Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]About 15 years ago, I noticed some spots on the top of my head where my hair is thin. A dermatologist treated the benign spots and told me to wear a hat with a 4 inch brim. I have worn hats since, a straw in the summer and felt in the winter. I wear cotton hats on the weekends and do not go out of doors without a hat. The spots appear less frequently and my skin is improved. My doctor indicated that the damage in our early years stays with us and causes problems in our middle age. Hat wearing should be done in those early years and is a help in our later years. I have had friends who are golfers develop skin cancer on the tops of their ears. A hat would have prevented this. Roland Smith Oakland, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Hats? > Don Dory wrote: > > > > Greetings Marc, > > Well, when I spend time out in the plains of the US a hat is a might > > nice thing to have shading your head and eyes. Living in the middle of > > the eastern forest I don't use a hat. If I take a walk in the middle of > > Nebraska or Texas west of Dallas and you can bet I have a hat on. > > > > I guess it is sort of like using lenses. An uncoated or single coated > > lens has a lens shade; one of the new Leica lenses probably doesn't. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Don > > Hats are supposed to be better than sun glasses. > Better for what i forgot. > Glaucoma prevention perhaps. > I find sun glasses work much better with a hat to sheild the back of the glass. > For me its the brim of the hat which is very usefull keeping the rain > off my glasses. And the sun off my eyes so i can see. > > They say half of your body heat goes your your feet so if your bare foot > you are in bad shape. > Or if you dont ware socks or good socks. > > The other half of your body heat goes straight out the top of your head. > So if you had a nice hat, I like a Stetson, and nice maybe even wool or > silk socks with your shoes; I wear Dansko Clogs and nothing but for > footwear... you could go naked in between your head and feet on a stroll > through Antarctica. Or Artantica > > Lots of guys wear hats because they are going bald and what to hide that > fact. And lots of us are going middle age and would like to play down > that fact. > Certain hats like fishermans hats make you look much older because they > make you look like you are trying to hide the fact that you are going > bald. > So don't wear them. They are like UV filters. > > If you are going bald i suggest getting a short crew cut and make your > hair into a non issue. > ONe bottle of shampoo should last a year. > Hats would be good because you don't want skin cancer on top of your > head. A very popular disease as of late. > I know to people who've got it/ > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.rabinergroup.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html