I haven't tanned in forever! I am so pale and plan on tanning soon!
I haven't tanned in forever! I am so pale and plan on tanning soon!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Used to, but haven't in forever... don't plan on using beds ever again, but will try spray tanning post-baby~
bananas / 9628 posts
nope! skin cancer is pretty common in my family, so i avoid too much sun. i fake bake on occasion, but i've embraced my natural pastey skin color =D
coconut / 8854 posts
I used to in high school, and I did a little bit before the wedding, and for the honeymoon. I'm Irish so I'm super pale and I burn very easily. Plus being down in Jamaica I needed a little head start!
I probably won't go tanning again though unless I'm going on a trp again like that.
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
I stopped using beds because I"m afraid of wrinkles. I spray tan for special occasions and sometimes relax by the pool in the sun (with lots of sunscreen)
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Never ever in a tanning bed or the like. But I admit I do like getting a little color naturally in the sun, even though I always wear sunscreen. I do the Jergens daily glow to keep the pasty legs away and that's about it. I don't understand tanning bed though. It's just so bad for you!
honeydew / 7235 posts
I used to do the beds/stand up things in college but stopped a long time ago... I still tan myself in the sun though!! But I always wear SPF now.
pineapple / 12793 posts
I really prefer how I look with a little tan but I try to avoid it because of sun damage. I read an article about a trucker that drove for his whole life without sunscreen and the left side of his face has WAY more wrinkles than the right. It was like scared straight - sun damage edition.
That and last year DH lost a friend to melanoma at just 29 - it had metastasized to his brain and he was gone three months after the initial skin cancer diagnosis. So sad.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
@oliviaoblivia: That is a crazy image! Is that for real?
coconut / 8475 posts
@oliviaoblivia: ....yikes.
I plan to get back tot he gym to walk the treadmill about 3-4w after delivery and I tan there...I haven't been tanning for awhile and never while I was pregnant. I can't wait to get my glow back!
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I don't tan. I try to get a little sun in the summer from taking walks, etc. I don't sit out in the sun anymore!
pineapple / 12793 posts
@Thehistoryofus: Yeah....http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57446898-10391704/trucker-accumulates-skin-damage-on-left-side-of-his-face-after-28-years-on-the-road/
sorry for the lunch time gross-out everyone!
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
No. My grandma and aunt had skin cancer..... so I'll stick with the pale, snow white look
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I don't tan. I'm really fair and tanning doesn't do much for me. I used to be so self conscious about my skin tone and I've finally embraced the pale.
persimmon / 1150 posts
I use to tan during high school and some of college.. I've always been self conscious of my skin tone and still am... but now I'm trying to rock the pale
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I like laying out in the sun at the beach during the summer (with some sun screen), but I don't do tanning beds or booths. I did for like a month a few years ago, but decided it was too expensive and not really worth it. I'm so pasty white anyway, I think tanning's probably really bad for my skin. Now I just spray tan for special occasions.
GOLD / grapefruit / 4007 posts
i havent tanned in 5 years ! I regret going to the tanning beds!
nectarine / 2797 posts
No way, a friend of mine was diagnosed with melanoma at 27. Thankfully she caught it very early but I have embraced the pale wholeheartedly since then.
papaya / 10560 posts
I went to the tanning beds way too much in HS and college. Now that I'm late 20's...I see tiny wrinkles under my eyes and it freaks me out.
eggplant / 11824 posts
No, I don't tan naturally and I don't spray tan or use tanning beds. I want to remain young looking as long as possible so I'm always slathering on the SPF 50! lol
pomegranate / 3160 posts
Not anymore...
I had a mole removed (punch biopsy) and it came back severely atypical. From there I had a wide local excision done to remove anything abnormal that may have been left over. The Dr. said that if I had as much "sun" (tanning bed...) exposure as I did to result in the mole that was as severely atypical as it was, I need to come in every 6 months as my risk for melanoma is SO much higher. Blah.
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