Ngangikhathazekile Ngokushuka Iminyaka. Nakhu Okungenze Ngagcina Ngiyekile

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• Ngikhula, ngangilinganisa ithusi nobuhle
• Inganekwane yokushuka okuphephile
• Ngakho-ke siyilungisa kanjani leyo mikhuba? Umthetho wegolide # 1: Gqoka i-sunscreen nsuku zonke
• Manje sengibona ukuvikelwa kwesikhumba njengendlela yokuhlonipha umzimba wami

Impilo nokuphila kahle kuthinta ngamunye wethu ngokuhlukile. Le yindaba yomuntu oyedwa.

"Okhokho bakho babehlala emgodini," kusho udokotela wesikhumba, ngaphandle kwamahlaya.

Ngangilele nginqunu ngokuphelele ngfulathele itafula lokuhlolwa lensimbi elibandayo. Ubambe elinye lamaqakala ami ngezandla zombili, ejeqeza eduze kwemvukuzane etholeni lami.

Ngangineminyaka engama-23 futhi ngisanda kuqala uhambo lwezinyanga ezintathu eNicaragua lapho ngangisebenza khona njengomqeqeshi we-surf. Bengilokhu ngiqaphile ngelanga kodwa ngisabuya ngemigqa ye-tan ecwebezelayo, umzimba wami onamabhodwe ungasondeli eduze kwepallor yawo ejwayelekile.

Ekupheleni kokuqokwa, ngemuva kokuthi ngilungise kabusha, wangibuka ngokuzwelana nangokuthukuthela. "Isikhumba sakho asikwazi ukuphatha inani lelanga olichaya kulo," esho.

Angikhumbuli engikushilo emuva, kodwa nginesiqiniseko sokuthi bekucindezelwe ukuzikhukhumeza kwentsha. Ngangikhule ngintweza phezu kwezilwandle, ngigxile esikweni. Ukuba tan kwakumane kuyingxenye yokuphila.

Ngalolo suku, ngangisenenkani kakhulu ukuvuma ukuthi ubudlelwane bami nelanga babukhathaza kakhulu.Kepha ngangisemngceleni woshintsho olukhulu engqondweni yami. Eminyakeni engama-23, ekugcineni ngase ngiqala ukuqonda ukuthi yimina ngedwa owayenakekela impilo yami.

Okuyikho okwangiholela ekubekeni ukuqokwa okungenhla okukhulunywe nodokotela wesikhumba ukuba ngihlolwe izinyanga zami eziningi - okokuqala empilweni yami yokuba mdala. Futhi eminyakeni emine kusukela lapho, ngishintshile - ngingenantshiseko ngezinye izikhathi, ngiyavuma - ngibe umsuki oguqulwe ngokuphelele.

Ngibambeke ekushukeni ngenxa yokushoda kwemfundo, kepha kwaqhubeka ngenxa yokugwema inkani, uma kungenjalo ukwenqatshwa, kwamaqiniso asuselwa ebufakazini. Ngakho-ke lena iphuma iye kubo bonke abashiseka ngokweqile abashuka abangakwazi ukuyeka lo mkhuba. Ugcine nini ukuzibuza wena ukuthi: Ingabe kufanele ingozi?

Ngikhula, ngangilinganisa ithusi nobuhle

Ngikhule ngishuka eceleni kwabazali bami abathenga embonweni omakethwa ngobuningi wokuthi abukho ubuhle ngaphandle kwethusi.

Njengoba inganekwane iqhubeka, ngesithonjana semfashini sango-1920 uCoco Chanel wabuya esikebheni saseMedithera esinesikhumba esimnyama futhi wathumela isiko le-pop, elalinezinwele ezimhlophe ezazihlala zilithanda kakhulu. Futhi ukuthanda impucuko yaseNtshonalanga nge-tan kwazalwa.

Ngama-50s kanye nama-60s, isiko le-surf lahamba phambili futhi i-tan hype yaqala kakhulu. Kwakungekuhle kuphela ukuba yi-tan, kwakuyi-ode emzimbeni futhi kuyinselelo ku-conservatism. Futhi iSouthern California, ikhaya langaphambili labazali bami bobabili, kwakungamanga zero.

Ubaba wami waphothula isikole samabanga aphakeme ngaphandle kwaseLos Angeles ngo-1971, ngawo lowo nyaka uMalibu Barbie owethusiwe owethusiwe, elungele ulwandle egqoke isudi yokugeza nezibuko zelanga. Futhi umama uchithe ihlobo esemncane ekhathazekile eduzane naseVenice Beach.

Uma ngabe basebenzise i-sunscreen noma bathathe izinyathelo zokuvikela ilanga ngalezo zinsuku, kwakwanele ukugwema ukusha okukhulu - ngoba ngibonile izithombe, nemizimba yabo ikhanya ithusi.

Kodwa-ke, ukukhathazeka ngesikhumba se-tan akuphelanga ngesizukulwane somzali wami. Ngezindlela eziningi, kwaba kubi kakhulu. Ukubukeka kwe-bronzed kwahlala kudumile ngeminyaka yama-90s kanye nasekuqaleni kwawo-2000, futhi ubuchwepheshe bokushuka kubonakala sengathi buhamba phambili kakhulu. Ngenxa yemibhede yokushuka, bekungadingeki nokuthi uhlale eduze nolwandle.

Ngo-2007, u-E! ikhishwe i-Sunset Tan, umbukiso ongokoqobo ogxile esaluni yokushuka e-LA. Kumamagazini e-surf engiwadlile ngisemusha, wonke amakhasi abonisa imodeli ehlukile - yize ingenakugwenywa yaseCaucasus - enesikhumba esinsundu, esingenakubusheka.

Ngakho-ke nami, ngafunda ukukuhlonipha lokho kukhanya okwanga ilanga. Ngangithanda ukuthi lapho isikhumba sami simnyama, izinwele zami zazibukeka ziba mhlophe. Ngenkathi ngimnyama, umzimba wami wavela ngisho nangamathoni amaningi.

Ngilingisa umama wami, ngangilala egcekeni lethu elingaphambili ngixhumanise inhloko nozwane emafutheni omnqumo, isikhumba sami se-Anglo-Saxon sicwazimula njenge-guppy ku-skillet. Isikhathi esiningi, bengingakuthokozeli nokukujabulela. Kodwa ngakhuthazelela ukujuluka nokudinwa ukuze ngithole imiphumela.

Inganekwane yokushuka okuphephile

Ngasekela le ndlela yokuphila ngokunamathela esimisweni esiqondisayo: Ngangiphephile inqobo nje uma ngingashi. Ngikholwa ukuthi umdlavuza wesikhumba ubungagwemeka inqobo nje uma ngishuka ngokulingene.

UDkt Rita Linkner ungudokotela wesikhumba eStreet Street Dermatology eNew York City. Uma kukhulunywa ngokushuka, akaphikisi.

"Ayikho into enjengendlela ephephile yokushuka," usho njalo.

Uyachaza ukuthi ngoba ukulimala kwelanga kuyaqoqeka, konke ukukhanya kwelanga esikuthola esikhunjeni kukhulisa ubungozi bethu bomdlavuza wesikhumba.

Uthi: "Lapho ukukhanya kwe-UV kushaya ngaphezulu kwesikhumba kudala izinhlobo zamahhala ezinkulu," esho. “Uma uqoqa ama-radicals anele anele, aqala ukuthinta ukuthi i-DNA yakho iziphindaphinda kanjani. Ekugcineni, i-DNA izophindaphindeka ngokungajwayelekile futhi yingaleso sizathu-ke lapho uthola khona amangqamuzana angaphambi kwesikhathi angavela, lapho kutholakala ilanga elanele, aphenduke amangqamuzana anomdlavuza. ”

Akulula kimi ukuthi ngikuvume manje lokhu, kodwa esinye sezizathu ebengilokhu ngifushela ebudaleni kungenxa yokuthi kuze kube yiminyaka embalwa edlule nganginokungabaza - okusele ekukhuleni ekhaya lezithako zemvelo kuphela - ngiya kwezokwelapha zesimanje.

Empeleni, bengingafuni ukuyeka ukushuka. Ngakho-ke ngasebenzisa ukungazethembi okungaqondakali, okungavumelekile engangizizwa ngakho kwisayensi ukudala umhlaba ongifanela kangcono - izwe lapho ukushuka kwakungekubi kangako.

Uhambo lwami lokwamukela ngokuphelele umuthi wesimanje yindaba ehlukile, kepha yilokhu kugudluka ekucabangeni okwenze ukuthi ngivuke ekugcineni ngamaqiniso omdlavuza wesikhumba. Izibalo zimangalisa kakhulu ukugwema.

Thatha isibonelo, ukuthi abantu abangu-9 500 base-U.S. Batholakala benomdlavuza wesikhumba nsuku zonke. Lokho cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingama-3.5 ngonyaka. Eqinisweni, abantu abaningi batholakala benomdlavuza wesikhumba kunabo bonke abanye umdlavuza behlangene futhi cishe amaphesenti angama-90 awo wonke umdlavuza wesikhumba abangelwa ukukhanya kwelanga.

Ngenkathi izinhlobo eziningi zomdlavuza wesikhumba zingaphazanyiswa ukungenelela kwangaphambi kwesikhathi, i-melanoma ilandisa ngokushona kwabantu abangaba ngu-20 ngosuku e-United States. "Kuzo zonke izinhlobo zomdlavuza ezibulalayo, i-melanoma iphezulu kulolo hlu," kusho u-Linkner.

Lapho ngifunda uhlu lwezinto eziyingozi zokuthola umdlavuza wesikhumba, ngiyakwazi ukumaka amabhokisi amaningi: amehlo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nezinwele ezimhloshana, umlando wokushiswa yilanga, ama-moles amaningi.

Ngenkathi abantu baseCaucasus benengozi enkulu yokuthuthukisa zonke izinhlobo zomdlavuza wesikhumba, futhi banesilinganiso esihle kakhulu sokusinda. Ngokocwaningo oluthile, abantu abadabuka e-Afrika yaseMelika bekufanele bathole ukuxilongwa kwe-melanoma ngemuva kokuba sekuqhubekele esigabeni esisongela impilo. Kubalulekile ukuthi kungakhathalekile ukuthi ungowaluphi uhlanga noma uhlobo lwe-phenotype umzimba wakho uhlolwe njalo (u-Linkner uphakamisa kanye ngonyaka) ukuthola ukukhula okungenamdlavuza kanye nomdlavuza.

Kimina, mhlawumbe isibalo esesabeka kunazo zonke ukuthi ukushiswa yilanga okukodwa njengengane noma intsha. Ezinhlanu noma ngaphezulu ngaphambi kweminyaka yobudala engama-20 futhi usengozini ephindwe izikhathi ezingama-80.

Ngokweqiniso angikwazi ukusho ukuthi mangaki ukushiswa yilanga engikuthole ngiseyingane kodwa kungaphezulu kakhulu kokukodwa.

Izikhathi eziningi, lolu lwazi lungangehlula. Ngemuva kwakho konke, akukho engingakwenza mayelana nokukhetha engingakwazanga engakwenza njengomuntu osemusha. U-Linkner uyangiqinisekisa, nokho, ukuthi akukephuzi kakhulu ukuguqula izinto.

"Uma uqala ukulungisa imikhuba [yokunakekelwa kwesikhumba], noma uneminyaka engama-30, ungalinciphisa ngempela ithuba lakho lokuthola umdlavuza wesikhumba kamuva empilweni," esho.

Ngakho-ke siyilungisa kanjani leyo mikhuba? Umthetho wegolide # 1: Gqoka i-sunscreen nsuku zonke

"Ngokuya ngohlobo lwesikhumba sakho, indawo emnandi iphakathi kwe-30 ne-50 SPF," kusho u-Linkner. “Uma unamehlo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, unezinwele ezimhlophe, futhi unamahloni, hamba ne-50 SPF. Futhi, usebenzisa imizuzu engu-15 ngaphambi kokushiswa yilanga. ”

Ubuye futhi asikisele ukusebenzisa izivikeli zelanga ezivikela ngokomzimba - imikhiqizo lapho isithako esisebenzayo kungaba i-zinc oxide noma i-titanium dioxide - ngaphezulu kwesikrini selanga samakhemikhali.

"[Ama-block block] ayindlela yokubonisa ngokuphelele ukukhanya kwe-UV ebusweni besikhumba kunokumunca esikhunjeni," esho. "Futhi uma unenkinga yokungezwani komzimba noma une-eczema ungcono kakhulu uma usebenzisa i-block block."

Ngaphezu kokusetshenziswa kwe-sunscreen nsuku zonke, ngibe ngushisekeli wokugqoka izigqoko.

Ngiseyingane ngangizonda izigqoko ngoba umama wayehlala njalo efaka okuthile kotshani obunamakhanda ekhanda lami. Kepha njengomuntu osanda kukhanya elangeni, sengikuhloniphile ukubaluleka kwesigqoko esihle. Ngizizwa ngilondeke ngokwengeziwe, noma ngabe ngigqoke i-sunscreen, ngazi ukuthi ubuso bami buvikelwe elangeni eliqondile.

Uhulumeni wase-Australia ubala ukufaka isigqoko esinomphetho obanzi njengesinyathelo esibalulekile sokuvimbela ukutholakala kwelanga. (Noma, bagcizelela isidingo sokugqoka futhi i-sunscreen njengoba isikhumba sisabamba ukukhanya kwelanga okungaqondile.)

Manje sengibona ukuvikelwa kwesikhumba njengendlela yokuhlonipha umzimba wami

Ngalezo zinsuku ezingavamile lapho nginamathela ngaphandle ngaphandle kwesigqoko noma i-sunscreen, nakanjani ngivuka ngosuku olulandelayo bese ngibheka esibukweni bese ngicabanga ukuthi "Kungani ngibukeka kahle kangaka namuhla?" Lapho-ke ngiyabona: O, ngiwumkhovu.

Angikulahli ukuzikhethela kwami ​​okungaphezulu noma ukucabanga okungcono okusetshenziswako esikhumbeni. Mhlawumbe ngaso sonke isikhathi ngizohlala ngincamela ukuthi ngibukeka kanjani lapho nginezinsimbi ezincanyana.

Kepha kimi, ingxenye yokudlula ebusheni - ingqondo engahlala isikhathi eside ukudlula iminyaka yangempela - ithatha indlela esangulukile nenengqondo empilweni yami.

Kungenzeka anginalo ulwazi olufanele ngisengumntwana, kepha senginalo manje. Futhi ngokwethembeka, kunokuthile okukunika amandla ngokujulile ngokuthatha isenzo ukuze wenze ushintsho oluhle empilweni yami. Ngithanda ukuyicabanga njengendlela yokuhlonipha inhlanhla engacabangeki enginayo ngokuphila nhlobo.

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