me hanging out with black people in the summer:Β βaye, yall donβt forget to put on sunscreenβ
them:Β
@flipflibberinflippinghell
Use the Walgreens Brand which is pretty cheap and it does wonders and doesnβt leave me with a white cast. And Iβm dark as hell so I hate looking ashy but not all sunscreens are made equally and itβs one of the better ones Iβve used.
Wait cocoa/shea butter and coconut oil donβt protect you from the sun we really do need sunscreen??
Yea fam. All that βwe donβt need sunscreenβ shit is a myth. Combine that with the fact that most dermatologists donβt know how to spot skin cancer in Black people and itβs a nasty combination.
Yeah, itβs harder for us to get it but when we do itβs deadly. I know two people who died of skin cancer, both were Black.
βWhile incidence of melanoma is higher in the Caucasian population, a July 2016 study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology showed it is more deadly in people of color. African American patients were most likely to be diagnosed with melanoma in its later stages than any other group in the study, and they also had the worst prognosis and the lowest overall survival rate.β
- https://www.skincancer.org/prevention/skin-cancer-and-skin-of-color
Sorry about the link, Iβm on mobile. But this is from August 2016, which I know isnβt the most recent but itβs still SUPER IMPORTANT. Yβall please wear sunscreen. With Google itβs even easy to find smaller, Black-owned brands.
https://blackgirlsunscreen.com/ is Black-owned!
