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The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of skin cancer

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277 points petethomas | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 04:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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calebm ◴[19 Sep 25 06:12 UTC] No.45298453[source]▶
I am very white, but getting sun feels very healthy for my skin. Obviously I don't want to get burned bad, but good sun exposure helps my skin feel softer and less inflamed. My grandfather also spent most of his days out in the sun gardening, and my mom was just commenting a few months ago about how surprisingly smooth his skin is (and he's 92).
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1. jraby3 ◴[19 Sep 25 18:26 UTC] No.45304817[source]▶
I don't think it's at all healthy to look directly at the sun.

But I have noticed that my eyes get weaker after spending a lot of time indoors, like if I'm sick. Getting enough time in sunlight seems to be heavily correlated with better eyesight, both in my personal experience fighting farsightedness as a man in his 50s and with studies done on children regarding nearsightedness.