Can I get skin cancer in Asia?

[kidneyw]

It is the same sun here that gives skin cancer all over the world.

[smokie36]

Sorry to burst your bubble but a good chance your skin cancer in old age will be caused by your sunburn experience with zero cream as a child.

 

So not a great deal you can do about it sadly.

 

Still wear a hat and slip slap slop though!

[Lorry]

11 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Does Thailand have the ultra violent rays that Australia has ?

No, the ultra violent rays in Thailand are green in color,  sometimes with pink dots. 

 

[In Full Agreement]

6 hours ago, Crossy said:

My mum got skin-cancer in the UK.

 

OK, she was never a sun-worshiper and they live in a seaside resort (Bexhill on Sea - where Willian the Bastard landed) but even so.

 

Protect yourself wherever you roam! And from the sun too

 

 

 

And don't forget U V protected sunglasses!

 

 

[Asquith Production]

18 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Can I still get the skin cancer?

Does Thailand have the ultra violent rays that Australia has ?

Yes and brain damage. 

[ronster]

Can only get it on certain days in Thailand ! 🙄

[mfd101]

14 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

There is a blindingly obvious and simple reason why Australia has the highest skin cancer rates in the world,  

 And that is....   White people were never intended to live there simple as that,

Look at the colour of the indigenous population, they are the people who over thousands of years have evolved a skin that is much more suited to that environment

Actually it was the dark-skinned people from Africa who, after quite a long time in northern Europe, evolved fair skins so they could absorb MORE vitamin D et al from the pale sun of the north.

[JimHuaHin]

Short answers, from a fellow man from down under - no (unless you slip, slop and slap), yes, yes.

[Bday Prang]

3 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Actually it was the dark-skinned people from Africa who, after quite a long time in northern Europe, evolved fair skins so they could absorb MORE vitamin D et al from the pale sun of the north.

I'll take your word for it, but the fact is white skin in Australia is far from ideal.   

[mfd101]

7 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

the fact is white skin in Australia is far from ideal

Of course.

 

The immigration program is gradually taking care of that, and a good thing too.

[JBChiangRai]

I have had skin cancer three times here and the operation is usually under 20,000 baht. I also see a skin doctor every 2 months for liquid nitrogen treatment on pre-cancerous spots, it costs me about 400 baht per time.

[radiochaser]

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

I have had skin cancer three times here and the operation is usually under 20,000 baht. I also see a skin doctor every 2 months for liquid nitrogen treatment on pre-cancerous spots, it costs me about 400 baht per time.

Where do you go for treatment?   I have had 4 skin cancers removed this year.   The last one was surgically removed from the back of my neck 3 weeks ago.   

 

I just began radiation treatment for a fifth one in front of my left ear this week.   Most of them are squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas.   I have had a couple of melanomas over the past 20 years too.    I am one my doctor's most frequent patients for skin cancer treatment, here in the U.S. of A.   

 

I had several sunburns while in Vietnam and Thailand during the Vietnam war.   Agent orange may be a contributing factor according to one study.  

 

After paying attention to your user name, I am guessing you are up in northwest Thailand. 

Edited 3 hours ago by radiochaser

[JBChiangRai]

3 minutes ago, radiochaser said:

Where do you go for treatment?   I have had 4 skin cancers removed this year.   The last one was surgically removed from the back of my neck 3 weeks ago.   

 

I just began radiation treatment for a fifth one in front of my left ear this week.   Most of them are squamous cell carcinomas.   I have had a couple of melanomas over the past 20 years too.    I am one my doctor's most frequent patients for skin cancer treatment, here in the U.S. of A.   

 

I had several sunburns while in Vietnam and Thailand during the Vietnam war.   Agent orange may be a contributing factor according to one study.  

 

After paying attention to your user name, I am guessing you are up in northwest Thailand. 

Mine have all been basal cell carcinomas, I went to the government hospital in Chiang Rai for the last one, the previous two to that I went to a private hospital, but both times I got sepsis, so I won’t let them near me with anything sharp.

[radiochaser]

6 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Mine have all been basal cell carcinomas, I went to the government hospital in Chiang Rai for the last one, the previous two to that I went to a private hospital, but both times I got sepsis, so I won’t let them near me with anything sharp.

Sepsis isn't good.   About 2 years ago, my dermatologist began offering radiation treatment for skin cancers.   No cutting involved, after a biopsy is done.  Three treatments a week over about 5 or 6 weeks.   It takes longer to drive to her office than an individual treatment takes.   

 

Getting the location correct and drawing an outline on a sheet of transparent plastic when a cancer is found, takes the most time.   I can be in and out of the office for a radiation treatment in 15 minutes or less sometimes. 

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by radiochaser

[Gottfrid]

23 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

My question is ,is it safe for me to go into the Sun in Thailand?

Can I still get the skin cancer?

Does Thailand have the ultra violent rays that Australia has ?

Not at all! Here you are 100% safe, as Thailand uses another sky and sun to protect it´s people and all visitors.

[MarkBR]

Maybe the poster is an AI.  Although, there are some doubts about the "I" part of AI.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, MarkBR said:

Maybe the poster is an AI.  Although, there are some doubts about the "I" part of AI.

 

AS rather than AI?

[MarkBR]

24 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Mine have all been basal cell carcinomas, I went to the government hospital in Chiang Rai for the last one, the previous two to that I went to a private hospital, but both times I got sepsis, so I won’t let them near me with anything sharp.

good info, will avoid private hospitals in CR

[harryviking]

???????????What kind of question is that! Of course you can!!! 

[Ralf001]

22 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

Common sites on top of your head and exposed body areas 

I fell asleep by the pool a few weeks back... managed to get sunburn on both heads

[ignore it]

You can get it on Khao San Road for about THB 200. but be cautious about fakes.

[freedomnow]

No, you're good to go.

[Bday Prang]

19 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Georgie, now I'm convinced your many postings are because you are bored

I thought it was because he is "special"  he is at it again already,  today  its "what did your parents die of"

 

[KannikaP]

5 hours ago, mfd101 said:

Actually it was the dark-skinned people from Africa who, after quite a long time in northern Europe, evolved fair skins so they could absorb MORE vitamin D et al from the pale sun of the north.

Thank you Mr Darwin. True.

[KannikaP]

1 minute ago, Bday Prang said:

I thought it was because he is "special"  he is at it again already,  today  its "what did your parents die of"

 

Yep, I would have hoped his parents had passed just before conception!  555

[Bday Prang]

2 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Yep, I would have hoped his parents had passed just before conception!  555

well at least one of them anyway

[Hawaiian]

On 9/25/2024 at 8:14 PM, Bday Prang said:

Is this stupid question aimed at any AN members or just at any of the members who happen , coincidentally,  to be  oncologists specialising in melanoma, and who may have signed in and are currently browsing ?

 

I  would say you should be perfectly safe ,  not that I know anything about melanoma , like most on here ,  but ,  based on the fact that I myself have been here for the best part of 30 years with no issues so far,   Does that put your mind at rest ?    DUH !

 

 

 

 

Don't know how old you are, but it took me 84 years before developing basal cell carcinoma.  I just has surgery to remove it. This is probably the least dangerous form of skin cancer and is usually caused by exposure to UV rays.

[Bday Prang]

5 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Don't know how old you are, but it took me 84 years before developing basal cell carcinoma.  I just has surgery to remove it. This is probably the least dangerous form of skin cancer and is usually caused by exposure to UV rays.

Sorry to hear about your cancer.   You appear to have misunderstood the  meaning and motive  for my post. If you continue reading through the rest of the thread it will become clearer from a subsequent post I have made which explains why , and from other members comments directed at the OP

[UKJASE]

you should still observe - slip, slap, slop

 

(although maybe double slaps for you) 😉