Why is it that my family can painstaking slather sunscreen on ourselves and yet inexplicably end up with subburn patches? Stray sections of skin that escape the sunblock and get beaten by the sun instead. After a week of lying on a beach every day, I ended up with strange red markings on my knees, a small patch of red near the elbow on my right arm, and a few stray wisps of burn where suit meets skin.
Once, my brother couldn't find anyone to put sunscreen on his back, and just slapped his own hand across it, only to find the next day that his back was entirely red, save for one white handprint.
I never notice such extra tan sections on other people. Maybe it is genetic.
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