Factor 30...bloody useless
#1
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Factor 30...bloody useless
So have just spent a LOVELY arvo next to the pool, smothered in factor 30 every 30 minutes or so... trying to get a bit of vitamin D and once again its a massive FAIL....
God knows what I would have looked like without it
Anyone recommend an EFFECTIVE sunblock???? i think I've tried EVERY one on the market and still I resemble a freshly boiled lobster
Even the zinc on the nose doesnt work..... Reckon its all those years spent on steroids....
God knows what I would have looked like without it
Anyone recommend an EFFECTIVE sunblock???? i think I've tried EVERY one on the market and still I resemble a freshly boiled lobster
Even the zinc on the nose doesnt work..... Reckon its all those years spent on steroids....
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Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
So have just spent a LOVELY arvo next to the pool, smothered in factor 30 every 30 minutes or so... trying to get a bit of vitamin D and once again its a massive FAIL....
God knows what I would have looked like without it
Anyone recommend an EFFECTIVE sunblock???? i think I've tried EVERY one on the market and still I resemble a freshly boiled lobster
Even the zinc on the nose doesnt work..... Reckon its all those years spent on steroids....
God knows what I would have looked like without it
Anyone recommend an EFFECTIVE sunblock???? i think I've tried EVERY one on the market and still I resemble a freshly boiled lobster
Even the zinc on the nose doesnt work..... Reckon its all those years spent on steroids....
(It's the one in the orange bottle)
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Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
Will just have to slip and slop ... Forget the slap.... Or which ever Way round it is... Just stay out of the sun full stop....
#4
Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
I am fair skinned and burn easily I usually use the cancer council factor 30 and have had no trouble. I don't usually need to reapply either, although I don't tend to sit out in the sun for hours and hours on end.
In the past I have found this one effective but maybe not high enough protection for Australia sun.
http://www.p20.co.uk/
In the past I have found this one effective but maybe not high enough protection for Australia sun.
http://www.p20.co.uk/
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#5
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Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
Easy....keep out of the sun or stay covered up
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Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
So have just spent a LOVELY arvo next to the pool, smothered in factor 30 every 30 minutes or so... trying to get a bit of vitamin D and once again its a massive FAIL....
God knows what I would have looked like without it
Anyone recommend an EFFECTIVE sunblock???? i think I've tried EVERY one on the market and still I resemble a freshly boiled lobster
Even the zinc on the nose doesnt work..... Reckon its all those years spent on steroids....
God knows what I would have looked like without it
Anyone recommend an EFFECTIVE sunblock???? i think I've tried EVERY one on the market and still I resemble a freshly boiled lobster
Even the zinc on the nose doesnt work..... Reckon its all those years spent on steroids....
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Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
Yup... Looks like my only option...
My endocrinologist told me I needed to get out in the sun a little bit coz my bloods are a bit deranged..... But I'd rather have slightly out of kilter bloods than a malignant melanoma....
My endocrinologist told me I needed to get out in the sun a little bit coz my bloods are a bit deranged..... But I'd rather have slightly out of kilter bloods than a malignant melanoma....
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Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
I do the usual Celtic suntan shuffle - red/peel/red/peel so keep out the sun if at all possible. If being in the sun is unavoidable, Riemann P20 is great - apply once and it lasts for 10 hours - really works.
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Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
We use Pricelines own brand, its in an orange bottle, I always wear a wide rimmed hat and big sunnies and if its really hot, carry a sarong I can drape over me.
If I go swimming I wear a rash vest and boardies, yes I look like a walrus with large breasts but I never burn.
If I go swimming I wear a rash vest and boardies, yes I look like a walrus with large breasts but I never burn.
#10
Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
Sunscreen on, hat on, sunnies on and sit in the shade. You'll get plenty of vit D.
I cover up completely to work outside - factor 50 work shirt with long sleeves, long trousers, gloves, hat, sunnies and I still get tanned through all that.
I cover up completely to work outside - factor 50 work shirt with long sleeves, long trousers, gloves, hat, sunnies and I still get tanned through all that.
#11
Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
I thought that stuff had been proved to be totally dangerous crap?
#12
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Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
Eek, really? I have used p20 in the past and found it to be brilliant - although it does turn your skin a bit orange. Used it in Egypt and my very fair skin didn't burn - not sure if you can buy it here though
#13
Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
You can't. I remember reading some medical article about how it shouldn't be used. Can't remember the details though.
#14
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Re: Factor 30...bloody useless
Well there are thousands of reviews on the web which concur with my findings - I have been using it for years, as have many others, and it is freely available in the UK. A link to that article would be kind of useful, otherwise we call all espouse all sorts of crap.