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anyone here go tanning?

Jersey_Devil
Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
you know- tanning bed jersey shore type stuff.

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  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Hellllll no. I like my skin. Lol.
  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    A lady at my job was tanning due to some medical condition. Don't recall the specifics.
    Anyways, she got skin cancer. Nuff said.
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    Hellllll no. I like my skin. Lol.

    THIS
  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    yes, once a week.
  • Celiska
    Celiska Posts: 1
    I used to be ADDICTED to tanning... both indoor and outdoor. But since I've worked in the cosmetic business for so long now I truly understand the repercussions of tanning (not to mention melanoma). I love getting color, so now I cough up the cash for spray tanning or buy the stuff in a bottle and make the all of 10 minutes of time to apply it. And if I do tan, I put an SPF 40+++ on my face, neck and chest and an SPF 20 on the rest of my body. I'll use a really great face fake tanner and no one can tell the difference and it saves my skin. No one wants to be a leather bag at 30.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    No way! Pale is the new tan. :smile:
  • hufflypuff
    hufflypuff Posts: 185 Member
    I live by 2 lakes and running around in the sun and water gives me a little color every summer. I will lay out and soak up the rays a bit to dry off after a swim but always with lots of sun screen.
  • HardcorePork
    HardcorePork Posts: 109 Member
    I very occasionally visit the tanning salon. I'll admit, it's a "pick me up"

    I don't use lotion with any bronzers in it, so I'm not orange. And I will go about once a week for a few months out of the year.
  • shannoninBC
    shannoninBC Posts: 345 Member
    I love it, but I don't go for fear of cancer and of looking like an old leather purse
  • jwalker30
    jwalker30 Posts: 282
    does the stuff in a bottle actually work?
  • StatutoryGrape
    StatutoryGrape Posts: 365
    Not I. I moisturize twice, sometimes three times a day and stay out of the sun, so I estimate I'll be rocking my jailbait complexion even when I'm 40!
  • Jellyphant
    Jellyphant Posts: 1,400 Member
    Only when i bask in the sun like a big fat turtle. :]
  • anggC
    anggC Posts: 15
    yeahh buddy :)

    but i cover my face with a towel and then just use bronzer. i dont want wrinkles when im like 30 :(
  • JessicaW0204
    JessicaW0204 Posts: 64
    Yep, 2 or 3 times a week. It is my only vice and I love it. :)
  • annabellj
    annabellj Posts: 1,337 Member
    does the stuff in a bottle actually work?
    I had skin cancer last year from too many summers on the cali beach and growing up in az. so needless to say i use the jergens one for darker tans. i like it. it doesnt streak too bad and it gives enough color to hide my fat thighs! you can check out my pics in my profile. started using it around february since it is short weather then here.
  • love22step
    love22step Posts: 1,103 Member
    Not on purpose. Sun is good for the vitamin D, but I don't want the leathery-looking skin I see on a lot of women who spend too much time tanning.
  • kamarenholland
    kamarenholland Posts: 9 Member
    I absolutely love the sunshine, have to have it!!! it makes my bones feel good if that makes any since???
  • lilred_gld
    lilred_gld Posts: 51 Member
    only once a week and for only 12 mins.
  • Losing2Live69
    Losing2Live69 Posts: 743 Member
    In the words of Madea...Hell to the NO!! Have you been watching the news lately? Skin cancer is quickly on the rise for women! Tanning beds are adding to this statistic. I make it a point to get at least 10 minutes in the sun every day to get my daily dose of vitamin D. Other than that, I am careful not to overexpose myself to the sun. I am not eating healthy, losing weight, and changing my lifestyle only to turn around and purposely do something that could give me cancer.

    http://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/melanoma/women-and-melanoma-its-getting-scarier
  • Musikelektronik
    Musikelektronik Posts: 739 Member
    I'm not really a fan of the skin cancer. So, no.
  • Musikelektronik
    Musikelektronik Posts: 739 Member
    Let me also add that, here in Arizona, we have an almost pathological fear of skin cancer because we live approximately 5 miles from the sun (give or take).

    That is all.
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