It is now known that any exposure to the sun increases your chances for skin cancer. The longer the exposure, the higher the risk especially for fair-skinned people or those with a medical or family history of skin cancer. Dark skinned people like Africans have a built-in protection by nature of their genetic disposition for having a large amount of melanin in their skin. However, it has to be there before the sun exposure. Melanin will increase with sun exposure in fair skinned people...this is tanning...but does not prevent the risk of cancer. Now, a recent study about sunblocks with SPF show that the risk of cancer may actually be increased if the sunscreen is not applied properly. The safest course is to stay out of the sun or wear protective clothing. the next best is to properly apply sunblock with a high SPF that protects against UVA and UVB. The next best is to limit your sun exposure to early morning or late afternoon. The worst thing is deliberately trying to increase your tan by repeatedly lying out in the sun with no protection or in tanning beds.
2006-09-07 09:06:46
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answered by Jim 3
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for sure. i in certain circumstances even positioned on 30 or 40 5 and that i nevertheless tan. yet i'm a organic olive shade. some quite diminished human beings likely do not tan with a 40 5. the component is, your tan will fade extra right away. I lived on a meditteranean island for decades and became always contained in the daylight. I continuously wore 25 to 40 5 spf on my face and body, yet I kept a tan. because of your family individuals's heritage of cancer, i'd advise that you stay out of the daylight, and in case you do, really positioned on 40 5 sunscreen. in case you want a tan, bypass get the spray on tan that they furnish at tan parlors. After even a million visit you'll see the version and also you do not ought to sit down down in a sunbed! The spray on tans have come far and they no longer make human beings look orange. google "spray on tan" and your city call to discover an section that provides them on your section.
2016-11-06 20:27:02
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answered by Anonymous
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You don't have to have sunscreen. People tanned for years before they invented the stuff. I never use it, tanned head to toe except for that little line about halfway down
2006-09-07 09:01:59
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answered by mxzptlk 5
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Well, it could depend. My fair-skinned, red-headed, green-eyed grandfather probably had a nice tan when he was younger, but has had to have large chunks of his nose and ears removed in the past couple years due to skin cancer...
I think I'll stick with the SPF 45....
2006-09-07 09:06:30
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answered by Megan S 4
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Yes you need sunscreen anytime you will be out in the sun for over fifteen minutes
2006-09-07 09:42:18
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answered by Anonymous
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managed exposure tollerance is what a tan is......the darker you become the less likely you are to be burnt by the radiation for the sunlight...
2006-09-07 09:02:16
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answered by Anthony V 4
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Do you want to die? RIP. Moron.
2006-09-07 09:04:49
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answered by jessiekatsopolous 4
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