Tanning help for a bonehead please!!

hunterdave1217
hunterdave1217 Posts: 168
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Hello. I'm close to being comfortable taking my shirt off in public again, so this morning I thought I'd try a little tanning. After all, it's included in my gym membership. Long story short, I went in for a 12 minute session and now my chest, stomach, and waist are red...Any experts out there that can please help me?

What tanning product should I use?
How often should I use the tanning machine?

Any advice is appreciated.

Dave
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  • WhatAnAss
    WhatAnAss Posts: 1,598 Member
    First of all 12 minutes your first go is too much. You need to start with 5 minutes and after a couple of visits increase by 2 minutes each time. I know 12 minutes seems like nothing but believe me it is.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    the only way to do it and not damage your skin is the spray on.

    it will damage it a lot faster then you think especially if you are older
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    this thread is racist...(not really, said just for effect)
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    embrace the pasty.

    skin cancer isn't worth it.
  • kmbweber2014
    kmbweber2014 Posts: 680 Member
    embrace the pasty.

    skin cancer isn't worth it.

    Yep this. They have some really good quality spray tans.
  • Veil5577
    Veil5577 Posts: 868 Member
    I'm pale and I rock it.

    Tanning beds are nothing but cancer waiting to happen.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    embrace the pasty.

    skin cancer isn't worth it.
    this
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
    embrace the pasty.

    skin cancer isn't worth it.
    this


    This and after a while, your face will look like a saddle bag.
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    Good heavens!

    Your first session should have been 3 to 5 minutes max. Any tanning bed lotion is good, you don't have to pay $50 for some, generally the local stores have some. Online is cheaper too.

    I usually go every other day and at the most, three days a week.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    Just don't tan. It is sooo bad for you. Like, take it from a reformed Jersey Girl (might as well have invented the G-T-L routine in HS/college). Save your skin, use self-tanners or spray tans if you must, but just embrace the natural dude, and wear sunscreen outdoors!
  • fasyle
    fasyle Posts: 11
    Well congrats on getting to a spot you're comfortable with! That's really awesome.
    Like the other poster said, you really shouldn't start with more than 5 minutes or so to kick things off. Like your fitness took weeks/months/years to achieve, tanning can take several weeks as well. Definitely not an overnight process.

    A word of unsolicited advice on the side - I wouldn't recommend a tanning bed. I'm more of a naturalist when it comes exposing my skin to ultraviolate radioation. take your shirt off and go for a run or go wash your car in the early afternoon (or really whenever the sun is still fully and plainly visible) and your body will tan the good old fasion way.
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    Tanning is horrible. You're spending your time dieting and exercising so you can be healthy and look good only to ruin it by tanning.

    Yes, I know "you're going to die of something." It's that part of your life before you actually die where you prematurely give yourself wrinkles, then dry lizard-like skin, look much older than you really are, have various cancers that you need to have removed, the medications, the pits and scars left on your skin, and possibility of having to endure radiation treatments or chemotherapy.

    Use the self tanners, that's at least something. Or just embrace your whiteness.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Well congrats on getting to a spot you're comfortable with! That's really awesome.
    Like the other poster said, you really shouldn't start with more than 5 minutes or so to kick things off. Like your fitness took weeks/months/years to achieve, tanning can take several weeks as well. Definitely not an overnight process.

    A word of unsolicited advice on the side - I wouldn't recommend a tanning bed. I'm more of a naturalist when it comes exposing my skin to ultraviolate radioation. take your shirt off and go for a run or go wash your car in the early afternoon (or really whenever the sun is still fully and plainly visible) and your body will tan the good old fasion way.

    You realize you can burn under clouds right? usually worse b/c you aren't aware you're burning and either aren't pro-active or just don't deal with it fast enough- i.e. getting out of the sun.
  • DBoone85
    DBoone85 Posts: 916 Member
    Hello. I'm close to being comfortable taking my shirt off in public again, so this morning I thought I'd try a little tanning. After all, it's included in my gym membership. Long story short, I went in for a 12 minute session and now my chest, stomach, and waist are red...Any experts out there that can please help me?

    What tanning product should I use?
    How often should I use the tanning machine?

    Any advice is appreciated.

    Dave

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  • dMonster01
    dMonster01 Posts: 214 Member
    embrace the pasty.

    skin cancer isn't worth it.

    As an adult I'm sure OP is already aware of the risks and can make their own decisions..

    OP I will spare you the lecture. They should have "experts" there to determine how long you should start at based on your skin tone/ethnicity. Also, a spray tan is much quicker and you can avoid the burn.
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  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
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  • kobiemom
    kobiemom Posts: 218 Member
    Another *Porcelain Princess" here. Have you tried a good bronzer?
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    #thingsyoushouldhaveGoogledfirst
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
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    Oh crap - I forgot about her. She actually doesn't look as bad as she did at first. She was scary!

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  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
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    ^Use until your burn goes away. Don't stay in the tanning bed for so long. I just go outside and deal with what the sun gives me in the 1 week of summer Newfoundland is graced with.
  • sarajenivieve
    sarajenivieve Posts: 303 Member
    depends if its a stand up or not, if its a stand up start with 5min and move up by 2 mins if your not read dont go any more often then every other day. if its lay down start with 12min if your ok or see no change then do 15 do that 2 or 3 times then up to 20 for 2 or 3 and back to 15 also no more then every other day. Make sure your lotion is made for beds and not outdoors
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    Oh crap - I forgot about her. She actually doesn't look as bad as she did at first. She was scary!

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    they made some sort of doll after her- it was hysterical!

    she got roasted (pun totally intended) for taking her kid in there. "or in the same area"
  • enzosmama
    enzosmama Posts: 134 Member
    embrace the pasty.

    skin cancer isn't worth it.

    This 100%
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    I say don't tan. But that's me. Wear sunscreen before you go in. Anyway, silly, it's going to turn tan in a day or so.

    But, don't tan. It's gonna enlarge your pores and make your skin look bumpy later. It's horrible and it ages you prematurely.

    And don't tell him it doesn't becasue it does. I only use the sun to tan and I use sunscreen and I barely have any face wrinkles.
  • amazin71
    amazin71 Posts: 28 Member
    I tan and used to work out in the sun and looked a lot worse than I do with tanning and I burnt more as its hard to keep stopping to put on sunscreen when your working...now I don't overtan and I always use an approved good tanning lotion...just be smart about it because tanning bed or sunlight as with anything if you abuse it then there is consequences :) years ago I was getting heat treatments at the chiropractor but a friend got me to tanning it was less expensive and did the same thing..people can be awfully judgemental and as everyone has a right to their own opinion they all don't do exactly what is not good for them or we all wouldn't be on an app for keeping track of what we eat :)
  • hunterdave1217
    hunterdave1217 Posts: 168
    Wow! I did not expect this kind of response...thank you all for your input. (Even the ones that were sarcastic, I especially liked the "redskins" one.
  • hunterdave1217
    hunterdave1217 Posts: 168
    First of all 12 minutes your first go is too much. You need to start with 5 minutes and after a couple of visits increase by 2 minutes each time. I know 12 minutes seems like nothing but believe me it is.

    Yep...found this out the hard way. As my title said "help for a bonehead"
  • lizzybathory
    lizzybathory Posts: 229
    I stay far away from intentionally tanning. It's not worth the skin cancer, and I know that tastes differ, but to me, it doesn't make people more appealing. Worse, once that sun damage starts to set in, things just get worse.

    I am not even 30 yet, but I have a high school classmate who already looks about 40. You guessed it - likes her tanning beds.
  • hunterdave1217
    hunterdave1217 Posts: 168
    I stay far away from intentionally tanning. It's not worth the skin cancer, and I know that tastes differ, but to me, it doesn't make people more appealing. Worse, once that sun damage starts to set in, things just get worse.

    I am not even 30 yet, but I have a high school classmate who already looks about 40. You guessed it - likes her tanning beds.

    I really am not looking to jerky up. Just add a little color. It's been a long time since I felt good about removing my shirt..

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