Truck driver skin aging after 28 years of sun exposure

[The Artillerist]

Quite remarkable what sun exposure does to our skin. If the description for the photo is true and accurate, one can see how the side of the face that’s exposed to the sun when one is a driver has aged after 28 years vs the other side that is not exposed. The photo reminded me a bit the mutated humans in the movie Total Recall (1990)

Everything on the exposed side from eye level and below is droopy and looks damaged by radiation. The same side but above eye level is as normal as the other, non-exposed side, perhaps due to hat wearing. Fascinating!

 

[The Artillerist]

Here is a matching example but of a British truck driver. Radiation damage is on the other side of the face:

 

[gfh77665]

I have repetitively battled skin cancer. Every year I get 10-20 spots "froze off" but the past three consecutive years I have had actual surgeries. 11 stitches left side nose crease, 12 stitches right temple area, but the worst was 57 stitches in right shoulder. They do the Mohs surgery in the Houston Medical Center:

Mohs Surgery

Mohs surgery is treatment for melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and other forms of skin cancer. The surgeon removes layers of skin in an affected area, one at a time, and examines each layer under a microscope for signs of cancer cells. The procedure repeats until the...

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They cut until they find clean margins. In my shoulder they had to dig 3X, and took out a chunk the size of a small walnut or pecan. It was difficult to pull the skin back together so they made a T incision and stitched it up tight. They did beautiful, beautiful work even though I was not worried about the appearance of it.

BTW I am not a truck driver or anything. but I did run around as a kid without a shirt on every day in the Texas summer. I never knew what I was doing to my skin in the late 60's early 70's. I shrugged off all the sunburns every day.

 

[gman2304]

Never heard of this anomaly and I drove class eight trucks for 45 years. Maybe the driver in the first photos had a dedicated run going South in the mornings and North in the evenings….of course reversed for the Brit driver.

 

[andrew_j]

My wife a physical therapist mentioned seeing this in the past with her trucker patients beyond the mess their bodies were in from sitting so much. Tough job!

 

[oldhp]

My left arm has always been tanner than my right. Now I have pre-skin spots.cancer on it. Bought a EV sleeve to wear on it now when driving school bus.

 

[ron17571]

I draped a towel across my arm or put a handkerchief on my head to fight this stuff off. I could feel the sun burning my arm. Maybe it was the meds I use. Most people don't use lotion or sunscreen either.

 

[Nick1994]

Have to take care of your skin just like everything else.

Every morning I use a face moisturizer with SPF 30, takes 20-30 seconds to put it on so why not? When I spend time outside I put on sunscreen on my arms and neck too.

 

[Cherrybomb]

I too a lifelong semi driver,and my left side has more damage.Back in the day,our A.C hardly worked.It was window down,arm out.We had no idea,now we pay

 

[nate379]

That's a false photo. That lady had a stroke. It's been floating around the internet for many years.

 

[WylieCoyote]

My dad, 90 years old now, drove gas trucks and other rigs for years before I was born and a little while after. He's fighting all sorts of skin cancer on the left side of his body. There's barely anything left of his ear now, and he's got all sorts of stuff going on on his arm.

 

[ATex7239]

Wait till all these guys who change dirty oil without gloves find out it wasn’t the best idea…

 

[Chris142]

Never heard of this anomaly and I drove class eight trucks for 45 years. Maybe the driver in the first photos had a dedicated run going South in the mornings and North in the evenings….of course reversed for the Brit driver.

Or no ac and the window always down

 

[Nick1994]

That's a false photo. That lady had a stroke. It's been floating around the internet for many years.

William McElligott is very real.

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[gman2304]

The first pic his forehead, nose, lips, chin look to match up normally. IDK

 

[Rand]

That's a false photo. That lady had a stroke. It's been floating around the internet for many years.

uh what photo dont see any ladys?

 

[Oliveoil2]

Wear sun protection: long sleeves, hat and sunscreen.

 

[Leo99]

I have repetitively battled skin cancer. Every year I get 10-20 spots "froze off" but the past three consecutive years I have had actual surgeries. 11 stitches left side nose crease, 12 stitches right temple area, but the worst was 57 stitches in right shoulder. They do the Mohs surgery in the Houston Medical Center:

Mohs Surgery

Mohs surgery is treatment for melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and other forms of skin cancer. The surgeon removes layers of skin in an affected area, one at a time, and examines each layer under a microscope for signs of cancer cells. The procedure repeats until the...

www.hopkinsmedicine.org

They cut until they find clean margins. In my shoulder they had to dig 3X, and took out a chunk the size of a small walnut or pecan. It was difficult to pull the skin back together so they made a T incision and stitched it up tight. They did beautiful, beautiful work even though I was not worried about the appearance of it.

BTW I am not a truck driver or anything. but I did run around as a kid without a shirt on every day in the Texas summer. I never knew what I was doing to my skin in the late 60's early 70's. I shrugged off all the sunburns every day.

My father in law had skin cancer on his upper eyelid. Yikes. They did Mohs in the Dr office and a plastic surgeon patched him up the next day. He's a tough man. Not one peep of a complaint from him.


I've had a lot of skin bioosies and 3 skin cancer surgeries because the biopsy came back precancerous. No Mohs for me on my arm, leg, and abdomen. I go every 6 months for a screening.

 

[gfh77665]

They cut until they find clean margins. In my shoulder they had to dig 3X, and took out a chunk the size of a small walnut or pecan. It was difficult to pull the skin back together so they made a T incision and stitched it up tight. They did beautiful, beautiful work even though I was not worried about the appearance of it.

Above you see the external stitches. There are more internally in the meat of my shoulder which was necessary to keep it pulled together tight.

 

[cardsrok]

That's a false photo. That lady had a stroke. It's been floating around the internet for many years.

What lady?