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Your Story Series: Meet Di

These days I am obsessed with sun protection. My regime in recent years has been so effective that people often remark on how good my skin looks, which is quite the compliment for someone who is 50-something and raised in Australian conditions.

Your Story Series: Meet Rheanca

I am a happy teenager focused on what I can do and enjoy in my life, rather than stress about the medical conditions I have or the foods and things I cannot have. Thank you Solbari for this opportunity to be an advocate for the skin condition atopic dermatitis and for other sufferers of this skin condition in the community.

Your Story Series: Meet Maria

It's never too early to start taking care of your skin - your older self will be very grateful if you start right away! Don't buy into believing that you need to be nicely tanned at all times. You will be much better off avoiding sun, skin damage and premature wrinkles. Not to mention the risk of getting skin cancer.

Your Story Series: Meet Kerryn

For me, despite being vigilant growing up in the 'slip slop slap' era with caring parents and being a responsible young adult, my cancer progressed - partly because of my high-risk skin. I really want everyone to take sun safety seriously because it is preventable if you are cautious and get regular skin checks.

Your Story Series: Meet Tim

I have a long family history of melanoma on my Mother’s side. When mum was growing up in Sydney 70 years ago she just didn’t know about the harmful impacts of the Australian sun, especially on pale Caucasian skin. Her family spent a lot of time outdoors and at the beach when she was young, with no sunscreen and minimal sun protection.

Your Story Series: Meet Shelley

I am especially diligent about sun protection these days - I make sure anything that goes on my face, such as moisturiser and makeup, has SPF. When I do venture into the sun, I prefer to use barriers such as clothing (and Solbari has such great options!)

Your Story Series: Meet Teresa

One day my sister mentioned that the mole on my neck was getting bigger and it was all different colours. "Okay," I thought to myself, "no more ignoring the problem, it's time to get it checked!". Sure enough, it had to come out.

Your Story Series: Meet Tony

My doctor told me to take sun protection very seriously. I started going to a skin doctor every six months to have a complete body check. Now, five years later it's all good, but I am much more careful about exposing my body to the sun. I've learned everything I need to know to protect my skin and allow it to rebuild and recover.

Your Story Series: Meet Anne

It wasn't until I retired and relocated to Queensland from Victoria that I discovered that yearly skin checks were important. Queensland has the highest rate of skin cancer in Australia. I was shocked to be diagnosed with a squamous cell cancer on my forearm and shortly after, a Basal Cell on my throat.

Your Story Series: Meet Linda

The damage that is caused today by the sun can never be undone, and a potential deep burn in the pursuit of the perfect tan is not worth risking future skin cancer. I recently had a skin cancer scare which reminded of this. On a very overdue skin check, the doctor discovered something which had all the hallmark signs of a melanoma.

Your Story Series: Meet Zoe

My melanoma was diagnosed in August 2019, however I was concerned about the mole on my leg in 2010. It popped up quickly and I went to the GP within two or three weeks. He did a punch biopsy and when I returned for the result, I saw a different GP in the practice who told me it was "fine, nothing to worry about" and wrote on the pathology report “no worries”.

Your Story Series: Meet Lin

I grew up thinking pale was beautiful till I started university in the mid 70s. Then I took a U turn and decided a tanned look would make me look more attractive. I went all out achieving a tanned look, lying out in the sun during the summer holidays, after my summer job hours and all weekends. That went on for many years.

Your Story Series: Meet Bianca

Sun protective clothing is synonymous with dull and boring outfits. Being an active outdoor person, I have found my white knight Solbari. The Solbari sun hat is my angel guarding my face, in the disguise of a fashion hat.

Skin Health Series: Rowena's Story

My skin condition is vitiligo, which I have had since an early age of a few months old. My skin is very sun sensitive and is prone to burning quickly and easily.

Skin Health Series: Veronica's Story

I have an autoimmune skin condition called vitiligo. It began when I was in my late teens, in small stages at first, around eyes, mouth, and joints. It was very damaging psychologically, as my skin, which was olive in tone, began to show pure white patches. It was quite dramatic, very frightening, and often these patches appeared overnight. This condition affects my day-to-day living in that my skin will burn with just a few minutes of sunlight. I could wear sunblock, but do not appreciate the way it feels, and it doesn’t always work well.

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