The Artillerist
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Have been doing N2 torture and Mohs for a long time …
Several treatments far more severe than Mohs …
Never ends …
If I may: what’s your history with sun exposure?
Have been doing N2 torture and Mohs for a long time …
Several treatments far more severe than Mohs …
Never ends …
As city dwellers we get a very skewed view of people's health and survival. Everyone we see around us is relatively well (or they wouldn't be at work, out shopping, eating out, etc). Except for a small number of family members we never see the people who are home bound or no longer alive.
When you live in a small town and know a lot of people of all ages you know that Mrs so and so died last week, Mary is poorly again, Jim is stuck at home since his stroke, the Joneses have a disabled child, and so on.
When you live in the city and mostly interact with people at your own work place, or who are out in public, you don't see the ones who aren't there. And if, like most people, you don't keep up with your classmates you won't know who has had a heart attack, who is very ill with cancer, or who has died. You don't even know about your own cohort.
Worked and played in the sun for many years - have had a mostly indoor job since 2007 - long sleeves year round for 20 years - but the damage is done …If I may: what’s your history with sun exposure?
This issue is likely to be controversial but you may be right. If true (and I haven't done that assessment myself) I don't think the explanation would be simple and would likely be multifactorial:What’s your take on why rural people with lower or no levels of education tend to look older vs city dwellers at the same age? I’m not talking about extreme cases of, say, a rich person with annual budget with several for facials and what not vs poor drunkard and a smoker. Just a typical city dweller vs a rural one. I’ve noticed this tendency in other countries too, so it is not only in US.
Is it due to sun exposure, as one is more out and about (typically) in the open in a rural area? Manual labor, so dirty hands touching face? City folk are more stern with their emotions so less facial mimics?
Very curious for your take on this
This issue is likely to be controversial but you may be right. If true (and I haven't done that assessment myself) I don't think the explanation would be simple and would likely be multifactorial:
- Rural people on average probably have more activities involving sun exposure (farming, serious gardening, participation in horse events, etc.)
- I suspect rural people are more likely to smoke.
- City people tend to have better access to appearance aids (stylish haircuts - a top hair stylist is less likely to be found in a rural area, nicer glasses, dental care - there's nothing like a missing tooth to drag down your appearance)
- City people tend to be somewhat better off and are therefore more able to afford appearance aids. Nice glasses are a lot more expensive. A post and crown to replace a missing tooth is remarkably expensive.
- City folks may simply focus more on their appearance. I think we'd all agree it would be hard to keep your skin in great condition when you're out hauling grain or feeding the calves.
Give me land over nice skin any day of the week
Back then no one knew. I looked up, and it was 1997 when science officially confirmed that sun tanning causes cancer.
Also, many men consider it unmanly to use skincare products, including sunscreen, so…