Skin cancer

[Arminius]

My primary provider recommended I see a dermatologist once a year. She squirts liquid nitrogen on my facial blemishes and takes biopsies as needed. Twice the pathology required my referral to a surgeon who excised the cancers which were not named anything dreaded. But the mystery was why they were on the right side of my face when the average patient, say a truck driver, would have them on the left. Well, it's because I spend a lot of time in the right hand seat of a boat. Besides getting naked in front of an Asian lady every year, I spray myself with lots of high SPF suntan lotion which I should have done a long time ago.

 

[Pirate Lady]

I had it done about 2 months ago. Liquid nitrogen. Non cancer. One needs a second application, he said it might.

 

[JayhawkCurtis]

Do only sport boaters get skin cancer? Interesting this is where this thread was started.

 

[Arminius]

Do only sport boaters get skin cancer? Interesting this is where this thread was started.

Speaking from experience, the right sides of our faces get a lot of sun. Those rollup windows used by motorists in their air conditioned cars have UV shielding in the fine print. Cancer is caused by UV exposure based on my two diagnoses of skin sarcoma.

 

[Creekwood]

I spent far too many unprotected hours in the sun fishing, golfing and boating, and now I hope I don’t pay the bad price. My arms are blotchy and scaly in summer and I have had the nitrogen spray removal of “pre-cancer” spots on my arms, neck and chest. So far so good, and I am more careful now — usually. I tend to wear the long sleeve light activity shirts in the summer, and especially on the boat. I also tend to wear a Tilley hat on the boat now, rather than just a ball cap. I still have my hair on top of the wooden block, but its thinner so hat 100% of the time in the sun. Sunscreen lotion on face and ears too. Fingers crossed. No melanoma in my family history, for whatever that is worth.

 

[Arminius]

I don't know anything about it except my own experience. I thought I would do a good deed. I have some black spots on my forehead neck and ears. I asked Susan as the dermatologist had done her thing and sent me on my way. Susan firmly believes that it is condensed gunsmoke as I do not wash my face as I exit the range. Soap, water and a brush did the trick. Who knows?

 

[blaster]

Condensed gun smoke?

 

[GypsmJim]

If you shoot at a range that has "proper" ventilation you won't get lead exposure. Lead in the blood is the issue; skin cancer from a range sounds like a lawyer speaking that has no morals but is looking to sue someone.

If you diligently use ear protection you won't have hearing loss. THAT is derrived from shooting stupidly as an adolescent.

A dirty face after range work is simply poor hygiene and a faulty firearm coupled with touching your face with dirty hands.

Skin cancer touches home. Its simply YEARS of exposure without taking care of oneself. SPF, BS ??? Its not the boat, its not the truck, its not the backyard. Its all of the above.

Sounds right? Maybe! It's all genetics. THAT's the answer. Some construction workers look dark red and dark brown and never get cancer. OTOH, some people are indoor persons and get it anyway.

Don't proclaim unless the rant is serious and you have REAL knowledge.