The Sun is Here, Get the Sunglasses Out!

Every year it happens: when the Summer arrives, we throw out the turtlenecks and on goes the bikini. Before this moment of epic proportions we have to do something for it of course. The waxing, the shaving, losing hundreds of stones of body weight, a manicure, a pedicure and preferably a visit to the Doctor, Dentist and hairdresser. Not to mention a quick visit to the holistic healer and while we're at it a Feng Shui-expert.

The visits to the Doctor and Dentist make sense. Before we enter the arena that's called the beach we would like to know if there are no Melanoma-spots because cancer would be an unwelcome interruption in the bronzing-process. Spending the rest of this glorious Summer in a Hospital ward staring at the gift-basket lovingly filled by your sister with grapes is not the way you would want to spend the summer.

A quick visit to your Dentist might sound like an interruption of your busy schedule entertaining the Feng Shui lady, but getting the pot plants situated in exactly the right corner won't help you at the beach. What does help are sparkling white teeth, to go with your sexy new sun-tan! And of course there's nothing worse than wanting to kiss the love of your life, who you just found on the beach, only to see him/her recoiling in utter disgust because your teeth are so rotten that they smell as if you've been eating cat-food for the past 20 years.

The hairdresser is also worth a visit. Pouring pure bleach over your locks will only result in a shiny scalp, without any hair at all. And if that doesn't happen, think back of Pamela Anderson: do you really want to look like that? Maybe this was the wrong example, nobody ever noticed Pamela's dead ends, and breaking hair.But it brings me back to the Doctors: these days they suck out the fat at one end, and inject the whole lot back somewhere else. Since this procedure is not without risk, you have to be prepared to die, and not see the Summer at all.