Hell No!!! I am fair skinned and I burn very easily. I can only imagine what kind of damage I would be doing to my skin if I tanned. Also, I don't want to look like an old leather handbag when I'm older.
Do you tan?
02/21/2013
I spend a lot of time outdoors, so I'm usually tanned, even if it's just my face in the winter. I HATE sunscreen, and right or wrong, I've always figured it was worse for me than just getting out of the sun before I burn.
Starting about this time of year, I try to do some work in the yard every day in just shorts with no shirt so I get a nice all-over tan. But I never just lay around in the sun (much less a tanning booth). Too many other things to do!
Starting about this time of year, I try to do some work in the yard every day in just shorts with no shirt so I get a nice all-over tan. But I never just lay around in the sun (much less a tanning booth). Too many other things to do!
04/20/2013
My skin is ridiculously pale and does tan at all. Tanning isn't healthy anyway, so no big deal.
04/20/2013
No, but I am super white lol
04/20/2013
I do not tan, tanning beds are cancer beds and the outside rays are very harsh on my skin, i'm like a little ghost. I blame it on my crippling allergies that i could not be outside as a child. I can't even have the window open in my car if someone is mowing grass or i'll have an allergy attack. Getting shots now but as an adult i'm kind of an inside sunless girl now.
04/20/2013
I bike and work in the garden a lot, but I'm still white as paper. But it's the midwest, so who cares?
04/20/2013
I do not tan intentionally. The risks are SO well known that it's like inviting cancer into your life, especially tanning beds.
When I was a child, not as much was known about skin cancer and the sun. I would play outside and get as brown as a nut. The last time I had a tan was when I was around 16 and worked at a baby pool at our park district and was outside all day, every day. Even sun screen couldn't prevent me from getting burned and then tan. I was so tan that summer I even got "ashy" from the dryness. (I'm Mediterranean, so I have the capability to get really dark, although my untanned skin is pale olive.)
Now, I always use sunscreen when going outside. I've seen patients with skin cancer and it's so awful.
My dad has had squamous cell skin cancer several times, not basal or melanoma. Squamous is easier to treat if caught early, he just had it removed via surgery. But, other forms of skin cancer, or if squamous metastasizes, is deadly. My dad not only tanned in the sun, but used a "sun lamp" (big in the 50s and 60s) to treat a serious acne problem. It resulted in several squamous cell sites when he was in his 50s and 60s. He's lucky he got it treated quickly, although squamous is the least serious when treated quickly (the patient rarely needs chemo or interferon.)
Melanoma and Basal Cell skin cancer are deadly and difficult to treat. They can and do kill many people every year.
When I was a child, not as much was known about skin cancer and the sun. I would play outside and get as brown as a nut. The last time I had a tan was when I was around 16 and worked at a baby pool at our park district and was outside all day, every day. Even sun screen couldn't prevent me from getting burned and then tan. I was so tan that summer I even got "ashy" from the dryness. (I'm Mediterranean, so I have the capability to get really dark, although my untanned skin is pale olive.)
Now, I always use sunscreen when going outside. I've seen patients with skin cancer and it's so awful.
My dad has had squamous cell skin cancer several times, not basal or melanoma. Squamous is easier to treat if caught early, he just had it removed via surgery. But, other forms of skin cancer, or if squamous metastasizes, is deadly. My dad not only tanned in the sun, but used a "sun lamp" (big in the 50s and 60s) to treat a serious acne problem. It resulted in several squamous cell sites when he was in his 50s and 60s. He's lucky he got it treated quickly, although squamous is the least serious when treated quickly (the patient rarely needs chemo or interferon.)
Melanoma and Basal Cell skin cancer are deadly and difficult to treat. They can and do kill many people every year.
04/20/2013
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Thank you! Good information. (And I don't have to do it now. )
Originally posted by
Wicked Wahine
UVA & UVB rays have been proven to cause skin aging & cancer, but the chemical sunscreens have only been linked to cancer. Hmm, proven versus, linked. But as I explain in the following, it's only the chemical sunscreens that are linked to
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UVA & UVB rays have been proven to cause skin aging & cancer, but the chemical sunscreens have only been linked to cancer. Hmm, proven versus, linked. But as I explain in the following, it's only the chemical sunscreens that are linked to cancer, so that's no reason not the use the physical sunscreens! Here's the difference:
It's the chemical sunscreens that are linked to problems & IMO have always been a dumb idea. They have to be absorbed into the skin to work which is why you have to wait 30 minutes before going into the sun after application. (Anything you apply to your skin is absorbed to some degree because your skin acts like a filter, so be careful what you put on it!) Anyway, chemical sunscreens work by absorbing the UV rays & converting them into a safer wavelength. However, they let some radiation penetrate the skin & they deteriorate rapidly when exposed to light. Some don't even protect against UVA, just the UVB rays! UVA are responsible for skin aging & skin cancer, UVB are the burning rays.
The physical sun screens, (sometimes called blocks, but the FDA doesn't want that term used anymore, they feel it's misleading), prevent the rays from reaching your skin by either reflecting them or absorbing the rays, altering them & releasing them after changing their structure. With the development of nanotechnology, these fairly benign ingredients, such as zinc oxide & titanium dioxide, can be applied without leaving behind the tell tale white coating they previously caused. (I'm not going to get into the possible problems with nano particles.) less
It's the chemical sunscreens that are linked to problems & IMO have always been a dumb idea. They have to be absorbed into the skin to work which is why you have to wait 30 minutes before going into the sun after application. (Anything you apply to your skin is absorbed to some degree because your skin acts like a filter, so be careful what you put on it!) Anyway, chemical sunscreens work by absorbing the UV rays & converting them into a safer wavelength. However, they let some radiation penetrate the skin & they deteriorate rapidly when exposed to light. Some don't even protect against UVA, just the UVB rays! UVA are responsible for skin aging & skin cancer, UVB are the burning rays.
The physical sun screens, (sometimes called blocks, but the FDA doesn't want that term used anymore, they feel it's misleading), prevent the rays from reaching your skin by either reflecting them or absorbing the rays, altering them & releasing them after changing their structure. With the development of nanotechnology, these fairly benign ingredients, such as zinc oxide & titanium dioxide, can be applied without leaving behind the tell tale white coating they previously caused. (I'm not going to get into the possible problems with nano particles.) less
Also, using sun screen gives some people a false sense of security and they stay out in the sun too long, or don't reapply it after swimming, sweating or when time has passed.
I prefer the nanotec zinc or titanium oxide as I am allergic to the chemical screens.
Basically, nanoparticles are so small you don't see them. Not too long ago, Zinc Oxide was "the white stuff" that lifeguards put on their noses and was very conspicious. With new nanotechnology, the molecules are (insert science-ey stuff here) messed with, so they can't be seen with pigmentation. In other words, they don't look white and thick, like old fashioned zinc or titanium oxide sun screens. They work better, too.
Also, the belief that a "base tan" will protect you from skin cancer is a complete fallacy!
04/20/2013
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I tan outside sometimes but not for long periods of time.
Originally posted by
Beautiful-Disaster
Do you go tanning?
04/20/2013
Mr. John
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Give me a little sunshine and I tan immediately.
Originally posted by
Beautiful-Disaster
Do you go tanning?
04/20/2013
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It's good you know what works for you.
Originally posted by
KyotoAngel
I don't tan...I turn into a boiled lobster. xD
I prefer my skin to stay pale actually, but if I ever wanted a tan I'd just go get a spray tan or use one of those gradual self tanning lotions.
No melanoma causing sun (at least without ... more
I prefer my skin to stay pale actually, but if I ever wanted a tan I'd just go get a spray tan or use one of those gradual self tanning lotions.
No melanoma causing sun (at least without ... more
I don't tan...I turn into a boiled lobster. xD
I prefer my skin to stay pale actually, but if I ever wanted a tan I'd just go get a spray tan or use one of those gradual self tanning lotions.
No melanoma causing sun (at least without massive quantities of sunblock) or freaky tanning beds for me thanks. =^.^= less
I prefer my skin to stay pale actually, but if I ever wanted a tan I'd just go get a spray tan or use one of those gradual self tanning lotions.
No melanoma causing sun (at least without massive quantities of sunblock) or freaky tanning beds for me thanks. =^.^= less
04/20/2013
I try to even out my tan when on the beach but doesn't really work. I try not to go out in the sun too much.
04/20/2013
I lay outside when I'm on vacation. I use sun screen, but I still tan. That's it though.
04/20/2013
I don't tan since I have very very fair skin. Even though I live in Florida, I try to stay out of the sun as much as possible. And considering I look young for my age and always have....I'm glad that not tanning will help my skin stay that way.
04/23/2013