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Aerows

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22. Fair skin, especially red heads and blondes

Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:45 PM

Jul 2015

Red heads get the worst of it - they roast to a crisp, but anyone with very fair skin will get roasted without sunscreen or without limiting exposure.

I turn pretty golden, so I don't burn too badly if I'm careful, but my sister? She got burned as badly as those boys did on her shoulders because she is so fair skinned. If all you do is get an aggregate of freckles, that's what happens. I actually tan (but I also don't want skin cancer, so I wear sunscreen and don't act like a complete idiot when swimming or boating).

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hOLY Shit! mom shares pics of kid's sunburns after day care outting (warning - super bad sunburns) [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 OP

Damn! Liberal Veteran Jul 2015 #1

I know! They are red heads! Day care should have kept them out of the sun after running out Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #2

I thought you wrote "sunscream" and I was going to say, "They got a full dose of that". -nt Liberal Veteran Jul 2015 #6

I did. Then edited it. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #7

"Both boys were airlifted to Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas." herding cats Jul 2015 #3

I can't relate, what is the yellow bubbles? tia uponit7771 Jul 2015 #4

blisters filled with liquid. like when you burn yourself. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #5

whoa!!!, that sucks...poor kids!!! uponit7771 Jul 2015 #8

Blisters. nt enlightenment Jul 2015 #9

I know ballabosh Jul 2015 #17

I had one very similar as a small boy. Codeine Jul 2015 #35

mine didn't believe in car seats......nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #57

Awful... SidDithers Jul 2015 #10

oh, that's a good idea... cover them up Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #13

This is unacceptable and criminal. These children could likely face serious future skin cancers. YOHABLO Jul 2015 #11

Fuck sunscreen those kids should have been in giftedgirl77 Jul 2015 #12

they were in Tshirts - the boys took them off nt nadine_mn Jul 2015 #46

Years ago our regular group took one of the moms to the beach malaise Jul 2015 #14

Fair skin, especially red heads and blondes Aerows Jul 2015 #22

She was fair yes but she is a mixed up West Indian malaise Jul 2015 #23

All true. I'm one of 4 sibs, and only 1 is capable of tanning at all. We can make jokes.... Hekate Jul 2015 #24

Oh yah, those are melanoma deaths waiting to happen..... a kennedy Jul 2015 #41

Can "anyone" run a daycare in Oklahoma? lpbk2713 Jul 2015 #15

Scary, but nice info to have for that lawsuit. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #27

That's more than "ran out of sunscreen" REP Jul 2015 #16

that was my thought... Blue_Tires Jul 2015 #53

right shanti Jul 2015 #63

Looks like a sunburn I had about 65 years ago. HubertHeaver Jul 2015 #18

Ozone layer depletion... SidDithers Jul 2015 #19

Meaning what? Sid. HubertHeaver Jul 2015 #21

I'll spell it out: your innate risk of melanoma is greatly increased by what you do. Good luck. Nt Hekate Jul 2015 #25

Ok, let's recap. HubertHeaver Jul 2015 #28

You said: "I've had many more since," which I take to mean many similar burns with blisters. Hekate Jul 2015 #42

It has been a while since I sunburned. HubertHeaver Jul 2015 #43

Gotcha Hekate Jul 2015 #44

We're exposed to higher intensity UvA and UvB now, compared to 65 years ago... SidDithers Jul 2015 #29

I think I see now. HubertHeaver Jul 2015 #33

That's exactly what I thought... SidDithers Jul 2015 #37

Thank you, Sid. HubertHeaver Jul 2015 #39

Blue Lizard sunscreen is the best I've ever used. tammywammy Jul 2015 #38

Yeah, I completely agree about the lotions.... SidDithers Jul 2015 #40

You had huge boils and painful pockets of liquid on your back? Rex Jul 2015 #65

Yes. The last time was March, 1969. HubertHeaver Jul 2015 #66

As a red head when I was little I burned twice bad enough for blisters tammywammy Jul 2015 #20

I would get an injury attorney asap! n/t udbcrzy2 Jul 2015 #26

she started gofundme account for help with bills. Will have to take time off from New job Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #30

Words fail... onecaliberal Jul 2015 #31

omg that's horrible, poor kids AtomicKitten Jul 2015 #32

That is criminal neglect of a minor times at least 2 irisblue Jul 2015 #34

Fucking madness. Codeine Jul 2015 #36

Wow! B Calm Jul 2015 #45

Those poor kids. That's the worst sunburn I've ever seen. Vinca Jul 2015 #47

:( gollygee Jul 2015 #48

Oh My God! Telcontar Jul 2015 #49

internet is blaming mom also. saying she should have provided sunscreen Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #50

Many public schools have zero tolerance policies that forbid the use of sunscreen at school pnwmom Jul 2015 #51

This OP almost caused me to get myself in trouble at work stevenleser Jul 2015 #52

you would have slathered your kids with sunscreen before they left, I am sure of that. KittyWampus Jul 2015 #55

I'm going to need to hear the full story on this. Problem with these outings is, you often stevenleser Jul 2015 #56

so weirdly, file this one away as "lesson learned" to all parents and guardians of children. KittyWampus Jul 2015 #58

the mother is JUST as culpable. Sorry, but who sends two children to a water park KittyWampus Jul 2015 #54

When I was a kid I used to kid bubbles like that anytime I went to the pool justiceischeap Jul 2015 #59

When I was fifteen I burned the tops of my ears Codeine Jul 2015 #61

Here in Oklahoma you have to be really careful about what daycare redstatebluegirl Jul 2015 #60

poor little guys shanti Jul 2015 #62

That was almost a case of homicide, the place is lucky the kids are alive. Rex Jul 2015 #64

OMG!!! I've never seen anything like this! n/t FourScore Jul 2015 #67

i never knew how painful the sun can be on fair skin JI7 Jul 2015 #68