https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:23:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1611348 Sun, 04 May 2014 07:44:01 +0000 NCSUchick27 1611348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did tan a little bit in high school and early college. I don't now, and usually wear at least 30 SPF. I regret tanning, and wish I had thought more about the risks at the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1611346 Sun, 04 May 2014 07:41:11 +0000 loveisstrange 1611346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do I tan? Yes, I get a good and dark when I'm out in the sun a lot. I have mixed skin that tans dark and doesn't burn. Do I go tanning? No. Never have and never will. I'd rather not look like a box of chocolates that got left out in the sun when I'm 35.</p> <p>But honestly, I'm a tons of SPF person now. I like my skin pale. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1611345 Sun, 04 May 2014 07:41:03 +0000 yellowbird 1611345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I went right before prom in Hs one time but I didn't like it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1611336 Sun, 04 May 2014 07:33:28 +0000 wonderstruck 1611336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. I get made fun of so much for being so pale and always have been, but it's not worth the risk to me. Only thing that sucks is I hardly ever wear shorts because I'm self-conscious due to scars that look way obvious/awful on my fair skin, plus the whole, "Your legs are blinding me! You look like a ghost!" thing gets pretty freaking old. Call it a healthy glow all you want people, but that is not how reality works... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1611279 Sun, 04 May 2014 04:37:48 +0000 erinpye 1611279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My uncle was diagnosed with melanoma and after 9 months of fighting, he didn't survive it. A good friend is 30 and is already a melanoma survivor. SPF when out in the sun, and no tanning beds for me--I personally think the risk is too high for a little color. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1593253 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:34:06 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1593253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to, but if I go to a tanning bed, I won't go more than 6 min- ever. I like the sun and having color to my skin. I actually just laid out on the patio today while C was napping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592872 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:56:50 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1592872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to go for a few weeks before we went on vacation. PP my skin has totally changed, and I don't tan...just burn. Plus, with the amount of cancer that runs in my family, I don't want to risk anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592753 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:23:22 +0000 matador84 1592753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: was there something about the freckle that made you go in? I have a small mole in my sternum and DH thinks I should get it removed. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592746 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:22:09 +0000 NovBaby1112 1592746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to tan daily in HS and college-it was an obession. I havent gone since probably 2008. I am now terrified of skin cancer and aging prematurely- you couldnt pay me anything to step foot in a tanning bed again. Now I just use sunless tanner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592721 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:12:33 +0000 rachiecakes 1592721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been tanning recently. I miss the sun. We're still having 40 degree days in Boston, last week there was snow on my car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592696 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:04:03 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1592696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to go in high school. I was SO tan (read: orange and gross).<br /> Then I went 5 times or so before my wedding.<br /> I recently bought three tans after having M because I felt so ugly and fat and white. That was the first time since my wedding. So I guess my answer is... rarely? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592682 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:00:57 +0000 Greentea 1592682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not even a little bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592680 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:00:37 +0000 charmed 1592680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to quite a bit in high school/college, then here and there before special events/vacations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592623 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:46:19 +0000 JerricaBenton 1592623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never in the tanning salon but I loved tanning on the beach and at the pool before LO. We live on the beach so it's hard to avoid the lure of tanning! I don't ever burn, but I know it's terrible for you anyway. LO is fairer than I am so I'm going to try harder to be a good example for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592348 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:51:17 +0000 littlek 1592348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only right before my wedding. I know it was awful for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592271 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:38:44 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1592271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did my senior year of high school &amp; in college but I quit because I felt guilty for treating my skim that way. I wouldn't mind being pale except that I love wear shorts &amp; my bright white legs have at least 5 huge, dark unexplained bruises at all times. Not cute. Sometimes I get a spray tan but I domt like the idea of my "beauty" being washed off so I am usually just my normal self :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592238 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:30:35 +0000 BananaPancakes 1592238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tanned daily through college and into my mid 20's, but stopped because I finally accepted it was terrible for me. I do lay out on vacation (with like SPF 40 on) or when we visit the lake or beach, but I haven't been in a bed in years. I am naturally super pale, so I look like a ghost without it, but it's not worth it to me at this point. I spray tan for special occasions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592108 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:02:28 +0000 HLK208 1592108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use to. In high school, I would go tanning every day for a stretch of time (like 2-3 weeks) then I'd maintain it by going once a week. I thought I looked good but I didn't....I was orange.</p> <p>I went to the dermatologist after I had DS and they did a biopsy of a freckle, it came back with cancerous cells (I had to go back in to get it removed) so now I have a huge, ugly scar on my leg.</p> <p>Now, I cover up in SPF daily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592102 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:59:10 +0000 regberadaisy 1592102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. I think it's so bad for you and unnecessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592086 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:54:52 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1592086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep...basically daily in high school and college. I've since had 5 biopsies and 2 wide local exclusions to remove moles that came back as severely atypical. Dumb tanning!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592083 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:54:22 +0000 kjpugs 1592083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same- did before LO. Loved how I looked (I would go 2-5 times a week) and REALLY loved that it dried up my skin (bad oily skin/acne.) Now I live in FL and am pastier than ever... irony! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592076 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:53:13 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 1592076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did a lot before my wedding but now I'm very careful - always wear a hat and a lot of spf. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1592030 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:42:40 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1592030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes in high school and college i used to go to actual tanning salons. I dont do that anymore but getting a tan in the summer and on vacation is a high priority for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1591988 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:33:00 +0000 swurlygurl 1591988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Daily tanning beds in HS and College, stopped after I graduated College.</p> <p>I do miss it though - I know it's probably bad for you, but it was so relaxing and I felt so much better with tanned skin </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1591987 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:32:45 +0000 Ra 1591987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to go all the time in my early 20s. It's not worth the risk to me now (even though I look sooo much better with a tan). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1591973 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:29:13 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1591973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I'm fair and just burn. I got made fun of so much for being pale in high school because tanning was in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1591972 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:29:12 +0000 Littlebit 1591972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was addicted to tanning! Now I spray tan (but usually only for special events). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1591937 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:22:45 +0000 avivoca 1591937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went five times in college. There is a history of skin cancer in my family, so now I slather on the sunscreen when I'm outside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1591923 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:20:02 +0000 dc yoga bee 1591923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband has a severe vitamin D deficiency so his neurologist prescribed sunlight tanning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-tan#post-1591918 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:19:49 +0000 looch 1591918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I spent my entire childhood and teenage years in the sun in the summer, but I don't remember when my mom started using sunscreen.</p> <p>I've had a full body check by a derm in the meantime. </p>