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Tanning beds? Will my skin fall off?
Ginzue
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I'm pretty white. I didn't use to be until I moved up north, and its bothering me. I was wondering if 5 or so sessions at my local tanning shop would help a bit, at least put a little more color into my face and body?
Will a few sessions be dangerous? I usually tan pretty normally, but up here I barley get sun at all, since its just not there, its really bugging me.
Suggestions? Thanks!
Will a few sessions be dangerous? I usually tan pretty normally, but up here I barley get sun at all, since its just not there, its really bugging me.
Suggestions? Thanks!
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Tanning beds are actually worse, and more likely to cause problems.
Will you explode after going to them 5 times? Probably not. But its not exactly a healthy either.
Yes, I am a tool, but it makes me look good and helps me get laid.
Radiation from the sun can be harmful, so can tanning beds. Tanning beds even more so if you're really pale. If you're really pale and/or haven't used a tanning bed before 3 minutes 3 times a week is good to start off. Don't use any tanning supplies, especially anything with a Tingle Factor. Very important to moisturize with non scented lotions (scented lotions can make your skin itchy or irritable)
On your second week, go to 5 minutes 3 times a week.
Third week, 10 minutes 3 times a week.
Fourth and Fifth, 15 minutes 3 times a week.
If you maintain this level and want to continue, go back to 5 minutes, start using tanning enhancers with Tingle Factor 1 and build yourself back up, then move up in Tingle Factor. I suggest looking for one with a cooling agent so you don't feel like you're frying.
This is recomended for sunlight beds and low level tanning beds. If you're using a stronger bed, ask the salon attendant.
Tanning salon tans fade faster than regular tans if you don't maintain it. They can also be more damaging to your skin and I would reccomend a mild SPF if you just want a little more color.
Any salon attendant can help you out if you're open and honest with your level of tanning experience and can help you find a good plan. Avoid buying products from these salons, though because they tend to be expensive and marked up beyond what they would cost at another store or online. Very important to get some shades for your eyes.
You're not L33T enough for IDI/RN FTP!
You're also going to look worse in the long run and quite possibly die of skin cancer but hey! It helps you get laid! And cancer is something that happens to other people!
Really, voluntarily irradiating yourself has to be one of the dumbest human behaviours possible.
* I'm not sure if this is really true, I can verify it has the most in the country, both per head of population and in raw numbers. My personal theory is that they're being used to launder money for organised crime, since there's no way to tell whether the customers are real or fake, since there're no physical goods changing hands.
And cancer is something that happens to people I care about. Fuck you, asswipe.
Laying in a tanning bed is not enough to get cancer. What you use when you lay in the tanning bed, diet/anti oxidants, exercise, and how you take care of your skin everyday play a factor.
Does laying in a tanning bed make you more likely to develop skin cancer? Yes, about the same amount that walking around in the sun without spf does.
There are so many factors for getting cancer, let's not try and get a laugh at the expense of people who get cancer.
if you do go, don't listen to those people, use your own experiences and start off slow
all methods of tanning are relatively safe if practiced in regulation and not done over and over for many many sessions, don't sit under the thing for an hour and take a nap, stay awake, bring music, etc. A lot of them have CD players built in, and a clock. Watch your time. An extra 5 minutes can mean the difference between what you wanted and 2 weeks of itchy peeling on your crotch.
go 2-3 times a week to build up a tan, and after you get what you want, go once every week or two to maintain it. Tanning bed tans fade faster than natural tans because of the lesser depth the radiation reaches in the skin.
I suggest at LEAST contributing to your tanning with tanning colorations in bottles. No, they don't look fake, no they don't make you orange if you follow the directions. Be smart, build it up slowly, and it'll look natural. The stuff has a distinct smell that some people don't like (me for instance). But hey, you'll definately not get cancer or leathery skin from a cream.
good luck on your bronzing
It can if you are staying in long enough. It's usually not noticeable, also it's more difficult to tan areas like this anyway.
Note: When I say shades, I mean the special eye goggles they sell at the salon to protect your eyes.
I think they're designed to literally just cover your eyes and eyelids. So if you use those, like everyone else who Fake N' Bakes, you'll look fine.
Exactly
We're talking about skin cancer here, genius.
Salmoned for lies. Or at least ignorance.
[quote=The
Canadian Cancer Society]
Indoor tanning
Tanning beds and sun lamps
Just like the sun, tanning beds and sun lamps emit ultraviolet (UV) rays that cause skin damage, such as sunburns, premature aging and cataracts.
Sunburns, either from the sun’s rays or from tanning beds and lamps, are linked to the risk of non-melanoma skin cancers and malignant melanoma.
People at higher risk
You are at a higher risk of skin damage from using indoor tanning beds and lamps if :
* you’ve had skin cancer
* you are under age 18
* you have fair skin, freckles or moles
* there is a family history of skin cancer
* you are using medications that increase your sensitivity to UV
There are numerous studies showing that tanning beds can expose you to 5 times as much UVA as the sun, so exposure to indoor tanning beds and lamps should be avoided.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is very concerned about teenagers using indoor tanning equipment and has recommended that no person under 18 should use tanning beds and sun lamps.
This recommendation is supported by the Canadian Cancer Society.[/quote]
So, yeah, up to you I guess.
Plus, as stated, it's January, who cares if you are tanned or not?
He's not making fun of other people who get cancer, he's making fun of you for putting yourself in a position to easily get cancer. Saying that there are other factors involved with skin cancer is about the same as saying that factors other than smoking are involved with lung cancer. Yeah, it's possible to get lung cancer without smoking, but your chances are much higher when you smoke. Same thing with tanning.
I mean, you gotta keep going several times a week to keep this thing up... and all in an attempt to look different than how you really do
I think you should accept the color of your own skin and not put your health in such incredible increased risk to try and change it
if you absolutely must tan, do it with proper product, eye protection, and dont start out longer than 5 minutes at a time
if you go longer, you wont notice you're burning till you're out of the bed and red as a lobster (ie mass skin damage) and then it starts to hurt like hell over the next couple days
Downsides: you have to use the product consistently to get results, unlike an actual tanning lotion; but remembering to put it on after you get out of the shower every day isn't that much of a hassle, right?
Plus, it's January. Your skin could probably use some moisturizing anyway.[/i]
also: they usually just give those tiny goggle things away for free at a lot of tanning places, as I do believe using a bed without them is against policy