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I slathered sunblock, but a bad sunburn still left me crippled for a week
Growing up in the tropics is no protection against sun injuries that can be painful and even dangerous
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Although it was a cloudy day when the writer headed out to sea to kayak with friends, ultraviolet rays from the sun were already doing damage to her fair skin.
ST PHOTO: MAGDALENE FUNG
It was cloudy in Hong Kong the day I got sunburnt so badly that I couldn’t walk for a week.
That warm spring morning before we went kayaking off scenic Sai Kung in the New Territories, my friend asked me why I had chosen to turn up in shorts instead of long leggings.
