Sunscreen vs. TSA
May 7, 2011 | 12:12 am
#31
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I just checked and my zinc/titanium sunblock, the only one I use, and which is hard to find, comes only in...3 oz tubes!
'Course, I no longer fly, but it's comforting to know that if the risk of sexual assault did not exist, I could go to some beautiful desert island with as many of these as I wanted. Ten! Twenty even!
'Course, I no longer fly, but it's comforting to know that if the risk of sexual assault did not exist, I could go to some beautiful desert island with as many of these as I wanted. Ten! Twenty even!
It's called Desitin (brand name) and generics are even cheaper. You can't find it in the sunscreen aisle, though. It's in the diaper rash aisle. 40% Zn, you don't need much and it's cheap enough you can "voluntarily surrender" any excess and let the American public pay to dispose of it.
Get the non-perfumed, regular kind, not the "aloe" kind. Brand name costs around $10 for 16 oz, generics much less at Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, even less at the card stores. I think I paid $7 for a 16 oz tub of the stuff at a drug store in San Juan PR. It goes on white, stays on white and you need soap and water to get it off. I think it might even be available in 3 oz tubs.
Problem 1: It goes on white, stays on white. Won't rub in and if it's not white, you need more.
Problem 2: It brings back fond memories of rubbing it into kids backsides at change time, while you are rubbing it on your nose and face.
May 7, 2011 | 8:07 am
#32
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hahaha
When I go somewhere tropical, I bring a lot of sunscreen. I BURN and I mean BURN with SPF 55, so I usually use SPF 75 or higher (yes, there is such a thing). Its expensive, and you have to apply a lot of it. So depending on the length of my beach trips, I go through a few tube. Can cost between $20 to $30 just for my sunscreen. Blisters are soooo painful. That type of sunscreen is usually much more expensive at the destination. So I buy it at home, put in checked baggaged, along with a few bottles of, uh, fun drinks, and off I go. Works for me.
When I go somewhere tropical, I bring a lot of sunscreen. I BURN and I mean BURN with SPF 55, so I usually use SPF 75 or higher (yes, there is such a thing). Its expensive, and you have to apply a lot of it. So depending on the length of my beach trips, I go through a few tube. Can cost between $20 to $30 just for my sunscreen. Blisters are soooo painful. That type of sunscreen is usually much more expensive at the destination. So I buy it at home, put in checked baggaged, along with a few bottles of, uh, fun drinks, and off I go. Works for me.
Just curious, because I am among those at high risk for melanoma. My mom passed away when she was only 40 years old as the result of a malignant melanoma. This is the main reason that I will not go through the WBI machines (either one...I am taking NO CHANCES)!
May 7, 2011 | 8:12 am
#33
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Yes. So long as the item is in containers that do not exceed 3oz. in capacity each and they fit comfortably in a 1 qt (just watched someone try to pass off a 1 gal as 1 qt) bag, it doesn't matter whether the items are the same or different.
May 7, 2011 | 8:15 am
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May 7, 2011 | 11:33 am
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Flying back fro LIH awhile back, the TSO discovered a 16 oz bottle of aloe vera gel in my bag. He momentarily gazed at my lobster complexion, chuckled, and placed it back in my bag.
May 7, 2011 | 12:25 pm
#36
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For what it's worth, I was diagnosed 4 years ago with malignant melanoma. Fortunately, I had one of the top specialists in the world as my doctor (he teaches at UCSF), and I was cured (knock on wood) surgically.
My doctor made it absolutely clear that I should use a UVA/UVB sun block every day and never expose myself to the sun. I don't much care about what an anonymous Wikipedia entry says. I'll go by what my doctor says, particularly given that he is the one who teaches other oncological dermatologists.
My wife buys us Neutragena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunblock, which is SPF 100+.
My doctor made it absolutely clear that I should use a UVA/UVB sun block every day and never expose myself to the sun. I don't much care about what an anonymous Wikipedia entry says. I'll go by what my doctor says, particularly given that he is the one who teaches other oncological dermatologists.
My wife buys us Neutragena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunblock, which is SPF 100+.
May 7, 2011 | 3:20 pm
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May 7, 2011 | 5:37 pm
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May 7, 2011 | 5:39 pm
#39
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Zinc Oxide as a sunscreen was common on the ski slopes and beaches long before modern sun screens. There is a vastly cheaper alternative that old skiers and surfers use if you're into Zn-oxides. Everyone was into ZnO in the pre-PABA days.
It's called Desitin (brand name) and generics are even cheaper.
It's called Desitin (brand name) and generics are even cheaper.