Even SPF 50 doesn't do it....CAUTION!

[billethkid]

Take note of this particular study on the effectiveness or not of sun screens:

Wearing sunscreen may NOT prevent skin cancer, study claims | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2655355/Wearing-sunscreen-NOT-prevent-skin-cancer-Study-claims-SPF-factor-50-cream-lets-UV-radiation-damage-skin.html)

As I am fair skinned and have had several bouts of skin cancer I have been a proponent of covering up VS sun screen. Mainly because I do not like to be greased up.

Big brimmed hats and long screen SPF light weight shirts are the uniform of the day for me....no room for vanity.

[patfla06]

I have to agree - even with 50 SPF does NOT mean I can be out
in the sun!

[kittygilchrist]

Here'a s study that says chronic sun exposure isn't associated with melanoma, but intermittent exposure is....

Genetics of Skin Cancer (PDQ®) - National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/skin/HealthProfessional/page4#Section_289)