Dude... take care...

I still remember my mother telling me every morning before going training to put some sun block on. It was really annoying. Not only hearing her telling me every day the same thing, but to put that sticky thing on my skin. There is no child that may have liked that experience. Sometimes, I just didn't use it and went for my swimming lesson. Once back home, I had to deal with a hell of a sun burn and my parents telling me that I should be more careful.

When you are a teenager, it's all about what u look like. I don't know how it is in other countries, but in mine… having a tan is part of being cool or in. That's the reasons why many girls and guys may lay under the sun for hours with not much protection, or even with just a tan cream. At the same time, there are many people in Argentina that have brown skin color and because of that they believe they do not need to protect themselves from the sun. Quite silly, but the thing is that there is a lack of information about what a tan is all about in my land.

In Australia, the state plays a very active role on educating their inhabitants about the different kinds of risk they may put themselves to when they do things that are dangerous or unhealthy for them. It's almost utopist, but it is true. Every year the state launches an unusual campaign about all the hot unhealthy topics like: drugs, smoking, tattoos and cancer. When I say unusual, I really mean it. When you look at these ads on TV, they really make you think about taking the next cigarette will do for your health, or whatever is killing you softly.

Going back to the point… as Summer is coming round, the state has just released a new campaign about skin cancer. This disease is one of the main causes of death in Australia, and the government is trying to educate people, and I just find it amazing. Did you know that a tan are cells protecting you from the sun, but by exposing them to long or without any protection they could get sick and turn into a melanoma? That melanoma, cancer, can be extracted, but that little thing needs to be just 1mm deep in your skin to reproduce itself and get into your blood stream and spread to other organs of your body. That means that though they may extract that melanoma, years later the cancer may reappear in another part of your body. TAKE CARE…

Thought the ads are very shocking.. I believe they fulfill their aim. Just take a look:

In case you wanna read more about this issue: http://www.darksideoftanning.com.au/

For all those who do not speak english: CON EL SOL NO SE JODE MAN... EL CANCER NO DA TREGUA! Mira el videito.. por mas que no lo sientas... el cancer actua.. y se reproduce en tu cuerpo. Por mas que creas que lo eliminaste.. puede estar reproduciendose en otro organo! CUIDATE!