One summer many years ago, I went to work in the Dominican Republic. Weekdays were spent working, weekends were spent on the beach. On one fateful weekend, the girls that I was working with and I went to a beach close to Santo Domingo for a bit of rest and relaxation. All of us were about as white as the powdery white sand. In fact, we may have been whiter than the sand. As the only Floridian among two girls from the northeast, I decided to forego applying sunblock while they applied SPF 55. At one point, both of them asked me to apply the sunblock to their backs. I carefully applied the thick pasty sunblock to their backs and then without a second thought…placed my hands on my thighs. After hours of baking in the sun, here was the end result.
Don't get any ideas. Those are my handprints on my legs.
Lesson learned. Always remember to wash your hands after applying SPF 55. (Or better yet…use some sunblock instead of frying in the sun).
