That says the original circumstances of the injury were traumatising- wounded in action then. So where does an army doctor get himself a suntan and wounded in action these days? Afghanistan or Iraq.
It is true that darker skinned people and those who tan easily have more built-in protection from sunburns, but they are still vulnerable to the effects of UVA.
By the time we reach Pluto, we have come so far that the Sun our dear, warm, skin-tanning, life-giving Sun has shrunk to the size of a pinhead. It is little more than a bright star.
Bernard stood watching the retreating twinkle of the white stockings, the sunburnt knees vivaciously bending and unbending again, again, and the softer rolling of those well-fitted corduroy shorts beneath the bottle green jacket.
She sacrificed her complexion floating on the river in the midsummer sun to study light and shade, and got a wrinkle over her nose trying after 'points of sight', or whatever the squint–and–string performance is called.
I don't believe this. I was worried sick about you! -I'm sick of waiting here! You promised me a fun day, and all I got is a sunburn on the right side of my face.
Confinement had leached his skin of its autumn tan, and as he sat hunched over the yellowed, crackling sheets, his reddish-blond hair tumbling untidily over his forehead, he looked slightly lunatic.
UVA mainly causes tans, where your body releases a light-absorbing chemical called melanin to stop the UVA from doing too much damage to your skin cells.