stage II skin cancer and has a gnarly 15 inch scar on her back from a surgery to remove the cancerous tissue. That was my wakeup call. This is an important issue, and it’s doubly important to get regular skin checks. I appreciate this post! 🙂

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