To wonder why more adults don't wear rash vests

The attitude of ‘we don’t get much sun in the UK, we’re going to make the most of it when we do’ is deeply ingrained. And skin cancer is something that happens to other people and/or way in the future when I’m old. And I don’t look good in one. These are the reasons.

Same reasons hardly anyone wears a hat. A dermatologist told me years ago to never ever go out without a hat between March and October. I imagine if all Brits saw a dermatologist many would be told the same. But people don’t wear them. Hell I don’t wear one anything like enough, and I like hats.

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Hopefully the PP is an Aussie

Tis some excuse

Cos I want the feel of sun my skin, as humans have for tens of millennia. Sun is life.

Applying sun screen and/or staying in the shade at midday is a small price to pay.

If I saw you I’d assume you had just come in from kayaking or had a heat rash issue.

Have ordered 2 rash vests from Amazon. Unfortunately I never set out to get burnt, wear 50 spf, but when I do, I get the most unbelievable unbearable itching on my skin on my back and shoulders and chest. I think some sufferers call it the 'devil's itch' or 'hells itch'. It ruins the holiday for me. Anti histamines do nothing. Nsaids do nothing. Water makes it worse. Hoping the rash vest will stop this misery 🤞🏻

I’ve got red hair and pale Scottish skin, I love the sun but would burn within minutes if I didn’t have a rash vest on in the pool. Also hat and copious sunscreen.

I have had so many pre cancerous skin problems that I just don’t swim outside or sunbathe. Only wear long sleeves and carry an umbrella so I don’t have to wear a hat, which makes me sweaty and gives me a headache.
only wish there had been Rash tops when I was a kid!

Have you tried it? I wore mine in 35+ in Florida and really didn’t feel at all hot.

I have started wearing a long sleeve swimsuit in outdoor pools, it really is so much better than continuously reapplying suncream. Also even factor 50 I still burn!

But it's the truth. People just don't want to hear it.

Because I like the heat and the sun, being able to swim, go to the beach etc.

the point is I don’t want skin cancer, and I don’t like the greasy feel of sunscreen. So I cover up. Keeps me cool, I can pop in and out of the pool all day without having to faff with sun cream.

just because I choose to cover up doesn’t mean I don’t love the sun 🙄. It just makes life easier.

Gosh you sound fun!

Also i don't go on holiday to places that get so hot.

I prefer uk summer temperatures.

I tend to choose to stay in the shade in the hottest part of the day.

I don't like to be completely covered up though. I want the vitamin D on my skin.

The word ‘rashie’ is making me cringe

So you only enjoy being out in the sun if you are wearing a bra and undies or a swimsuit? I wear a rashie so I can spend more time at the beach , swimming, body surfing, beach cricket etc with less time having to apply sunscreen and no worries about the more sensitive areas getting burnt.

I'm a fair skinned celt and always wear factor 50 tops. My current one is decathlon. For me that is freedom ... I burn through factor 50. Actually im burning through the top too ! But I sit in shade when not swimming. Married into a sallow skinned family but it's cover all the way for me. And they can be attractive! I also have lovely boxer length swim shorts

Tell that to the well tanned wrinklies who are spending a fortune on magic moisturisers, trying to get rid of age spots or covering up sun damage. You can tell those who spent a lot of time sunbathing even in their 50s. I am sorry for those who develop skin cancer.

And very surprisingly one can have a life well-lived without sun burn. In a similar vein it is possible to enjoy a party without downing loads of alcohol

Makes sense for lots of people who need that.

I’m tall but not busty, I always take padding out of any bikini/tankini/cosi and I don’t even like those secret support style elastic inserts for under bust.

Always best to go with whatever suits your needs

Love mine! I come up in a rash with too much sun exposure, no matter how much cream I apply, so to be honest I don’t care what anyone thinks I look like. I would probably look worse covered in a horrible itchy blotchy rash!

We went to the pool or beach every day in the summer when we lived abroad. So much easier to just put uv tops on than to suncream every inch of myself and 2 kids!

I would wear a bikini top underneath for the support. And I don’t find them hot at all. In fact they are more cooling if they’re wet. I’d never sit in the direct sun if I had a choice so I wouldn’t be sunbathing in it anyway. Usually it dries quickly but a full day at the beach I might take it off and replace with a dry tshirt for when I’m out of the water and then it’ll dry really quickly in the sun for when I go back in.

Thank you @BogRollBOGOF and @longlocks .

I've always worn one on my holidays to Greece. Much less hassle than suncreaming my back.

I would need a bikini/swimsuit underneath for the bra support

T shirt made of swimsuit material

I always wear a tshirt when swimming outside cause I hate burnt shoulders! I hate the clingyness of swimming costumes and feel less conscious with a top over it too.

It’s only wet until it dries again though. I’ll take your word for it that they’re not as suffocating as I’ve been thinking, but I’ll stick with cream as it works for me.