Indoor tanning

No, I don't. Primarily because overexposure to those harmful rays is carcinogenic. Secondly, I don't need a tan.

I find milky white skin much more attractive than Tanned anyday. Just sayin.

Tanning is so 3 decades ago. But some sun exposure is necessary so our bodies can make vitamin D. I think I get enough on my daily walks, but through the winter I usually take a supplement too.

I do.....not as much as I'd like to (I have my grand kids a lot). I tan pretty easily since I'm Italian.
I live in Washington State......pretty gray this time of year.....great mood booster

I used to tan sometimes. Now I'm too busy to spend 20 minutes in a coffin lined with burning lights haha

I cannot tan.

I do not sunburn either.

I burst into flame.

I fake it with spray tans and lotion. I am very fair skin and I have family members who have skin cancer. I love my life too much to risk shortening it for a tan!

vampires can't tan but yea i agree with ilv get it checked out soon!

I don't and all my life I've been so against it, but I'm very very pale in the winter and the seasonal change affects my moods. This year I might consider a little tanning to help my color and my moods, but I'm not sure.

Consider starting a Vitamin D supplement. That's the good stuff that we get from the sun and it can possibly help with your mood issues in the winter. You might want to either do some research or consult your dr. to see how much you should be taking. There are other possible medications and therapies but that's something you can try yourself at home.

OP, I don't tan. I very stupidly *tried* to tan several times in high-school and really missed the mark. I'm very fair skinned and should have known better. The several times that I burned myself to a crisp trying to 'tan' probably did enough damage to increase my risk for skin cancers, all trying to 'look good'. The thing is, you don't have to burn to a crisp to do damage. 'Tanning' is evidence of damage done to your skin. Basically, there's no such thing as a 'healthy tan' - at least not one that comes from UV rays. Plus no matter how good anyone may think tanning makes them look right now, it's going to show in a not so attractive way when they get older.

http://www.skincancer.org/the-dangers-of-tanning.html

I have done indoor tanning a couple times-- for two months during my freshman year of college, and one month right before my wedding.

However, I am not going to do so again-- it's just too risky. I had an atypical mole that popped up shortly after my second round tanning, and had it removed recently. Now they say I need to get checked yearly for more moles like this one, as people with this sort of mole have a much higher risk of melanoma.

On top of that, a friend of mine was actually diagnosed with melanoma recently (which is what prompted me to get the mole checked, and glad I did!!). She had surgery and will be getting chemo for a year... not fun stuff at all.

I feel like I look sickly when I don't have a tan, but I guess it's time to invest in some sunless tanner, because me and UV rays just can't be friends like we used to!! :ohwell:

(You should get your mole checked asap... better safe than sorry! When melanoma is caught very early, it's a 95% recovery rate, but in stage 4 it's about 5% recovery... so just get it checked, to be safe!!)

I'm very fair skinned and there is a history of skin cancer in my family so I don't use the tanning booths. But I have occasionally gone in for a spray tan and liked it.