This is what happens when you work as a truck driver for 25+ years and you only expose half your face to sunlight pic.twitter.com/wVZVRw98
— OMG Facts (@OMGFacts) January 1, 2015
This is what happens when you work as a truck driver for 25+ years and you only expose half your face to sunlight pic.twitter.com/wVZVRw98
— OMG Facts (@OMGFacts) January 1, 2015
So if I expose my face to tons of sunlight my eyelids won't droop? That's honestly all I'm getting from this.
ReplyDeleteIt is true. When I lived in the burbs I had a car and never wore sunscreen and I have faint crows feet on my left eye but not on the other.
ReplyDeleteI guess my New Years resolution will be to add sunscreen to my morning routine. Thanks Outtie.
ReplyDeleteI used to hit the beach with a bottle of baby oil in hand, so old age may not be kind to me : (
ReplyDeleteI am very proactive about skincare now though. I am 30 and always get asked for ID when buying ciggs or booze etc..Some dumb bitch refused to sell me a lighter last year cause I didnt have ID with me!
ReplyDeleteSame here, @derek. I was a lifeguard in my early 20s and was taught the importance of protecting my skin from the sun. I'll be 40 in a couple months and I still get carded when buying beer. It can be frustrating at times, but it's certainly better than the alternative ;)
DeleteIKR --it is frustrating but in a amazing sorta way lol---Some people dont care about that stuff and that is fine---I am not one of those people. and I will never do botox or whatever.
DeleteYikes! Whoever coined the term "fun in the sun" clearly has no idea what they were talking about.
ReplyDeleteDang. I wonder if truck drivers in England have it on the other side. Oh, wait, you need sun... :b
ReplyDeleteThere really are some advantages to not being white. The only sunscreen I use is what comes in the bottle of Oil of Olay (well, except at the beach, water glare is a beast) and I don't have any wrinkles. My best friend, 2 years older than me with pale skin, has crows feet, smile lines, and forehead wrinkles.
Now that I think about it, though, it could just be resting b* face that has kept mine frozen for years. :D
Two types of UV rays. Non-whites are at risk of skin damage & skin cancer too. Though those with less melanin are more prone to both.
Delete...and this is why I avoid the sun like the plague!
ReplyDelete@VIP, perfect!
Deletelol ---he had not aged well either--although he has always been an ugly mofo
DeleteThats meeeee too. And 50+ sunscreen daily for the last 6 years. I wish i would have known how the sun catches up to people. I have been nailed hard with spots and had 2 biopsies on my left(driving) arm.
DeleteWhat would make that photo even more scary is if you could see that guy's face under a Woods Lamp. A Woods Lamp shows all the pigment damage. The loss of elasticity to the drivers side of his face is sad! It's aged him at least 10 years.
ReplyDeleteI did that, MPG, and was horrified. I'm very careful about sunscreen and have no visible damage yet, but it's there and will show up at some point. I read somewhere that 80% of sun damage is incurred by age 18 - I guess because kids spend more time outdoors than working adults. I know for sure I never used sun screen as a kid.
DeleteAnother way is to take a black and white photo ... you can sure see the damage then (it's what my fillers Dr does during consultation)
DeleteThis is so true ... I drive a right-handed car and it's Summer here; in the past couple of weeks I've been out and about driving quite a bit and my right arm is a really deep, dark brown; by contrast, my left arm is quite pale. I must get some Sugar Baby tomorrow to rectify that!
ReplyDeleteWhen I go to the US Open I bring sun screen and lather it on. I get some weird looks because I'm African American but the hell with them. We need protection from UV rays too.
ReplyDeleteI didn't look at the picture. I'm skeered.
Gosh, I cringe. I bow my head in shame...I was really into tanning beds for about 5 years and I don't even want to think about the damage I've done. But since I snapped out of that phase and embraced my pasty pale skin, I've adopted a good skin care regime that includes an SPF 30, everyday - rain or shine.
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