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Originally Posted by celstu1  I love tanning. Not in beds though. I will gradually work my way into the sun, not just burn myself to a crisp, but there is nothing quite like a tan in the summer. I have fairly darker skin and do not burn easily at all. I did get quite the burn a couple years ago though. It was March and I am in New England so I was as white as I get and then I went to the Caribbean for a week. I got burnt on day 1 because stupid me packed my sunscreen in my carryon (brand new bottle) and they took it away at the airport. I got into FLorida and onto the ship thinking I'd buy more there and the store didn't open until 6pm. So we were on the open deck with no sunscreen (except my face bc I wear a daily moisturizer with SPF in it) all day. I was definitely crispy red. I have never gotten sun poisoning though, never blistered, never fell asleep in the sun, nothing like that. My aunt has to have skin cancer moles removed all the time from her body, but she's super fair skinned and did worship the sun when she was younger. Now she's almost 50 and every couple months, they find a spot that they remove. Nothing major for her though yet.
I do wear SPF now way more often than I used to. I also bring it with me so I can reapply it whenever I need to. However, I do love that tint of color that only the natural sun can give you. |
What's my excuse? I live in sunny So Cal! LOL I'm white as can be too! I'm a fair skinned Asian naturally, and I look better tan, but it's so hard for me to tan and I've only burned once in my whole life and it wasn't even that bad. I'm afraid that taking SO long to tan is even worse, having to be under the sun for longer with less of the cosmetic benefit of being tan. Then once if I DO tan, the tan fades so quickly!
