Tanning

blakejohn
blakejohn Posts: 1,129 Member
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so I tan 2 to 3 times a week I have to say I love it the lotion the warm skin and being tan all year.

What's your feeling on the subject
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  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    I'm not a fan. I'm naturally pale, and I wear sunscreen whenever I go outside. I also have a family history of skin cancer.
  • paynesmom
    paynesmom Posts: 9
    Love tanning! Especially in the winter months. Even though I am HIspanic and really don't need it! I haven't went in a long time. But I think its great! :)
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    I would probably look cooler naked if I tanned and shaved my body hair, but I'm not going there on either.
  • hooperkay
    hooperkay Posts: 463 Member
    total fan!! I love to use coconut lotion and my skin feels and smells wonderful!!! I go about 2-3 times a week only for 10 min. I have nice pretty tan. :)
  • pawnstarNate
    pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
    I don't tan on purpose.....summer time by the pool having fun or working at my dads lil ranch....but, then that becomes the "redneck" tan
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    I'm glow in the dark. No. I don't tan. I prefer not to have holes in my face from skin cancer removal. I already had a hole in my back from that, thanks.
  • katamus
    katamus Posts: 2,363 Member
    I used to tan every day.. Horrible idea.
  • GamerGurl729
    GamerGurl729 Posts: 286 Member
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    Half-ginger ... enough said.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    i dont do tanning beds. i dont want several hours of uv in a few minutes but i do love to tan the old fashioned way.

    i love the way it feels and i love the way my skin looks.
  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    I just do the spray tan at a salon if I am going on holiday. Used to go to tanning tbeds/cubicles years ago, but not to keen on getting skin cancer, so avoid them like the plague now!

    Also, there are so many self tan sprays n lotions these days to use at home.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    so I tan 2 to 3 times a week I have to say I love it the lotion the warm skin and being tan all year.

    What's your feeling on the subject

    Tanning booths are for chicks bro
    Like mini coopers
  • Wen37
    Wen37 Posts: 218 Member
    I own a tanning bed and normally tan all year round too. But I know a lot more people getting skin cancer scares so I quit tanning about 2 months ago and am thinking about selling my tanning bed. I'm like you though, I love the warm on my back especially after a workout. I think it helps me with my mood in the Winter time too. It's a tough decision.
  • scribb
    scribb Posts: 3,659 Member
    The only sun my body sees is in the summer. All other times of the year, I am as white as a ghost.
  • ndfaninaz
    ndfaninaz Posts: 65
    I'm pretty sure I am the whitest person in the metro Phoenix area.
  • Litlbeast
    Litlbeast Posts: 340 Member
    Yeah, not down with tanning. I'm 42 so I have to keep my skin as awesome-looking as possible, and the fact that tanning beds are really bad for you is enough of a reason to avoid them.

    *can of worms opened/GRENADE!*
  • jothekid
    jothekid Posts: 230 Member
    Love it, but I don't do it
  • junejadesky
    junejadesky Posts: 524 Member
    I get the whole skin cancer thing... but I love to tan... love and love it!! I live in Minnesota so yeah.....
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I think going to a salon is boring, expensive and stupid. I did it once with a friend when I was a teenager, but I could have died from boredom! I would rather sit in the sun with a good book.
  • sharibob3
    sharibob3 Posts: 180
    Love a tan body!!! I usually use spray tans though... Its better for your skin... But this is strictly my opinion...
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    I feel like... we just had this topic yesterday.
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    I don't trust tanning beds. The human skin knows a specific ratio of UVA/UVB rays and from what I understand you don't get that from tanning beds.

    The sun is healthy and important for life and there is nothing wrong with spending time out in it - why lay in a bed when you have that huge outdoors. With a little help from the sun our body turns cholesterol into vitamin D (yes "evil" cholesterol that our body actually produces a lot of. We don't absorb most of the cholesterol we eat - not even the same cholesterol).

    People protect their skin from the sun by lathering it up with cancer causing chemicals in sunblock. Makes a lot of sense.
    The sun doesn't cause skin cancer. If it did then everyone would get skin cancer. It's an underlying problem.

    Since I found Primal Blueprint I rarely get red anymore. I tan nicely. The tan lasts longer. And if I do get some redness it disappears fast. And I have spent an entire day in the sun with no protection.
    I have pale skin (legs are ghost white in the winter), lots of freckles. lots of pink in my skin. My mother is scottish. So many things have changed since Primal Blueprint
  • SPBROOKS68
    SPBROOKS68 Posts: 561 Member
    I love it as it is 20 minutes I can catch a quick nap without the kids bothering me--TRUE me time:happy:
  • Easywider
    Easywider Posts: 434 Member
    I tan regularly. I stay well groomed. I like clothes, cars, shoes, wallets, belts, and watches. #nolie.

    No shame either.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    Cancer doesn't sound awesome. So... *kitten* that. I do wish I had a TAD more color as I look almost sickly pale... but that isn't worth me baking under lights known to cause cancer. :)
  • bahacca
    bahacca Posts: 878 Member
    I grew up in Phoenix in the 1980s. I've had enough sun exposure and skin damage to last my life and the lives of my daughters'. I am now an avid sunscreen user. I also have the skin of a 40 year old and I'm not even 35 yet. If I could go back in time, I'd be pale as a ghost my whole life so I wouldn't have the wrinkles I have now.
  • ErikaD1979
    ErikaD1979 Posts: 7 Member
    Skin cancer survivor here (melanoma: the deadly kind). If you think a tan is nice and makes you feel good, I'm pretty sure a surgery and horrible scar would change your mind. I wish I had my picture with me at work to show you. It's really not worth it.

    If I had to do it all over again I would have never stepped foot in a tanning bed or outside for extended period of times without protection.
  • Bridget0927
    Bridget0927 Posts: 438 Member
    I used to be an addict :-)

    Stopped with the beds dont want to look like a cathers mitt when Im older!

    Still safely tan at the pool in the summer tho
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    I tan 2x a week starting Feb ending May. Gotta get the Summer base tan. During fall and winter I dye my hair dark and let my skin get pale.
  • BeingAwesome247
    BeingAwesome247 Posts: 1,171 Member
    I don't trust tanning beds. The human skin knows a specific ratio of UVA/UVB rays and from what I understand you don't get that from tanning beds.

    The sun is healthy and important for life and there is nothing wrong with spending time out in it - why lay in a bed when you have that huge outdoors. With a little help from the sun our body turns cholesterol into vitamin D (yes "evil" cholesterol that our body actually produces a lot of. We don't absorb most of the cholesterol we eat - not even the same cholesterol).

    People protect their skin from the sun by lathering it up with cancer causing chemicals in sunblock. Makes a lot of sense.
    The sun doesn't cause skin cancer. If it did then everyone would get skin cancer. It's an underlying problem.

    Since I found Primal Blueprint I rarely get red anymore. I tan nicely. The tan lasts longer. And if I do get some redness it disappears fast. And I have spent an entire day in the sun with no protection.
    I have pale skin (legs are ghost white in the winter), lots of freckles. lots of pink in my skin. My mother is scottish. So many things have changed since Primal Blueprint

    I think I have a slight girl crush on you for this response
  • embercakez
    embercakez Posts: 141
    I just roll around in doritos.

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