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Great tip, but being Scottish and fiscally prudent, I have a cheaper alternative.

Take a bagfull of plastic teaspoons on holiday with you. Break the handle off a couple of them and , hey presto, disposable shades.

You don't have to worry about losing them and, with luck, the hotel is an easy source for replacements.

The patented "Willie G Disposable Shades" can also double up as convenient ice cream spoons (before you break off the handle!). Indeed, they have a multitude of uses.

WG
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And another plus- if you see anyone lying on the beach with sunbed goggles minus the elastic, or broken plastic teaspoons over their eyes - you will know they are fellow HTers :lol:
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I think the main plus of the teaspoons idea is that any would be theives would see the teaspoons and think you're such a cheap %$$&*&^ that you have nothing worth nicking and leave you well alone! :)
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There is a recent theory that wearing sunglasses increases the risk of skin cancer :shock: apparently the eye senses the suns intensity and triggers the release of body chemicals that help protect the skin so if you have sunglasses on this process is affected.
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just close your eyes very tightly

its free :D
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Nick that theory is very interesting.

Here is a link to the article, which is worth reading.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/8739/Sunglasses+raise+risk+of+cancer

Note that it still important to protect your eyes from UV light, to decrease the risk of getting cataract and macular degeneration. Glass and polycarbonate spectacle lenses do cut out most UV, and plastic lenses can be treated to block UV.

Check the label on your sunglasses. Sometimes cheapest is not best.
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just close your eyes very tightly

its free


Cheepskate. :rofl :rofl
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its less cheapskate looking than lying there with broken plastic tea-spoons on your eyes :D
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Last year I got skin cancer on my face, just above my lip and two spots at the side of my nose, just where the plastic nose bits of my sun glasses touched, my aunt also has it and hers is just where bottom of the rim of hers was. Had to have a skin graft but luckily everything is now fine. I have talked to loads of people since and so many people seem to get these cancers where the edges of their glasses or sunglasses are. I have always been very careful in the sun, spending most of my time in the shade as I can't stick the heat , wearing a sunhat and applying suncream all the time. I don't know whether to ever wear sunglasses again as these cancers have a habit of returning, but I now wear total sun block on my face all year. Just a word of warning to everyone. Karen
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mrnkar,

Sorry to hear about your problems, I'm so happy that things are OK now.

Chivas69/LesB,

Shame on both of you. there's a major difference between being a cheapskate (someone who will not spend money under any circumstances) and being fiscally prudent (someone who is sensible in terms of un-necessary expenditure).

Fiona,

Out of all these people, you are the one who got it right. I was looking forward to visiting El Gounna and spotting all the HT'ers on holiday. I'll just have to rely on spotting those who have bought T shirts.

Michelle,

Apologies, I'm sure your sunbed goggles look much better than T spoons any day.

All,

Have a nice holiday, but be careful with the sun. Skin damage is no laughing matter.

Regards

Willie G
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I always put plastic spoons on my eyes as I suffer from swollen eye lids the first few days of my jollys, did buy the proper things once but had a white mark over my nose so hubby came up with the idea of the spoons and they work a treat.
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I can remember the first time I went skiing. it was Easter 1991 and of course we had to wear goggles. When we all went back to school, anyone who'd been on the trip was easily spotted by the tell tale white patch where the goggles had been, the rest of our faces were brown.
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The goggles i bought havent got the ridge across the nose, its all elastic and comes off, the cups just fit in the eyes brilliantly. So when i have finished with them, i put the elastic back on.
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mrnkar, sorry to hear of your experience....

I think the cancers are often found round the eyes, because the cheekbones and nose are angled and get more sun, also the skin is quite thin there.

Sunglasses (or UV protective specs) do protect the internal structures of the eye from UV damage :? but as the article said, you must remember not to fry the rest of you while your eyes are feeling cool :? .......
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Gee... this has turned into scary stuff!!!! I really wouldnt know how to identify any skin cancer to be honest. I have had major skin problems, but this has been identified as chronic ezcema, but then part of my treatment is cream which has strong cancer side effects :?
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I always put high factor on my face even when i am not on holiday, but never on the eyes. My main concern was because i wear glasses but i have prescription sun glasses also, but they are fairly big. Part of my face was white the other tanned.I knew the sun bed goggles would be better for sun protection because of the tubes in the sun bed unit. I got burnt on the eye lids a few years back, now that was painful.
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ElleDee, please don't lose any sleep over it!!

Skin cancers round the eyes are often not the rogue "moles" we are asked to look out for on our bodies, but are like crusty scabs that won't heal up, and tend to water or bleed.

They can usually be removed very successfully...obviously the smaller the better, but I have seen some brilliant repairs.

So if anyone has a sore spot round their eyes/temples/cheeks/nose, that doesn't heal up in a week or so, please get it checked out

(sorry if this is a bit off topic)
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Excellent advice, thank you. I think more advice like this should come with all the advice that we get about keeping clear of sunbed salons, using high factor suncream.
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