A pound of flesh

[tallulah]

I got my lifeguard certification at the age of 16. I kept it for the next 12 years, and I worked as a guard in some form or fashion most of that time. I had some fantastic tans. I'm part Cherokee, so I didn't give a lot of thought to what it might be doing to me. I had been "tan as a little Indian" my whole life. Besides, if you had darker skin

Comments

[kendokamel]

*hugs and mojo*

I tanned through sunblock when I was younger, as a result of playing outside and being out on Lake Erie. (This was before I figured out in my teens that it was the SUN I was allergic to...)

I've remained as pasty as possible for the past 20 years, but I still had to have an "atypical" excision back in January.

[snowy_white79]

I feel your pain, literally...I paid my first bit of flesh for an atypical result last year...now I'm a lot better with the sunscreen in the summer...but still need to work on covering my birthmark year round...hope it's nothing too involved for you this time!