[loceng]

Re: "Melanoma in adults is typically tied back to acute blistering sunburn events that happened before the age of 18 ..."

With the practical advice to counter this being gradual increase of sun exposure to allow your body to build a deep layer of protection (tan) - of which sun screen will prevent, and then if you miss any spots and get full blast of sun for hours all of a sudden then those will be points of vulnerability.

Pharmaceutical industrial complex: create-advertise the problem, sell the solution(s) = profit!!

[pdabbadabba]

Note that your quote from GP only relates to melanoma. They also said "Cumulative sun exposure on the other hand causes the other types of skin cancer."

Its there evidence that the incremental tanning you describe actually protects you from skin cancer and will not cause other cancers? If not, this seems like a very reckless comment.

[hammock]

Melanoma is far more deadly than the other types of cancers. If building a base tan can protect you from the acute blistering burns that are known to cause melanoma, it may be worth it