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Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:30 am
by vern
http://www.nowpublic.com/health/truck-d ... 38050.html
Unilateral Dermatoheliosis: Sun Ages Half of Truck Driver's Face
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) features a 69-year-old truck driver, the left side of whose face has prematurely aged. This is the side of his face that faces the sun while he drives.
The trucker's face isn't just tanned: after 28 years, the sun has caused the entire texture of his face to change, giving it a thickened, scaly look. The condition is called Unilateral Dermatoheliosis, and is caused by UVA rays.
UVB rays get most of the blame for skin cancer caused by sun damage (photocarcinogenesis), but here we see evidence of the long-term damage caused by UVA rays, made more clear by the juxtaposition of the shaded half of the truck driver's face.
As you can see, the windscreen of a car offers no real protection against UVA radiation. Sunscreen does.
Use sunscreen.
Re: Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:45 am
by Thatcher II
Glenn Hoddle would have a different theory about illnesses and diseases in general and I like Hoddle. Great dribbler. You Yanks can Google it.
Re: Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:44 am
by terra
Bullshit.
It's from driving with the window down - fresh air is bad for you.
Re: Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:49 am
by Bobby
Wasn`t Glenn Hoddle a bit of a nut?
Re: Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:55 am
by Thatcher II
Bobby wrote:Wasn`t Glenn Hoddle a bit of a nut?
The PC brigade silenced him and booted him out of his job as England manager. All because he expressed the view that disabled people are disabled because of their bad behaviour in a previous life.
Re: Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:56 am
by Andy83
Nah. Not the sun and not fresh air. It's from holding cell phone up to his left ear.
Re: Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:02 pm
by Bram
that's pretty gross, glad I wear sunscreen
Re: Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:19 am
by Protobuilder
This is why people should remain on their sofas where things are safe.
Re: Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:33 am
by Crust Bucket
So there really is a prune face :-"
Re: Stay Out of the Fucking Sun!
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:45 am
by baffled
Gorbachev wrote:Bobby wrote:Wasn`t Glenn Hoddle a bit of a nut?
The PC brigade silenced him and booted him out of his job as England manager. All because he expressed the view that disabled people are disabled because of their bad behaviour in a previous life.
You Euro types over there are so uptight these days.
Who is Hoddle here on IGX though? He does post here, right?