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Re:Is the Age-Old Quest for a Baldness Cure Reaching Its End? by macintux on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:25PM (#17267692)
For me, the biggest impact is health. I was recently diagnosed with a very benign skin cancer, but I dearly love open air driving, so trying to figure out how to enjoy my Jeep while not inviting melanoma is tricky.
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Re:Is the Age-Old Quest for a Baldness Cure Reaching Its End? by AndrewKemendo on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:30PM (#17267748)
Isn't hair relatively low SPF? So wouldn't applying sunscreen solve that problem?
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Re:Is the Age-Old Quest for a Baldness Cure Reaching Its End? by ciupicri on Friday June 08, 2018 @02:21PM (#17268298)
From http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/09/12/2362010.ht...

> Overall, the researchers found hair offered a protection factor ranging from 5 to 17, which is significantly lower that the average sunscreen, which offers a protection factor of 30.

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Re:Is the Age-Old Quest for a Baldness Cure Reaching Its End? by macintux on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:34PM (#17267779)
Quite probably.

Since I was a kid I've hated sunscreen so I do my best to find other solutions. Or pretend it's not a problem.

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Re:Is the Age-Old Quest for a Baldness Cure Reaching Its End? by ianai on Friday June 08, 2018 @02:48PM (#17268549)
Yep sunscreen is very nasty stuff. Wish it wasn’t such a pain to work with and wear.
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