Discussions About Being Bald > Advantages and Disadvantages to being Bald
SunBurn
SLYinKC:
I know that this has been mentioned before, and we are all aware of the need to be careful about getting too much sun. But, I had just begun to feel comfortable about knowing how much sun my dome could withstand w/o being sunburned; then this weekend we had some really rainy weather. During one of the few breaks in the rain, I spent about an hour out in really cloudy weather. I assumed that I was alright because of the clouds and the fact that I had already spent quite a bit of time in the sun this summer w/o getting any significant amount of sunburn. I felt last night that I had maybe had a touch of redness, so I put on some moisture gel and went to bed. This morning when I put the razor to my head....ouch. And all day today I kept getting the comments about "didn't I know that I needed to wear a cap now". Funny how many people think they are your mother and are constantly telling me "you do know that you need to wear a cap now, don't you???"
Lesson for me is to never be outside w/o some type of SPF on the dome. Also, I need a better come back for all of the people who continually want to act like my mother.
Razor X:
--- Quote from: SLYinKC on July 02, 2007, 08:55:32 PM ---
This morning when I put the razor to my head....ouch. And all day today I kept getting the comments about "didn't I know that I needed to wear a cap now". Funny how many people think they are your mother and are constantly telling me "you do know that you need to wear a cap now, don't you???"
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I get the hat/cap comments in the wintertime. I have always hated wearing hats and will hold out for as long as I possibly can in the wintertime before I will break down and wear one.
As for the sunburn, as an extemely fair-skinned person, I learned many years ago that you can still get a bad sunburn when there is cloud cover. I've never gotten a really bad burn on the dome, but I have gotten a couple of minor ones when I went out without a cap or sunscreen for what I thought would only be a few minutes but ended up being much longer. You don't even realize you're burned until you put the razor on your scalp, as you experienced.
Also, if you wear a ball cap for protection, remember that you can still get burned below the edge of the cap and through the cut-out hole in the back. That makes for a very interesting pattern on the back of your head. I had that happen a couple of times when I was doing yard work. I also saw another sly guy on the train this morning with that same pattern on the back of his head.
SLYinKC:
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--- Quote from: SLYinKC on July 02, 2007, 08:55:32 PM ---
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I get the hat/cap comments in the wintertime. I have always hated wearing hats and will hold out for as long as I possibly can in the wintertime before I will break down and wear one.
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I really hate wearing a cap and will go out of my way to avoid it. I have, as of lately begun to leave a ballcap in my car for those times when I get caught without some type of other protection. I have also bought an extra bottle of sunsreen for my car.
I've recently started to wonder what I will do this winter. I'm sure the dome will be somewhat colder, even w/o the little bit of hair covering that I had before.
Stu:
Razor is correct. As a former lifeguard, I can attest to the fact that:
CLOUDS minus SUNSCREEN = SUNBURN
What is so great about being shaved is that you can easily put sunscreen on without having it get in whatever amount of hair you used to have. Since I work in an office, I don't worry about putting any on because all I do is go back and forth to my car. I do have a hat just in case, but having some sunscreen is probably a good idea if you occasionally might be exposed for any period of time. Sorry that happened to you... live and learn.
Tyler:
Well SlyinKC, you're not the only one that did this recently. Earlier this week I worked from home because the city was here to fix my sewer line. I went out there and talked to the guy for about 1 hour and completely forgot to put on sunscreen before I did. That was all the sun needed to give me a nice little burn followed by a nice little peel. I've had to wear plenty of lotion these last couple of days to hide the fact that my head is peeling.
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