This is developing into a quite a little story. Snowboarding in the mountains of Lebanon, I took in more of the sun's evil rays than I first thought. My buddy Oussama offered me some SPF60 in the car on the way but I refused. "It's winter" I thought, "how bad could the sun be?" If any mothers are reading this (if anyone is reading this at all), they are cringing at the shortsighted stupidity of the statement. But really, who would have thought the sun would be so strong here in the Middle East?
At first, my face felt like a catchers mitt, a little dry and inflexible. Now its worse. Definitely one of the top seven sun burns of my life, which is saying something because its just on my mug. I look like a handsome, blonde, young, Freddy Krueger. And I am growing a beard because I can't shave for fear that my face will peal like a potato. If I posted a photo of it, it would not be suitable for young children, the elderly, or anyone who had just ate. I should have known better.
And its not like I don't have a bad history with the sun. Family members have had things removed because of the sun. I've had something removed. You go to the dermatologist and he says, "hmmm, let's keep and eye on that" or "geez, how long has that been there". Dammit. Each little bump occurred on some sunny day, where you had not a care in the world. Little did you know, that's when it strikes. Hurling cancer at you from 93 million miles away.
Its one of God's witty tricks that each day you spend as a child (or an adult) frolicking in the warm sun is one day closer to doom. When you are at your most innocent, most vulnerable, the sun plants little land mines in the cells of the epidermis that just wait dormantly to strike you later in life. The solar al-Qaeida burying cancerous IEDs under your skin. Then, like a some tanned sleeper cell, they awaken to wreak havok. Basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma. These are what lay in wait years after each sunny day by the pool, or playing frizbee by the beach.
Lets hope my burn today doesn't get that far. I have already put some aloe on it, so I'm pretty sure that will be that. But for all those other people, beware. The sun is not your friend.
At first, my face felt like a catchers mitt, a little dry and inflexible. Now its worse. Definitely one of the top seven sun burns of my life, which is saying something because its just on my mug. I look like a handsome, blonde, young, Freddy Krueger. And I am growing a beard because I can't shave for fear that my face will peal like a potato. If I posted a photo of it, it would not be suitable for young children, the elderly, or anyone who had just ate. I should have known better.
And its not like I don't have a bad history with the sun. Family members have had things removed because of the sun. I've had something removed. You go to the dermatologist and he says, "hmmm, let's keep and eye on that" or "geez, how long has that been there". Dammit. Each little bump occurred on some sunny day, where you had not a care in the world. Little did you know, that's when it strikes. Hurling cancer at you from 93 million miles away.
Its one of God's witty tricks that each day you spend as a child (or an adult) frolicking in the warm sun is one day closer to doom. When you are at your most innocent, most vulnerable, the sun plants little land mines in the cells of the epidermis that just wait dormantly to strike you later in life. The solar al-Qaeida burying cancerous IEDs under your skin. Then, like a some tanned sleeper cell, they awaken to wreak havok. Basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma. These are what lay in wait years after each sunny day by the pool, or playing frizbee by the beach.
Lets hope my burn today doesn't get that far. I have already put some aloe on it, so I'm pretty sure that will be that. But for all those other people, beware. The sun is not your friend.
I feel your pain. I had a similarly bad sun burn last week from my vacation to Mexico (my upper body is still peeling). My face was so bad that aloe didn't help; in fact, aloe stung like a mutherfukker.
ReplyDeleteI hope you heel quickly my dear friend.
that sucks man sun burns as u definitely know are not fun lets hope you're alright.Later bro!!
ReplyDeletedude-guy you're a damn good writer. I'm just catching up on all the blogs now (sorry for the delay) and loving 'em! Keep 'em comin.'
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