Well I might as well chime in here as I did have a patch of basal cell carcinoma removed from my left arm about 5 years ago. When I was a child (11 yrs. old) we were vacationing in Florida and back then my parents didn't know about sunblocks, etc. (maybe they weren't even invented yet! ) I can remember it like it was yesterday. We were watching some water skiing event at Cypress Gardens (don't even know if that place is around any more.... ) and I could feel the heat beating on my left arm. Anyway, my arm blistered badly. Long story short - many years later - Presto! Basal Cell Carcinoma! Fortunately that is not the nasty cancer like a melanoma would have been and I am certainly thankful for that!

Tikeyas Mom - you may do whatever you please with your life and your body. That is your choice. The problem is that the choices you make today may come back to haunt you tomorrow. I don't smoke and I don't bake in the sun, both for the same reasons. It's just not good for me. Enough said.