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Want to get an awesome tan this summer, what's the best way?
nakirush
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Hey all,
I just moved to Cali and really want a great tan this summer. I have light skin and want something that looks healthy and natural. Any advice on safe, effective and low cost tanning is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I just moved to Cali and really want a great tan this summer. I have light skin and want something that looks healthy and natural. Any advice on safe, effective and low cost tanning is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Don't be under the sun without lotion. Get one that covers across the entire spectrum.
Don't be under the sun for more than an hour at a time.
Basically the main thing you have to know is that if you do it too fast you will hate yourself, and shed like a motherfucker too.
(Last thing: stay hydrated.)
Apply every two hours.
Start out with 20 minutes, then you can start increasing the exposure levels. If you burn, cut back.
Use sunscreen if you don't want to fry. California sun can get intense.
Enjoy your tan.
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
There's no such thing as a safe tan.
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The thing is that normal skin produces a subtance called melanina (Spanish), which protects the body from UV light, this is what causes tanning in your skin.
Keep in mind that for some people it is not recommended to sunbathe without commercial blockers, specially those living in high industrialized countries, and that caucausians are more exposed to skin cancer.
We would still have fur.
As for spray on tans, we don't know what the effects of those are, either.
Anything lipid-based that you smear on the skin is going to get absorbed somewhat into the bloodstream. The effects of tan in a can have not been researched over decades as they haven't existed that long. Though they are likely safe, as is everything in small doses, using it all-over repeatedly is probably not the ideal solution.
Personally they give me a chemical burn.
Statistically, if you don't cook your ass in the sun over decades you stand a much greater chance of dying of something other than skin cancer.
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
You're quite wrong about that.
I live in the coast. In Mexico. And I'm naturally milky white.
Tanning is not an incremental process. It is an adaptive process. What this means is that "a bit here, a bit there" will only get you "a bit tanned".
I found the times I've been the most tan in my life have been from just going swimming a lot or playing catch or something. And it will obviously look the most natural.
Yeah, the sun can be dangerous but just don't stress it too much. A sunburn or two isn't going to flip the cancer on switch.
edit: safe meaning not hurting your skin
whether it's enough to actually cause problems is something you have to go with
cancer? probably not with most moderate tanning
wrinkles, aging, and rough skin? yeah probably from tan/burn 1
go with cremes, all the tan, none of the cancer or aging skin
I know a lady that thinks a tan looks nice. She's in her late 30's and looks like she is in her mid 40 because of it.
It really isn't worth it in the long term.
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I disagree about anything over 30spf being wasted money, but maybe it's because being in the UK the industry is regulated and the number actually means something. I have to use 50spf sunblock as I've burned through well-applied 30spf on numerous occasions.
I have to be really careful as according to doctors I've spoken to I have a "light" sun allergy.
That depends entirely on other factors, but what I was getting at is that:
SPF 100 blocks 99% of UVB rays
SPF 50 blocks 98% of UVB rays and
SPF 30 blocks 96.7% of UVB rays
UVB causes burns, UVA damages the skin giving it that leathery look. Make sure you protect from both.
While we do need sunlight to synthesize vitamin D and stave off depression, a healthy amount of sunlight exposure will not give you a tan.
The only safe tan comes in a bottle, sorry.
I tan incredibly quickly, though, due to my complexion - I don't even try to tan, yet my day to day outside activities can cause a noticeable effect after just one sunny weekend. If you burn before you tan, it might be that your skin isn't up to it and you'll have to just stay out of the sun to avoid painful burning.
Well, not exactly; the SPF is literally a factor. SPF 30 means that you need to be exposed to 30 times the amount of solar radiation than you normally would in order to burn. SPF 50 is fifty times the amount of sun, etc.
Sunscreens function by either blocking the sun (titanium dioxide, zinc oxide) or turning into a different compound (all organic and most other sunscreens). Percentages are an odd way of looking at it because it ignores the element of time -- a 4% difference may be significant if you're in the sun for hours, and most people have anecdotes about putting on a low SPF and then burning anyway.
But the UVB/UVA point is dead-on; you want to protect your skin from both, especially if you're trying to get a darker look.
As for actually getting the darker look, in my experience the *best* tan is a gradual tan acquired by going outside a lot and still wearing sunscreen. I run and bike in the morning (about an hour) and despite the sun being low I still end up with a tan shortly after Spring hits (and I'm not fully covered). Obviously to avoid "farmer tans" you want to be outside in a tanktop or shirtless, which is why hitting the beach or doing exercise is a good way to do it. I don't want to be chicken-wing dark (or chicken-wing saggy/wrinkly) so I put on sunscreen. I still get pretty tan, though.
Fake suntans, such as bronzers and lotions, are not a good way to get tan unless you want to be dark for a special event. They last about 2 weeks and then need to be reapplied, and while a good lotion tan will look pretty natural if applied well, they just dye the top layers of skin. So when you naturally exfoliate your skin over time, that color comes off with it.
Unless we're getting into semantics (i.e., a fake tan may be safe), not really, no.
Also, making some text red isn't generally regarded as "opposing facts."
Are any of you familiar with Mystic Tan? I've heard conflicting reviews about it.
I've been back home for a few days after being in the UK and I've already gained some color just from going swimming a few times and wearing sunscreen. So, depends how dark you want it.
Also don't do tanning beds
Naked.