I am Chris' Inspector General of Skin. The good news is how far sunscreens have come. They're like applying a daily lotion, which we do now but never did before.
The 70s have come to haunt me. Also, the Ironman course has not been helpful, marathons and long training rides have left me with a bit of Sun damage. This year I have had two basal cell carcinomas removed both on my left side, one that went into my ear canal that had to heal open since there was really no good way to stitch it and one that that had stitches going from just under my eyelid to my lipline. My sister had two melanomas removed last year. She made her appointment soon after my father passed away from melanoma and gave us all the shock of our lives. He was a lineman and worked outside in the sun his whole life. At 83 he push mowed his own lawn and was the image of a fit guy. It appeared as if he suddenly had a stroke but it was stage 4 melanoma and he was gone in a month. Sunscreen and hats people, we know better now.
Oh my God, John, I’m so sorry. I can’t believe all the ways I abused my skin on IronMan courses. You wash the sunscreen off on the swim, hardly take the time to slap it on your wet skin in transition, have hardly any shade or protection from your helmet, don’t stop to reapply, sweat, yada. 😵💫
Last year my Dad told me he had a bump removed from his forehead that turned out to be basal cell carcinoma. I looked back at old pictures and found a pic of him at my wedding (5 years ago) and in the photo I could clearly see it. This prompted me to visit the dermatologist for a full body check because I saw some small bumps on my forehead. They turned out to be "wisdom moles" but I'm definitely paying more attention to my sun exposure now.
Thank you Chris for covering this topic. I've lived in India, California, and Texas. I've become more careful with each year but no doubt, I've done a lot of damage over the decades. This is a timely reminder to work on steps to undo that damage in any way I can. I discovered you fairly recently and just love your videos. So much information and I'm impressed with all the reading and preparation you do for every video! As someone who got a degree in arts instead of sciences, I can not thank you enough for making everything so much more "digestible". I would love to see more Anne videos, the shopping one was great! Our family is vegetarian but we've been working toward WFPB and I have a 9 and 11-year-old, so those videos were of particular interest to me. Best wishes with that Christmas tree face!
I'm about your age and just got my first skin cancer. Fortunately, the biopsy removed all of it. I only considered having it looked at because my partner had a more obvious one earlier. Everyone (especially Caucasians living in sunny places) needs to watch for potential skin cancers. Get it early to avoid disaster! I really appreciate all of the great scientific info and advice!
Sorry to hear about the skin cancer, hope everything works out. Life gets so confusing when you run into stuff like getting too much or too little sun. My prayers are with you Plant Chompers.
It is one thing to be sensible about sun exposure but another thing you haven’t discussed is the essential role sun exposure has to vitamin D production and its essential role in health. This is the reason for the variation in human skin colour, getting the balance right between too much and too little.
I m always feeling guilty when I m leaving home without wearing my sunscreen because I was in a hurry and forgot it. Now, I m feeling scared enough, like I just visited my dermatologist, it's gonna take months till the time I will forget to wear it again. Such a great episode you made again for us Chris. Thank you. I don't get how is it possible that this channel has so little views, it's my favourite food channel 🤗❤️. By the way, on the sun topic, my endocrinologist has a different view from my dermatologist. He recommends a 10 to 20 minutes, no more (depends on the weather and the skin colour) daily expose to the sun (no in the middle of the day), without sunscreen. He doesn't recommend it only for the vitamin D, because he prescribes a supplement as well. He knows dermatologists disagree but he insists that skin expose in the sun, sun radiation and sunlight is crucial for the overall health. I don't know where to stand on this point. I can say that I feel great after a quick walk in the sun and I have a feeling of giddiness if I don't see the sun all day (same about cloudy days). Ofcourse this can be just placebo effect and it doesn't say anything about the necessity of the sunscreen, because you can enjoy the sun radiation and the sunlight while you are protected. Anyway.... That's my first comment on my favourite food channel 😁. I did have comment a big one an other time before, but i accidentally deleted it and since then I got disappointed and didn't try to comment again, but now it was time. Chris, I m glad to see that your skin issues turned fine and you are healthy as a horse 😁🤗. Take care yourself and your skin, so you ll be able to make videos which will take care of us and our environment (social and physical)
Thanks Rena! You know, for most of my life I have leaned toward the idea that a few minutes of sun/day - consistently - is better than no sun. I actually asked these dermatologists about it but I didn't feel they had authoritative answers. One concern is if you get no sun and then get caught out on a big sun day, the skin has fewer defenses. Another is there are 13 metabolites from sun hitting the skin and only one is vitamin D and we're still not sure what the others do. And finally, a little sun seems beneficial for some skin conditions. On the other hand, as I'm finding out, skin cancers are no bueno and a lot of us white people live in places our skin can't handle. So I'm thinking of doing a follow-up episode to talk to scientists who've researched this question. 🧐
Trying to mitigate the results of cutting dairy, last summer, I decided to start cheating a bit with suncream. The sun rewarded me with 2 winkles and a darkish stain at the mustache, where I do laser 😆. Did I take my lesson? Hahahaha... Kinda.. Sometimes we have to learn the hard way, right?! I have the idea humans learn only things they wanna learn. Long story short, I went back to suncream, I chose a 50+ which also doesn't allow the skin to get tank and added a 'vitamin A - dexpanthenol' to my routine, but still.... I' m not religious about suncreams, I guess this lesson wasn't enough for me and I can make so many "logical" excuses for my behaviour hahahaha 😅 Despite of what we choose to do, the questions you try to invest are really important and I would had love to see the two different points of view (the "sun is beneficial" and the "avoid the sun" - or as I said, my dermatologist vs my endocrinologist view) come together beautifully in a common conclusion. I' m looking forward for your next video 🤓 I remember Dr Roger Seheult from MedCram to make some pretty interesting claims about sunlight and its impact on COVID-19. I was surprised and excited to see that you took the time to answer my comment. That was so sweet 🤗. Thank you so much.
My oncologist that removed my second melanoma told me to NOT go in the sun. I take vitamin 3 and have my D levels checked at my yearly medical exam ( want to be at 50 or above). If I am outside , I try to wear sunscreen all over. And, I’m focusing on wearing a hat. I hope this helps!
I loved the bits about retinol vs retinoid creams as that is a topic of debate when it comes to eyelid health. But I learned something new from you about lutein being supplemented to chickens to help with egg yolk appearance. Makes sense because the eggs my family gets from their backyard chickens always look so different from the store ones.
Thanks! I didn’t know about it either. The farmers say feeding the chickens corn helps to make the yokes yellow, but it’s weak sauce compared to lutein powder from marigolds.
Ouch, I'm so sorry to hear that. Mixed with the Calcipotriene cream, the treatment is only 5 days and my first day was a piece of cake. On the second now... So far so good.
Many, many thanks for this in-depth insight. Excellent information. I am new to skin cancer and unfortunately by the time I knew what I had they were very large and deep basal cells. 2 on my face and one on my scalp. Moving forward after the mohs surgeries I will discuss the creams with my doctor. This video asked and answered the most valuable questions. Many thanks to each of you
I appreciate your content so much, Chris. I click on the video immediately whenever I receive the Plant Chompers notification. We benefit greatly from your videos.
Plant Chompers💕💕，My father has a heart attack,Now he can even swim and run.Our whole family is trying WFPB diet.I watch many of your videos over and over again.We encountered some difficult situations,But can't stop me from checking your "little bell". Love you audience from China. thank you !(Google Translate) PS：In the past three years, we have reduced the use of plastic bags by 90%。💖💖谢谢你 means thanks in Chinese--谢谢你！
Wow, sorry to hear about your father but that's great that he can 🏊♂️ and 🏃♂️! I'm so glad you like the videos. It makes my day. 😁 And it's very nice that you care about plastic bags. What a problem they have become.
I've already had basal cell twice. This was so helpful! I'm going to save this video and discuss some of these treatments with my dermatologist. It was useful to know that people get cataracts on the left side more frequently than on the right. Yep. I've always wondered why I got one on the left but not the right. I ate a Whole Foods plant-based diet, but will up the carotenoids. So appreciate this video thank you!
This is an incredibly informative video. Thank you Chris! I live in a more northern latitude being in New England, but I've known many people that have skin cancer even here. I worry about my family members who recently moved to Florida however. Keep the great videos coming!
Awwww, I liked the beard! Sad to see it go so soon. Thanks for the super interesting video as always! I had heard Dr. Fuhrman talk often about the impact of carotenoids on skin tone, but I was never aware that all the carrots and peppers I love make my skin more attractive in a measurable way. Gotta grab me more of them colorful veggies =D
I'm glad I learnt about the skin protecting effects of sunscreen when I was relativity young (late 20's) living in Australia. I started for vanities sake and anti aging but learning more about skin cancer makes me even more glad. Sunscreens when I was a kid were absolutely atrocious cosmetically, I remember hating having to smear that oily white smelly stuff on as a kid. They've come a long way since, some of the most popular every day face sunscreens here are Cancer Council Everyday Wear and Hamilton FaceWear, they don't even feel like sunscreens but more like a light moisturizer. The anti-seed oil crowd and their eschewing of sunscreen and getting tanned would be a lot more hilarious if it wasn't so dangerous, along with their promotion of high cholesterol raising diets, they're literally on the fast track to destroying 2 of our most important organs (skin and heart). It's amazing how they can even deny the damage the sun can do when you can LITERALLY see the damage yourself with a UV light. lol. but then again, if you see their ridiculous views about vegetable oils and the evidence they ignore there too then I guess it makes sense. I think Saladino may be on the way to back tracking even his sunscreen claims as I think he's going to release an "animal based" sunscreen in the near future.
Quite interesting. I got probably the basal cell skin cancer when I was 21, the doctor burnt it off with liquid nitrogen but it just came back. The doctor didn't seem concerned at all and now over 25 years later I still have them on the tops of both hands. Currently not flared up and I think my better diet plus it's winter here in Queensland the skin cancer capital of the world and not exposing them to direct sunlight which seems to make them flare by increased blood flow I guess. Another thing I discovered a few weeks ago one of my hands is more orange than the other, blood flow to my hands is different and the one with more blood flow is more orange. The improved diet hasn't been that long and maybe they will even out eventually. Thanks for these videos, I think they're great.
As always, excellent work. I always come away from your videos with something to read or look into. Now, to have a conversation with my dermotologist! I feel fortunate that I learned about sunscreeen many years ago so have mitigated a lot of risk though I know there is still damage from when I was too young to think about such things. So, you shaved your beard, applied the cream..now what is the next video? Is it coming soon or have I missed it?
So, I'd love to hear more about this vitamin C serum. What does this look like and how is it used I wonder. Would love to have a good routine and some solid products to go with it.
I asked Dr. Kelley about that. He is of the opinion that vitamin D doesn't take a lot of exposure and SPF 30 sunscreens still let in 7% of the UV even if they're applied perfectly + you always apply them, so most people are okay with that exposure + dietary sources. Vegans like me get less from diet and I measured my levels and wasn't getting enough, even when I competed in all-day IronMan competitions and didn't sunscreen my legs, so I supplement.
@@Viva-Longevity Thanks. I'm also vegan so good to know. I don't really like the sun so much but never wear sunscreen. This video gave me lots to think about.
Another fantastic, entertaining and informative episode! It's good to see that cream being recommended by two dermatologists but are there good reliable studies as well? And question number two : does the doctor recommend sunscreen for everyone all the time, even in less sunny climates like western / northern Europe? Thanks again for the great content! If I could I would subscribe again 😊
Thanks Josef! Dermatologists don’t like you getting much sun, but many doctors do think 15 minutes of off-hours ☀️ per day has many benefits. I’m thinking of interviewing a big proponent of that as a guy who has accumulated so much sun damage to get his perspective.
Oh I forgot your first question. I did read some papers on Fluorouracil and I wasn’t seeing the 80-90% effectiveness these two dermatologists were talking about. But it clearly is significantly effective, it’s just a question of whether it’s really that high. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29299592/
Another great video...thank you. I wonder if there is such a thing as a healthy tan? I know kite surfers in Maui who claim that their docs told them that if they have a decent tan built up, then they have to use less sun screen. Thanks again. LOL..I suspect you are going to get a whole slew of questions that would take years to answer. I sooo appreciate all the hard work you do!
That's such a good question, evan. I am thinking about doing a followup episode to hear from the doctors who think 15 minutes of sun per day is more healthy than no sun.
@@Viva-Longevity did you watch Medcram's video on a similar topic? It was very good. Seems like you can get enough vitamin D from just being in the shade of trees with reflections! I wish I had paid more attention when I was younger, too. No cancers diagnosed yet but evidence of karma :( Trouble is - sun exposure can feel really good , bar extremes, I get what seems like a dopamine rush from sunning myself. That is based in central Europe.....
Thank you for this video, midway through I decided it was a good idea that I purchase some SPF face care products - thankfully Nina and Randa Nelson gave an excellent suggestion with their Clear Skin Program. Again, excellent video - I’ll be taking my skin care much more seriously.
Great interviews with both Dr. K's Dr. Greger says that where I live, the sun is too weak for half the year to create vitamin D. I'd be curious to know my skin cancer risk in winter (assuming I have exposed skin, I usually cover my face otherwise the cold makes my face sting). I don't mess around in summer, though, although I don't own a car and live in a north-facing apartment so I don't get any sun on my skin unless I'm actively outdoors.
Wow, fascinating! Did you wear a shirt that exposed your beautiful abs? 💪 I finally found out why my son and I each got bccs on our foreheads in the same place. We each wore the same hats backwards that exposed that particular patch of forehead. For decades. 😢
My ancestors were farmers and both men and women completely covered up their entire lives to work outside. They lived into their 80s. Tanning white skin came into vogue from the 60s on
Thank you for accumulating and providing all of this information. I still need to find suncream that doesnt burn in my eyes when applied near them. After watching this.. I'll look for one today :D I'm 24 and probably already have a lot of damaged skin from my youth, now doing my best to prevent further damage! Really wish they would teach this stuff in school.. But I've experienced the opposite, e.g. my english teacher making fun of my pale skin tone ("You need to go out and catch some more sun"..).
@@Viva-Longevity 💚thanks! On another note: I do read the recommendation often, that in order to get enough vitamin D, its recommended to expose your skin(without protection) for ~10 minutes/day to the sun. Do you have any insight if a duration this short is fine for the skin or if instead it should be avoided?
Ah Chris! Always great. Caucasian Aussie's are battling a fierce competitor: the sun! It's been indoctrinated from a young age, 'sun kissed', shirtless, bucket hat and with a slap of pink zinc across the nose: sunprotection covered! Huge rates of skin cancers here, every single older Australian I know has had at least 1 BCC or SCC removed. Our Slip, Slop, Slap Slide campaign has made strides but we are not changing quick enough
Btw Chris it’s middle of July already, why not take us to your garden and harvest some fruits and vegetables while you talk about your next video topic? Tnx
I have Fitzpatrick Type 1 skin - super pale redhead - and have a ton of freckles and actinic keratoses. I opted for a photodynamic therapy session and unexpectedly had zero reaction to it - no redness, peeling, pain - nothing. Cost a bunch of money too, feel completely ripped off. Thinking I might have to go the flourouracil route, but wondering if it’s really that bad…gonna have to see if you have a follow up!
Does anyone know if wearing sunscreen (30 + or 50+) factor blocks Vitamin D production? Most salmon nowadays are given red food colouring in their food which gives their flesh that orange colour.😬
Thank you for making this video. I'm very fair with very light blue eyes and light blonde hair up until my 20s (much more of a dirty blonde now in my early 30s). What is the trigger to know one should see a dermatologist? I don't get the impression my doctor is really looking at my skin during my yearly physical. No one is asking about my severe sunburns as a kid or how much time I spend in direct sunlight. Seems very reactive in nature like waiting for the worst before taking any action to repair.
That’s a really good question about skin inspections. I knew a gorgeous 27-year-old blonde, the daughter of a friend, who developed a melanoma on her calf. Because she looked the model of health, they caught it late. She survived, but just barely and has never been the same. To me an annual skin inspection by a real dermatologist is so easy and relatively cheap that for someone like you who is fair and has been burned, I would just book it in addition to your annual physical. It’s much easier than getting your teeth cleaned.
My husband died of skin cancer (malignant melanoma) he was only 42. Sadly it spread to his brain (leptomeningeal carcinoma). Sunscreen people, always wear sunscreen x
Oh no, I'm so sorry... 😢 There are way too many stories like this going around. There was so much more from the interviews I could have added to the episode, but it was long. One of those things is not all melanomas come from sun exposure, just like not all lung cancers come from smoking, which speaks to the importance of skin inspections. Was your husband exposed to the sun a lot?
@@Viva-Longevity Not overly, he lived in the UK. However, he did go travelling in his early 20’s in the 1990’s and was probably exposed a lot of sun then. Unfortunately, wearing sun protection wasn’t as prevalent as it is now.
Thank you for making this video. I haven't been thinking of cancer while going out more recently. I wish dermatologists talked about spf and upf strength and what is a good minimum strength to have. You as a climate scientist may be able to answer this question: How has climate change affected sun strenth (uva/uvb)? It seems we're not only hotter in recent years but also having much more radiation. Why is that?
I think most dermatologists say SPF of 30 is the minimum they require. The key thing with the climate is how much UV is getting through the ozone layer. The world did a great thing in 1987 when it banned most ozone-harming chemicals, and it worked and we've been able to stabilize it. You might be interested in this NASA summary: www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/uv-exposure.html
My father went to a derm every two months. Eventually they found something, and it spread. They 1st removed 1.5 inches of his trachea. Then during another biopsy at the NIH he fell into a coma from general anesthesia for over a month. He was never the same and died 2 years later at 64. Everyone says he died of melanoma but I’m certain the medical intervention shortened his life and certainly destroyed his quality of life. My perception is that he died from neurological trauma from the coma. I’ll take my chances with preventative diet and lifestyle and palliative care ultimately. The Hippocratic oath is lost from allopathic medicine.
This was fascinating, as per usual, and I learned so much (also, as per usual)! The interviews with the dermatologists were very informative, and I will take their wisdom under advisement, as someone who eschews the sun already but loves driving with the window down. My next car will have UV tinted windows! One thing with which I quibble: Paul Saladino is not attractive. He has Bedlam eyes. I wish you continued good skin health on the fluorouracil, and thanks for posting!
It's hard to consider, putting sunscreen on in the morning before your day starts because most women wear make up, (unless you are young or have browner skin) and there's no way she's going to put sunscreen on over her make up for the second application if she goes outside for any length of time so until they find a sunscreen, you only have to put it on once, most women won't wear it.
Six cancers! A basal on my temple 25 years ago, squamous on my neck 5 years ago, basal on my arm 3 years ago, nose 2, forehead and cheek this year. AHHHH!!!! My friend Henry Blackburn, who ran the Seven Countries Study for 50 years, said he recently had 12 of them removed from his ears at age 96.
@@Viva-Longevity Hi Chris, I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope recovery goes well, I'd be very upset if there were any interruptions and/or delays to your videos🤣 All the best 👍
Honestly, I don’t know but I’ve been interested for a very long time. I’m on the hunt now for sunscreens, so if you come across compelling research, I’d love to hear about it.
@@Viva-Longevity I think this should be your pt.2 to follow up on this video. I've known that the sun has it's risks but I haven't felt completely safe with the sunscreens either. There's several different kinds, you have the chemical type that absorbs in your skin and apparently have been detected in blood streams for several days and then the titanium/zinc oxide type that sits on top of your skin. If you're using the chemical type, I've seen articles talking about how they interfere with the vitamin D production in your skin so it's doubtful any vitamin D will be produced while it's used. Of course, you can always use vitamin D supplements, but is it really the same? So many questions.
@@Viva-Longevity What I found is that ingredients in chemical sunscreens are proven hormon distruptors in mammals but human studies are inconlusive and more research is needed. In mineral sunscreens the titanium oxide is propably safer but since this year here in the EU titanium oxide is prohibited in some of the other products. (chewing gums, food additives...). Some sunscreens use NANO Particels (Zincoxide and Titaniumoxide) and some studies showed that during very long exposure small portion of these can penetrate the skin. But human studies are again inconlusive. What sunscreen does Dr. Kaveri apply? She told in the interview that she uses one every day.
How's this for a crazy Segway: I'm really into 19th century photography, initially wet plate collodion but now primitive silver gelatine. These early emulsions only react to "actinic light", that is mainly UV and blue. Being in Scotland I've become very aware of how the quality of the light varies. My exposures can be wildly off. 20 seconds in the summer can be 20 minutes in the winter. The built environment also massively increases levels by reflection. Foliage tends to absorb UV. Beware there's more UV in the shadows in the city than you think. Needless to say I now wear sunscreen and glasses more often but usually only in summer in Scotland. We turn into naked mole rats in the winter. Also portraits can look terrible or great depending on how rugged you want the sitter to appear.
FANTASTIC!! As an earth scientist, we deployed a lot of multi-spectral cameras on satellites and it was fascinating. When digital cameras for consumers emerged, a big problem was skin turning red under flash for some people - and it turned out to be people who didn't tan and didn't eat carotenoids. We had to modify the spectra of light from the flashes and filters on the sensors to avoid getting too much reflection from hemoglobin when near infrared penetrated the skin too easily. Where can I see your photos?
I spend most of my time indoors, in the shade or covered in thin clothing even when it's sunny and hot outdoors, so bad skin quality has never been an issue. Coincidentally enough, i hate being in the sun. Besides i get an allergic, itchy, good-bump-like reaction when my skin is exposed to sun for extended periods, 10-15+ mins, so i typically cover my whole body. But at least i'm happy to have a smooth baby skin at age 29. ;p Though i can understand how a lot of people spend their time in the sun, skin exposed, living their lives and all that...where as i am quite a stranger to such concepts. ;p
My partner has always been careful about wearing long sleeves outdoors, even in the Summer. He still got a nasty skin cancer on his arm. He learned that not all fabrics block enough UV to avoid skin cancer! On the other hand, he does spend a lot of time outdoors here in the desert.
@@someguy2135 How much time is spent in the sun is definitely a huge determining factor, for me that time is practically non-existent. But at the same time i live in Northern Europe, summer only lasts for 3 months, 1 or 2 of which reach peak intensity and temperature, rest is either chilly towards the spring, or chilly and wet towards the autumn, naturally sunlight's intensity is quite low.
I was seeing some evidence that part of Northern European’s risk is they get very pale in winter and then when a warm day comes, they frolic and get burned. Or they vacation in Morocco or Oman and get a burn on their un-adapted skin. Any truth to that?
@@Viva-Longevity I wouldn't say people here get pale in the winter, sure, they lose a some of their skin tone, but nothing extreme, even though it varies by individual. But the diet is based predominatly on meat and other animal products, which does add to the darker, somewhat red skin tone. Not sure about people's traveling habbits, not something i've ever been interested in. For me, i'm always somewhat pale, all year round, not anemic-corpse-like pale, just light colored. As for clothing, i was thinking more about various synthetic textiles, or a mxture of synthetic and natural.
Hi! Thank you. I never thought that skin cancer would be relevant to this, but this is great. It's really good timing, because I have a strange sore on my skin on the lower part of my body. It's probably not skin cancer, though. I'm embarrassed to ask, but what are the odds of you making a video about bone cancer? I saw picture of a skull several years ago, which had bone cancer, and it scared me even till this day. Right now, I have a strange pain on my left pinky. Edit: does nutrition affect hair colour?
My hair was light blonde up until my mid 20s then it started to darken... Since I went plant based about 5 years ago I noticed in natural light my hair now has a slightly orange shine. My dad had red hair (now it's stark white) so I thought maybe that's why but I'm thinking now it's my diet. It's just an anecdote though.
Does wearing sun screen affect vitamin D production? Plus! When Dr Ben Kelly says when a lesion is big, what size does he mean? I mean what does that look like on a face? The size of a spot or like an extra nose on your face? :)
Yes, sunscreen does affect vitamin D. I wish I kept that discussion in the episode but I was afraid I was going too long. The thing is SPF 30 sunscreens allow 7% of the UV through, so most people still get vitamin D but less. Depending on your diet, time in the sun and how well your skin works depends on whether you have to supplement. Even when I was doing IronMans, in the sun for hours without sunscreen on my legs, my vitamin D levels only got to 23 and I had to supplement. Dunno why my skin didn't work better. I should have asked that question of Dr Kelley about size! But as we saw from the model Cailin's basal cell, it was very small on the surface but with very long roots underneath.
@@Viva-Longevity thanks very much, I’m amazed at your quick reply! So a naked eye wouldn’t know if a skin cancer was big or not I’m guessing… I avoid being in the sun and eat a pretty good vegan (I think… could eat more apples) diet, but take away is wear more sunscreen!
You know, sunscreens have gotten so good, like lotion… We bought Oil of Okay SPF 30 and applied in the morning. She said it went on easy and was comfortable all day. The UV mirror showed it was going strong 12 hours later.
One thing you came close to talking about but I don't think you did: sunscreen effect on Vitamin D levels. Drs. Belardo and Dray have tweeted about this in recent months. There was a study in 2019 titled "Optimal sunscreen use, during a sun holiday with a very high ultraviolet index, allows vitamin D synthesis without sunburn". The conclusion: "Sunscreens may be used to prevent sunburn yet allow vitamin D synthesis".
Yeah, I broached that with Dr. Kelley and that was his response + the idea that we’re not perfect in applying sunscreen. I’m gong to try and get a vitamin D expert who believes 15 minutes of sun consistently/day is optimal to hear the other side.
I always appreciate your approach to topics. Thank you. Perhaps it is my perspective and I mean no disrespect to the dermatologists you interviewed but why is it that dermatologists have the weirdest looking skin? Is it that the rest of us have more aged and/or damaged skin or is it that they use treatments that give them a weirdly rubbery puff-like quality to their faces that resembles too much movie prosthetic makeup effects. Again, I don't mean any disrespect, it is just an observation. Thank you for your efforts. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! I often wonder that too. Is it that the rest of us don't care for our skin at the same level so no one looks like someone who does? I mean, weathered skin is part of aging, right?
It's always struck me as odd that the whole skin cancer thing came in in the mid 80's. But during the 30's 40's 50's 60's...people in photos on the Riviera and beaches all over were roasting themselves for hours, and yet little talk of skin cancers. Many cancers turn up in areas of the body which have only seen light in a bathroom. the soles of the feet even less. Methinks more is helping the sun to generate this malady, ie diet and industrial chemicals.
My father had quite a lot of it in the 60s but I get the impression they didn't treat them then as much as they do now. Dad had some pretty big sores. Now, every time I go in for a skin inspection they come at me with the liquid nitrogen to burn off even the smallest ones. I'm just not sure what they did back then.
African Americans/Black people also get deadly skin cancers. My best friend was a very dark African American and had a skin cancer that went from zero to deadly in 6 mos. Sadly she died from it. It began as a sore on her foot - partially under the toenail. It turns out that skin cancer in us African Americans often occur this way - on feet and hands. She told me that doctors do not know why this happens. Until then I thought I did not have to worry about skin cancern especially living in Michigan. We all need to be aware that everyone can die from skin cancer even though dark skin people die less than light
So, the video from Holistic Rianna (which you showcase) is basically a "how to"-guide in how you can give yourself carotenosis? Kind of cool, I guess... If you'd really like to dress as Donald Trump for Halloween, just eat lots of pumpkins beforehand! 😄
I am Chris' Inspector General of Skin. The good news is how far sunscreens have come. They're like applying a daily lotion, which we do now but never did before.
I cannot thank you enough for your work on Plant Chompers. Everything you do is Phenomenal. Please keep it coming!
The 70s have come to haunt me. Also, the Ironman course has not been helpful, marathons and long training rides have left me with a bit of Sun damage. This year I have had two basal cell carcinomas removed both on my left side, one that went into my ear canal that had to heal open since there was really no good way to stitch it and one that that had stitches going from just under my eyelid to my lipline.
My sister had two melanomas removed last year. She made her appointment soon after my father passed away from melanoma and gave us all the shock of our lives. He was a lineman and worked outside in the sun his whole life. At 83 he push mowed his own lawn and was the image of a fit guy. It appeared as if he suddenly had a stroke but it was stage 4 melanoma and he was gone in a month.
Sunscreen and hats people, we know better now.
Oh my God, John, I’m so sorry. I can’t believe all the ways I abused my skin on IronMan courses. You wash the sunscreen off on the swim, hardly take the time to slap it on your wet skin in transition, have hardly any shade or protection from your helmet, don’t stop to reapply, sweat, yada. 😵💫
Last year my Dad told me he had a bump removed from his forehead that turned out to be basal cell carcinoma. I looked back at old pictures and found a pic of him at my wedding (5 years ago) and in the photo I could clearly see it.
This prompted me to visit the dermatologist for a full body check because I saw some small bumps on my forehead. They turned out to be "wisdom moles" but I'm definitely paying more attention to my sun exposure now.
Thank you Chris for covering this topic. I've lived in India, California, and Texas. I've become more careful with each year but no doubt, I've done a lot of damage over the decades. This is a timely reminder to work on steps to undo that damage in any way I can.
I discovered you fairly recently and just love your videos. So much information and I'm impressed with all the reading and preparation you do for every video! As someone who got a degree in arts instead of sciences, I can not thank you enough for making everything so much more "digestible".
I would love to see more Anne videos, the shopping one was great! Our family is vegetarian but we've been working toward WFPB and I have a 9 and 11-year-old, so those videos were of particular interest to me.
Best wishes with that Christmas tree face!
I do not understand why you do not have over 100,000 subscribers.
I'm about your age and just got my first skin cancer. Fortunately, the biopsy removed all of it. I only considered having it looked at because my partner had a more obvious one earlier. Everyone (especially Caucasians living in sunny places) needs to watch for potential skin cancers. Get it early to avoid disaster! I really appreciate all of the great scientific info and advice!
Sorry to hear about the skin cancer, hope everything works out. Life gets so confusing when you run into stuff like getting too much or too little sun. My prayers are with you Plant Chompers.
Great stuff! Keep the evidence-based, science-positive health information coming :)
It is one thing to be sensible about sun exposure but another thing you haven’t discussed is the essential role sun exposure has to vitamin D production and its essential role in health. This is the reason for the variation in human skin colour, getting the balance right between too much and too little.
I’m so glad you addressed this topic and especially the food aspect! Wonderful as usual
A big THANKS to you and the doctors for taking the time to share this incredibly important information!
I m always feeling guilty when I m leaving home without wearing my sunscreen because I was in a hurry and forgot it. Now, I m feeling scared enough, like I just visited my dermatologist, it's gonna take months till the time I will forget to wear it again. Such a great episode you made again for us Chris. Thank you. I don't get how is it possible that this channel has so little views, it's my favourite food channel 🤗❤️. By the way, on the sun topic, my endocrinologist has a different view from my dermatologist. He recommends a 10 to 20 minutes, no more (depends on the weather and the skin colour) daily expose to the sun (no in the middle of the day), without sunscreen. He doesn't recommend it only for the vitamin D, because he prescribes a supplement as well. He knows dermatologists disagree but he insists that skin expose in the sun, sun radiation and sunlight is crucial for the overall health. I don't know where to stand on this point. I can say that I feel great after a quick walk in the sun and I have a feeling of giddiness if I don't see the sun all day (same about cloudy days). Ofcourse this can be just placebo effect and it doesn't say anything about the necessity of the sunscreen, because you can enjoy the sun radiation and the sunlight while you are protected. Anyway.... That's my first comment on my favourite food channel 😁. I did have comment a big one an other time before, but i accidentally deleted it and since then I got disappointed and didn't try to comment again, but now it was time. Chris, I m glad to see that your skin issues turned fine and you are healthy as a horse 😁🤗. Take care yourself and your skin, so you ll be able to make videos which will take care of us and our environment (social and physical)
Thanks Rena! You know, for most of my life I have leaned toward the idea that a few minutes of sun/day - consistently - is better than no sun. I actually asked these dermatologists about it but I didn't feel they had authoritative answers. One concern is if you get no sun and then get caught out on a big sun day, the skin has fewer defenses. Another is there are 13 metabolites from sun hitting the skin and only one is vitamin D and we're still not sure what the others do. And finally, a little sun seems beneficial for some skin conditions.
On the other hand, as I'm finding out, skin cancers are no bueno and a lot of us white people live in places our skin can't handle. So I'm thinking of doing a follow-up episode to talk to scientists who've researched this question. 🧐
Trying to mitigate the results of cutting dairy, last summer, I decided to start cheating a bit with suncream. The sun rewarded me with 2 winkles and a darkish stain at the mustache, where I do laser 😆. Did I take my lesson? Hahahaha... Kinda.. Sometimes we have to learn the hard way, right?! I have the idea humans learn only things they wanna learn. Long story short, I went back to suncream, I chose a 50+ which also doesn't allow the skin to get tank and added a 'vitamin A - dexpanthenol' to my routine, but still.... I' m not religious about suncreams, I guess this lesson wasn't enough for me and I can make so many "logical" excuses for my behaviour hahahaha 😅
Despite of what we choose to do, the questions you try to invest are really important and I would had love to see the two different points of view (the "sun is beneficial" and the "avoid the sun" - or as I said, my dermatologist vs my endocrinologist view) come together beautifully in a common conclusion. I' m looking forward for your next video 🤓
I remember Dr Roger Seheult from MedCram to make some pretty interesting claims about sunlight and its impact on COVID-19.
I was surprised and excited to see that you took the time to answer my comment. That was so sweet 🤗. Thank you so much.
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My oncologist that removed my second melanoma told me to NOT go in the sun. I take vitamin 3 and have my D levels checked at my yearly medical exam ( want to be at 50 or above). If I am outside , I try to wear sunscreen all over. And, I’m focusing on wearing a hat. I hope this helps!
I loved the bits about retinol vs retinoid creams as that is a topic of debate when it comes to eyelid health. But I learned something new from you about lutein being supplemented to chickens to help with egg yolk appearance. Makes sense because the eggs my family gets from their backyard chickens always look so different from the store ones.
Thanks! I didn’t know about it either. The farmers say feeding the chickens corn helps to make the yokes yellow, but it’s weak sauce compared to lutein powder from marigolds.
I've had so many basal cells removed I can't keep count. I chickened out on the Florouracil, but I am rethinking it now, thanks to your video.
Ouch, I'm so sorry to hear that. Mixed with the Calcipotriene cream, the treatment is only 5 days and my first day was a piece of cake. On the second now... So far so good.
As usual a very informative video, thanks for making it. I hope you will visually document your treatment process and share with the rest of us!!
This video was so awesome and informative, I shared it with 5 friends❣️
Thank you very much‼️👌🏻
Many, many thanks for this in-depth insight. Excellent information. I am new to skin cancer and unfortunately by the time I knew what I had they were very large and deep basal cells. 2 on my face and one on my scalp. Moving forward after the mohs surgeries I will discuss the creams with my doctor. This video asked and answered the most valuable questions. Many thanks to each of you
I appreciate your content so much, Chris. I click on the video immediately whenever I receive the Plant Chompers notification.
We benefit greatly from your videos.
Plant Chompers💕💕，My father has a heart attack,Now he can even swim and run.Our whole family is trying WFPB diet.I watch many of your videos over and over again.We encountered some difficult situations,But can't stop me from checking your "little bell". Love you audience from China. thank you !(Google Translate) PS：In the past three years, we have reduced the use of plastic bags by 90%。💖💖谢谢你 means thanks in Chinese--谢谢你！
Wow, sorry to hear about your father but that's great that he can 🏊♂️ and 🏃♂️! I'm so glad you like the videos. It makes my day. 😁 And it's very nice that you care about plastic bags. What a problem they have become.
how cool... I love how deeply you research...♥
I'm only 28 and very sun-conscious but this made me squirm so I booked a screening appointment. Thanks!
I've already had basal cell twice. This was so helpful! I'm going to save this video and discuss some of these treatments with my dermatologist. It was useful to know that people get cataracts on the left side more frequently than on the right. Yep. I've always wondered why I got one on the left but not the right. I ate a Whole Foods plant-based diet, but will up the carotenoids. So appreciate this video thank you!
This is an incredibly informative video. Thank you Chris! I live in a more northern latitude being in New England, but I've known many people that have skin cancer even here. I worry about my family members who recently moved to Florida however. Keep the great videos coming!
Thank you, Chris, for another excellent video!
Wishing you the best for your health!
I hope it works its miracle, that cream. Good luck and good health!
great timing. i just turned 60 and am about to go to my first dermatology appointment. i will be making notes on this one. super useful Chris. 😎❤️
Awwww, I liked the beard! Sad to see it go so soon.
Thanks for the super interesting video as always! I had heard Dr. Fuhrman talk often about the impact of carotenoids on skin tone, but I was never aware that all the carrots and peppers I love make my skin more attractive in a measurable way. Gotta grab me more of them colorful veggies =D
I'm glad I learnt about the skin protecting effects of sunscreen when I was relativity young (late 20's) living in Australia. I started for vanities sake and anti aging but learning more about skin cancer makes me even more glad. Sunscreens when I was a kid were absolutely atrocious cosmetically, I remember hating having to smear that oily white smelly stuff on as a kid. They've come a long way since, some of the most popular every day face sunscreens here are Cancer Council Everyday Wear and Hamilton FaceWear, they don't even feel like sunscreens but more like a light moisturizer. The anti-seed oil crowd and their eschewing of sunscreen and getting tanned would be a lot more hilarious if it wasn't so dangerous, along with their promotion of high cholesterol raising diets, they're literally on the fast track to destroying 2 of our most important organs (skin and heart). It's amazing how they can even deny the damage the sun can do when you can LITERALLY see the damage yourself with a UV light. lol. but then again, if you see their ridiculous views about vegetable oils and the evidence they ignore there too then I guess it makes sense. I think Saladino may be on the way to back tracking even his sunscreen claims as I think he's going to release an "animal based" sunscreen in the near future.
Always impressed by the quality of the content of Plant Chompers videoes.
Every video you post has great content. I love watching every single one of them! Thanks for all the work you put into them
Dr. Ben Kelley's name makes me so confused because it sounds like a homophone of Dr. Ken Berry's name to me!
Great video, thank you.
Thank you Chris. This is another very important, informative video. I will rewatch this and share it with others too. Good luck with your treatment!
This was a really important video.. you're always so articulate with your words and creative.. btw..i love your background
Quite interesting. I got probably the basal cell skin cancer when I was 21, the doctor burnt it off with liquid nitrogen but it just came back. The doctor didn't seem concerned at all and now over 25 years later I still have them on the tops of both hands. Currently not flared up and I think my better diet plus it's winter here in Queensland the skin cancer capital of the world and not exposing them to direct sunlight which seems to make them flare by increased blood flow I guess. Another thing I discovered a few weeks ago one of my hands is more orange than the other, blood flow to my hands is different and the one with more blood flow is more orange. The improved diet hasn't been that long and maybe they will even out eventually.
Thanks for these videos, I think they're great.
Maybe that cream that he mentioned will help.
As always, excellent work. I always come away from your videos with something to read or look into. Now, to have a conversation with my dermotologist! I feel fortunate that I learned about sunscreeen many years ago so have mitigated a lot of risk though I know there is still damage from when I was too young to think about such things. So, you shaved your beard, applied the cream..now what is the next video? Is it coming soon or have I missed it?
I loved the content ..and i love your background... Lovely
thank you for making this video
What a great video!!!
Fantastic episode, thank you👍
So, I'd love to hear more about this vitamin C serum. What does this look like and how is it used I wonder. Would love to have a good routine and some solid products to go with it.
What about Vitamin D? I didn't hear anything mentioned about it. Do they recommend always supplementing instead of getting any from the sun?
I asked Dr. Kelley about that. He is of the opinion that vitamin D doesn't take a lot of exposure and SPF 30 sunscreens still let in 7% of the UV even if they're applied perfectly + you always apply them, so most people are okay with that exposure + dietary sources. Vegans like me get less from diet and I measured my levels and wasn't getting enough, even when I competed in all-day IronMan competitions and didn't sunscreen my legs, so I supplement.
@@Viva-Longevity Thanks. I'm also vegan so good to know. I don't really like the sun so much but never wear sunscreen. This video gave me lots to think about.
Fascinating!!! ❤
Another fantastic, entertaining and informative episode! It's good to see that cream being recommended by two dermatologists but are there good reliable studies as well? And question number two : does the doctor recommend sunscreen for everyone all the time, even in less sunny climates like western / northern Europe? Thanks again for the great content! If I could I would subscribe again 😊
Thanks Josef! Dermatologists don’t like you getting much sun, but many doctors do think 15 minutes of off-hours ☀️ per day has many benefits. I’m thinking of interviewing a big proponent of that as a guy who has accumulated so much sun damage to get his perspective.
Oh I forgot your first question. I did read some papers on Fluorouracil and I wasn’t seeing the 80-90% effectiveness these two dermatologists were talking about. But it clearly is significantly effective, it’s just a question of whether it’s really that high. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29299592/
@@Viva-Longevity thank you very much for the responses 😊
Can you do a video discussing your training and ironmanning? Extremely interested.
Thank you very much for the informative and interesting video. Sam at San Francisco.
Another great video...thank you. I wonder if there is such a thing as a healthy tan? I know kite surfers in Maui who claim that their docs told them that if they have a decent tan built up, then they have to use less sun screen. Thanks again. LOL..I suspect you are going to get a whole slew of questions that would take years to answer. I sooo appreciate all the hard work you do!
That's such a good question, evan. I am thinking about doing a followup episode to hear from the doctors who think 15 minutes of sun per day is more healthy than no sun.
@@Viva-Longevity did you watch Medcram's video on a similar topic? It was very good. Seems like you can get enough vitamin D from just being in the shade of trees with reflections! I wish I had paid more attention when I was younger, too. No cancers diagnosed yet but evidence of karma :( Trouble is - sun exposure can feel really good , bar extremes, I get what seems like a dopamine rush from sunning myself. That is based in central Europe.....
Fantastic video, thanks ;) Poor Saladino 😂 i respect him a lot, just not for his very one-way-only videos. Anyway, I really enjoy your content
Thank you for this video, midway through I decided it was a good idea that I purchase some SPF face care products - thankfully Nina and Randa Nelson gave an excellent suggestion with their Clear Skin Program. Again, excellent video - I’ll be taking my skin care much more seriously.
Great interviews with both Dr. K's
Dr. Greger says that where I live, the sun is too weak for half the year to create vitamin D. I'd be curious to know my skin cancer risk in winter (assuming I have exposed skin, I usually cover my face otherwise the cold makes my face sting).
I don't mess around in summer, though, although I don't own a car and live in a north-facing apartment so I don't get any sun on my skin unless I'm actively outdoors.
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Interesting analogy with vitamin C and guacamole. I'll try to add skin care routine after brushing my teeth
I'm 37 and have _dozens_ of BCC scattered around but most near my waist. Interesting!
Wow, fascinating! Did you wear a shirt that exposed your beautiful abs? 💪 I finally found out why my son and I each got bccs on our foreheads in the same place. We each wore the same hats backwards that exposed that particular patch of forehead. For decades. 😢
My ancestors were farmers and both men and women completely covered up their entire lives to work outside. They lived into their 80s. Tanning white skin came into vogue from the 60s on
Thank you for accumulating and providing all of this information.
I still need to find suncream that doesnt burn in my eyes when applied near them. After watching this.. I'll look for one today :D
I'm 24 and probably already have a lot of damaged skin from my youth, now doing my best to prevent further damage! Really wish they would teach this stuff in school.. But I've experienced the opposite, e.g. my english teacher making fun of my pale skin tone ("You need to go out and catch some more sun"..).
You’re so lucky you’re on this at 24! 👏💪
@@Viva-Longevity 💚thanks!
On another note: I do read the recommendation often, that in order to get enough vitamin D, its recommended to expose your skin(without protection) for ~10 minutes/day to the sun. Do you have any insight if a duration this short is fine for the skin or if instead it should be avoided?
I truly believe that your diet has a lot to do with skin cancer and every other cancer
Thank you 💗
Ah Chris! Always great. Caucasian Aussie's are battling a fierce competitor: the sun! It's been indoctrinated from a young age, 'sun kissed', shirtless, bucket hat and with a slap of pink zinc across the nose: sunprotection covered! Huge rates of skin cancers here, every single older Australian I know has had at least 1 BCC or SCC removed. Our Slip, Slop, Slap Slide campaign has made strides but we are not changing quick enough
Btw Chris it’s middle of July already, why not take us to your garden and harvest some fruits and vegetables while you talk about your next video topic? Tnx
I have Fitzpatrick Type 1 skin - super pale redhead - and have a ton of freckles and actinic keratoses. I opted for a photodynamic therapy session and unexpectedly had zero reaction to it - no redness, peeling, pain - nothing. Cost a bunch of money too, feel completely ripped off. Thinking I might have to go the flourouracil route, but wondering if it’s really that bad…gonna have to see if you have a follow up!
Does anyone know if wearing sunscreen (30 + or 50+) factor blocks Vitamin D production?
Most salmon nowadays are given red food colouring in their food which gives their flesh that orange colour.😬
Ok, why in your chart sweden and norway are up there in terms of cancer when there is nearly no sun there ?
Do you think red light therapy could help in the resistance of skin damage? I'm very curious or could you do a video on horrible red light therapy?
Thank you for making this video. I'm very fair with very light blue eyes and light blonde hair up until my 20s (much more of a dirty blonde now in my early 30s). What is the trigger to know one should see a dermatologist? I don't get the impression my doctor is really looking at my skin during my yearly physical. No one is asking about my severe sunburns as a kid or how much time I spend in direct sunlight. Seems very reactive in nature like waiting for the worst before taking any action to repair.
That’s a really good question about skin inspections. I knew a gorgeous 27-year-old blonde, the daughter of a friend, who developed a melanoma on her calf. Because she looked the model of health, they caught it late. She survived, but just barely and has never been the same. To me an annual skin inspection by a real dermatologist is so easy and relatively cheap that for someone like you who is fair and has been burned, I would just book it in addition to your annual physical. It’s much easier than getting your teeth cleaned.
Good luck with Christmas tree routine. I hope I could do that too without a prescription cream! 😅
My husband died of skin cancer (malignant melanoma) he was only 42. Sadly it spread to his brain (leptomeningeal carcinoma). Sunscreen people, always wear sunscreen x
Oh no, I'm so sorry... 😢 There are way too many stories like this going around. There was so much more from the interviews I could have added to the episode, but it was long. One of those things is not all melanomas come from sun exposure, just like not all lung cancers come from smoking, which speaks to the importance of skin inspections. Was your husband exposed to the sun a lot?
@@Viva-Longevity Not overly, he lived in the UK. However, he did go travelling in his early 20’s in the 1990’s and was probably exposed a lot of sun then. Unfortunately, wearing sun protection wasn’t as prevalent as it is now.
Hello! If you try the cream, can you make some good close ups of before, during and after photos? Ideally using the same lighting?
Thank you for making this video. I haven't been thinking of cancer while going out more recently.
I wish dermatologists talked about spf and upf strength and what is a good minimum strength to have.
You as a climate scientist may be able to answer this question: How has climate change affected sun strenth (uva/uvb)? It seems we're not only hotter in recent years but also having much more radiation.
Why is that?
I think most dermatologists say SPF of 30 is the minimum they require. The key thing with the climate is how much UV is getting through the ozone layer. The world did a great thing in 1987 when it banned most ozone-harming chemicals, and it worked and we've been able to stabilize it. You might be interested in this NASA summary:
www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/uv-exposure.html
My father went to a derm every two months. Eventually they found something, and it spread. They 1st removed 1.5 inches of his trachea. Then during another biopsy at the NIH he fell into a coma from general anesthesia for over a month. He was never the same and died 2 years later at 64. Everyone says he died of melanoma but I’m certain the medical intervention shortened his life and certainly destroyed his quality of life. My perception is that he died from neurological trauma from the coma. I’ll take my chances with preventative diet and lifestyle and palliative care ultimately. The Hippocratic oath is lost from allopathic medicine.
Ugh, that's awful. 😢 I'm so sorry to hear this.
My basic strategy has been, gigantic ridiculous hats.
This was fascinating, as per usual, and I learned so much (also, as per usual)! The interviews with the dermatologists were very informative, and I will take their wisdom under advisement, as someone who eschews the sun already but loves driving with the window down. My next car will have UV tinted windows! One thing with which I quibble: Paul Saladino is not attractive. He has Bedlam eyes. I wish you continued good skin health on the fluorouracil, and thanks for posting!
So sorry you are having some skin issues. Good information for a pale, blue eyed blonde who lives in a sub-tropical area of the world, so thank you.
Wonder if I can mix lime juice and water in a spray bottle?
I had to read her name in text to understand what it was. 😅 Kaveri is a river in India.
It's hard to consider, putting sunscreen on in the morning before your day starts because most women wear make up, (unless you are young or have browner skin) and there's no way she's going to put sunscreen on over her make up for the second application if she goes outside for any length of time so until they find a sunscreen, you only have to put it on once, most women won't wear it.
@plant chompers Hva you had a lot of issues with skin cancer, or is this mostly preventive?
Thanks for another greeat video!
Six cancers! A basal on my temple 25 years ago, squamous on my neck 5 years ago, basal on my arm 3 years ago, nose 2, forehead and cheek this year. AHHHH!!!!
My friend Henry Blackburn, who ran the Seven Countries Study for 50 years, said he recently had 12 of them removed from his ears at age 96.
@@Viva-Longevity Damn! Crazy stuff! Stay safe, mate!
@@Viva-Longevity Hi Chris, I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope recovery goes well, I'd be very upset if there were any interruptions and/or delays to your videos🤣 All the best 👍
I don't have to worry about this because I'm working the night shift, take that day walkers!
Where do you get those photos that show the skin damage?
What do you think about carcinogens in sunscreens? Titanium oxide and oxybenzone? Is there a brand that you recommend?
Honestly, I don’t know but I’ve been interested for a very long time. I’m on the hunt now for sunscreens, so if you come across compelling research, I’d love to hear about it.
@@Viva-Longevity I think this should be your pt.2 to follow up on this video. I've known that the sun has it's risks but I haven't felt completely safe with the sunscreens either. There's several different kinds, you have the chemical type that absorbs in your skin and apparently have been detected in blood streams for several days and then the titanium/zinc oxide type that sits on top of your skin. If you're using the chemical type, I've seen articles talking about how they interfere with the vitamin D production in your skin so it's doubtful any vitamin D will be produced while it's used. Of course, you can always use vitamin D supplements, but is it really the same? So many questions.
@@Viva-Longevity What I found is that ingredients in chemical sunscreens are proven hormon distruptors in mammals but human studies are inconlusive and more research is needed. In mineral sunscreens the titanium oxide is propably safer but since this year here in the EU titanium oxide is prohibited in some of the other products. (chewing gums, food additives...). Some sunscreens use NANO Particels (Zincoxide and Titaniumoxide) and some studies showed that during very long exposure small portion of these can penetrate the skin. But human studies are again inconlusive. What sunscreen does Dr. Kaveri apply? She told in the interview that she uses one every day.
Interesting. She hasn't mentioned brands to me. The doctorly guys mention brands and ingredients but don't talk about harmful chemicals.
How's this for a crazy Segway: I'm really into 19th century photography, initially wet plate collodion but now primitive silver gelatine. These early emulsions only react to "actinic light", that is mainly UV and blue. Being in Scotland I've become very aware of how the quality of the light varies. My exposures can be wildly off. 20 seconds in the summer can be 20 minutes in the winter. The built environment also massively increases levels by reflection. Foliage tends to absorb UV. Beware there's more UV in the shadows in the city than you think. Needless to say I now wear sunscreen and glasses more often but usually only in summer in Scotland. We turn into naked mole rats in the winter. Also portraits can look terrible or great depending on how rugged you want the sitter to appear.
FANTASTIC!! As an earth scientist, we deployed a lot of multi-spectral cameras on satellites and it was fascinating. When digital cameras for consumers emerged, a big problem was skin turning red under flash for some people - and it turned out to be people who didn't tan and didn't eat carotenoids. We had to modify the spectra of light from the flashes and filters on the sensors to avoid getting too much reflection from hemoglobin when near infrared penetrated the skin too easily. Where can I see your photos?
What happens when you seem to be allergic to most sunscreens?
I spend most of my time indoors, in the shade or covered in thin clothing even when it's sunny and hot outdoors, so bad skin quality has never been an issue. Coincidentally enough, i hate being in the sun. Besides i get an allergic, itchy, good-bump-like reaction when my skin is exposed to sun for extended periods, 10-15+ mins, so i typically cover my whole body. But at least i'm happy to have a smooth baby skin at age 29. ;p Though i can understand how a lot of people spend their time in the sun, skin exposed, living their lives and all that...where as i am quite a stranger to such concepts. ;p
My partner has always been careful about wearing long sleeves outdoors, even in the Summer. He still got a nasty skin cancer on his arm. He learned that not all fabrics block enough UV to avoid skin cancer! On the other hand, he does spend a lot of time outdoors here in the desert.
@@someguy2135 How much time is spent in the sun is definitely a huge determining factor, for me that time is practically non-existent. But at the same time i live in Northern Europe, summer only lasts for 3 months, 1 or 2 of which reach peak intensity and temperature, rest is either chilly towards the spring, or chilly and wet towards the autumn, naturally sunlight's intensity is quite low.
I was seeing some evidence that part of Northern European’s risk is they get very pale in winter and then when a warm day comes, they frolic and get burned. Or they vacation in Morocco or Oman and get a burn on their un-adapted skin. Any truth to that?
Yeah, cotton is particularly bad about UV protection, unfortunately. Especially when wet.
@@Viva-Longevity I wouldn't say people here get pale in the winter, sure, they lose a some of their skin tone, but nothing extreme, even though it varies by individual.
But the diet is based predominatly on meat and other animal products, which does add to the darker, somewhat red skin tone. Not sure about people's traveling habbits, not something i've ever been interested in.
For me, i'm always somewhat pale, all year round, not anemic-corpse-like pale, just light colored.
As for clothing, i was thinking more about various synthetic textiles, or a mxture of synthetic and natural.
Hi! Thank you.
I never thought that skin cancer would be relevant to this, but this is great. It's really good timing, because I have a strange sore on my skin on the lower part of my body. It's probably not skin cancer, though.
I'm embarrassed to ask, but what are the odds of you making a video about bone cancer? I saw picture of a skull several years ago, which had bone cancer, and it scared me even till this day. Right now, I have a strange pain on my left pinky.
Edit: does nutrition affect hair colour?
I read that eating walnuts darkens my grey hair. Its true.
@@johnthompson16 Great! Is your hair back to normal?
My hair was light blonde up until my mid 20s then it started to darken... Since I went plant based about 5 years ago I noticed in natural light my hair now has a slightly orange shine. My dad had red hair (now it's stark white) so I thought maybe that's why but I'm thinking now it's my diet. It's just an anecdote though.
Does wearing sun screen affect vitamin D production?
Plus! When Dr Ben Kelly says when a lesion is big, what size does he mean? I mean what does that look like on a face? The size of a spot or like an extra nose on your face? :)
Yes, sunscreen does affect vitamin D. I wish I kept that discussion in the episode but I was afraid I was going too long. The thing is SPF 30 sunscreens allow 7% of the UV through, so most people still get vitamin D but less. Depending on your diet, time in the sun and how well your skin works depends on whether you have to supplement. Even when I was doing IronMans, in the sun for hours without sunscreen on my legs, my vitamin D levels only got to 23 and I had to supplement. Dunno why my skin didn't work better.
I should have asked that question of Dr Kelley about size! But as we saw from the model Cailin's basal cell, it was very small on the surface but with very long roots underneath.
@@Viva-Longevity thanks very much, I’m amazed at your quick reply!
So a naked eye wouldn’t know if a skin cancer was big or not I’m guessing…
I avoid being in the sun and eat a pretty good vegan (I think… could eat more apples) diet, but take away is wear more sunscreen!
You know, sunscreens have gotten so good, like lotion… We bought Oil of Okay SPF 30 and applied in the morning. She said it went on easy and was comfortable all day. The UV mirror showed it was going strong 12 hours later.
One thing you came close to talking about but I don't think you did: sunscreen effect on Vitamin D levels. Drs. Belardo and Dray have tweeted about this in recent months. There was a study in 2019 titled "Optimal sunscreen use, during a sun holiday with a very high ultraviolet index, allows vitamin D synthesis without sunburn". The conclusion: "Sunscreens may be used to prevent sunburn yet allow vitamin D synthesis".
Yeah, I broached that with Dr. Kelley and that was his response + the idea that we’re not perfect in applying sunscreen. I’m gong to try and get a vitamin D expert who believes 15 minutes of sun consistently/day is optimal to hear the other side.
Any good, safe vegan sunscreen anyone using?
Since I went Carnivore ..big dark patch I had for decades while Vegan …😅on my back disappeared .. and seems like I don’t get sunburn now .
So many anecdotes, so little data on the socials. 🤷
Geez no, cmon
I always appreciate your approach to topics. Thank you. Perhaps it is my perspective and I mean no disrespect to the dermatologists you interviewed but why is it that dermatologists have the weirdest looking skin? Is it that the rest of us have more aged and/or damaged skin or is it that they use treatments that give them a weirdly rubbery puff-like quality to their faces that resembles too much movie prosthetic makeup effects. Again, I don't mean any disrespect, it is just an observation. Thank you for your efforts. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! I often wonder that too. Is it that the rest of us don't care for our skin at the same level so no one looks like someone who does? I mean, weathered skin is part of aging, right?
It's always struck me as odd that the whole skin cancer thing came in in the mid 80's. But during the 30's 40's 50's 60's...people in photos on the Riviera and beaches all over were roasting themselves for hours, and yet little talk of skin cancers. Many cancers turn up in areas of the body which have only seen light in a bathroom. the soles of the feet even less. Methinks more is helping the sun to generate this malady, ie diet and industrial chemicals.
My father had quite a lot of it in the 60s but I get the impression they didn't treat them then as much as they do now. Dad had some pretty big sores. Now, every time I go in for a skin inspection they come at me with the liquid nitrogen to burn off even the smallest ones. I'm just not sure what they did back then.
No hidden agender on this channel ❤
oh nooooo only 35 mins 😭😭😭
Ha! I cry when I think how much gold I threw overboard to get it down to 30-something. My wife still thought it was too long.
African Americans/Black people also get deadly skin cancers. My best friend was a very dark African American and had a skin cancer that went from zero to deadly in 6 mos. Sadly she died from it. It began as a sore on her foot - partially under the toenail. It turns out that skin cancer in us African Americans often occur this way - on feet and hands. She told me that doctors do not know why this happens. Until then I thought I did not have to worry about skin cancern especially living in Michigan. We all need to be aware that everyone can die from skin cancer even though dark skin people die less than light
In acient people whas dressed ftom top til toe. I think it whas not only religius it whas also for health.
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So, the video from Holistic Rianna (which you showcase) is basically a "how to"-guide in how you can give yourself carotenosis? Kind of cool, I guess... If you'd really like to dress as Donald Trump for Halloween, just eat lots of pumpkins beforehand! 😄
Hahaha! Well, orange worked for him, he just needed makeup to get there.
So much feasting going on in that meat patty in the sun!
🥕 marketing decides our preferences. Eat carrots
noooooooo not the beard nw you're gonna look like Dr. Greger when he shaved his.
It’s baaaaacckk!