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Re: Sunburn - a word of warning
Originally Posted by Mrs JFW
Hope everything goes ok Grayling with the biopsy results.
However it does bring it home to you. I thought I was immortal a few years ago. :rolleyes: Best to stop it happening rather than have to worry about it when you are older. G |
Re: Sunburn - a word of warning
Originally Posted by andrew63
I do know that P20, http://www.p20.co.uk/content/menu.htm, is not available over here. It is a damn good product IMHO and I contacted them offering to distribute over here but a) it would be quite expensive compared to other products and b) they never responded!
You can buy on line (GBP 22 / 200 ml is pricey!) If I were coming from the UK, I would certainly bring a carton with me. Andrew Wonder if she is right? Jenny |
Re: Sunburn - a word of warning
Originally Posted by Mrs JFW
Can you get that P20 sunscreen in Oz?
Something to do with only stopping one type of two rays. Maybe it works for the UK sun, but not down here ? There were some posts on this ages ago. Do a search on "P20" :) |
Re: Sunburn - a word of warning
Originally Posted by haggis supper
As the kids got wet suits and body boards we went to the beach on Boxing Day. My mother in law took the kids out swimming and playing in the water for 45 minutes only. It was about 25 degrees but cloudy.
By the evening we knew she was sunburnt and in pain. By Wednesday she'd spent 2 days slapping on Aloa Vera and crying almost constantly. We took her to the hospital and it was one of the worst sunburn cases they had seen, she had to be passed to the Burns Unit and they have applied a "second skin" to her back that will have to be removed this Saturday. She is still in pain and cannot sit back or sleep properly. We've learnt a valuable lesson. Even on a very cloudy day you can get badly burned in just 45 mins, and Aloa Vera/Aftersun is only useful on mild burns. On the plus side at least I now have good reason to poke fun at the mother in law. Seeing her wrapped up in bandages I did mention the film The Mummy Returns. paula. |
Re: Sunburn - a word of warning
Originally Posted by jensteve
Got a question re P20, one of the vets in work said to me recently was that the reason why P20 is not over here and available is that it has nothing in it to stop skin cancers! She said it did nothing to stop the uvb (think I have it right) rays of the sun and that was the reason behind nobody over here was supplying it.
Wonder if she is right? Jenny I contacted P20 and asked them why you can't buy in Australia and this is what they said: Thank you for your kind enquiry regarding the distribution of our product P20 in Australia. Australia is indeed a large and very important market, and we would very much like to be able to sell P20 there. However, Australian regulations have certain requirements regarding UVA protection. In its present formulation, P20 is a UVB proctection only, blocking out 95% of the sun’s burning UVB rays. It is made for people who wish to tan, wherefore it does not have any UVA protection. We are working on a formulation with Australian Standard UVA protection. Best regards / Venlig hilsen Riemann & Co. A/S Andrew |
Re: Sunburn - a word of warning
Sorry, but reading some people's opinions of sun safety on here amazes me.
If you have a sun tan, your skin is already damaged. FACT. Yep, you may look wonderful now, but in a few years time you'll be a wrinkly old prune...surely you all remember Judith Chalmers on Wish you were here..? Haven't you ever wondered why there are so many beautiful young girls in the Mediterrean and so many amazingly wrinkly old women? Try chatting to a few of your new Aussie born pals...you'll be amazed how many in the 50 plus age group have had bits of skin removed. If you want the latest advice on sun safety, try the experts... http://www.sunsmart.com.au/ and if you're still not convinced, try reading a bit of this web blog by a young guy who lives in Birmingham, UK ttp://www.leejordan.org.uk/home/archives/category/mycancer/ Personally I think the 'secret' is to cover up if you're out in the sun particularly from 11 til 3...save the sun cream for the bits you can't cover, because as most people find its not always all that reliable... if you can stay in the shade during these hours. I have heard (anecdotally) that people who use sun screen are actually more likely to get skin cancer, but probably because they spend more time out in the sun. The cancer council is starting to take note of the whole issue around vit D deficiency...sure I recently read that they are starting to advise that people should get a little exposure to the sun each day, but only early in the morning or late afternoon. ah and yes by the way I will I get off my high horse now and admit that I also got burnt to buggery yesterday when I locked myself out the house! |
Re: Sunburn - a word of warning
I feel for your MIL. Wish her well.
I slap copious amounts of sunblock on my kids - we do avoid the middle of the day, but kids are kids and they want to be doing outdoor stuff. The content of the block really concerns me, am I dosing my kids up for nasty cancers in later life? Its a catch 22 situation. Sunburn is a 'realtime' event tho' so you tend to go with preventing that, rather than what may happen in future. I feel guilty about something I feel I have no control over. The organic equivalents I used in the UK are not available in high enough factor and their UVB blockage isn't as good. I know I know, keep them out of the sun. Try telling that to my five year old, who, having been in Oz for 10 months, waxes lyrical daily about how fab the sunshine is here and how great it is to be outside all the time........ Aaaaaaaaaaaahh! |
Re: Sunburn - a word of warning
I was raised in glasgow and now live for the past 6 years in Ireland.
A bottle of milk looks dark compared to me. When I am on hols, I always apply at least a factor 50/60 to my skin and cover up as well. I think the Brits/Irish & Germans are insanely compulsive body friers. As a matter of fact, their diets are just as bad. :beer: |
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