A tan may look healthy initially, but if it is not your natural skin colour and caused by too much sun exposure or a tanning booth, it will never be healthy. You do not need to spend hours roating in the sun to gain your require daily amount of vitamin D.
Fair skin that is well taken care of and protected from sun exposure is far more healthy than trying to tan fair skin, causing long term damage. I just don't understand why some people won't accept this. Are people just in denial because they are just can't bear to be pale?
I just think this is when beauty crosses the line and becomes unhealthy. What do you think?
2006-10-06 14:35:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
Thank god you guys agree with me! And I'm not saying the sun is bad for you, but tanning is and not protecting your skin.
2006-10-06 15:05:57 · update #1
Just because the skin does not receive a sunburn, does not mean the skin is not being damaged. UVA rays are present all year round and responsible for malignant melenoma and does not causing burning!
2006-10-06 20:14:58 · update #2
Well having had cancer myself with the very misinformed attitude, I can honestly say roasting in the sun, whilst it made me feel good for a while, could quite have easily cut my life short! I guess I was one of the lucky ones huh?
2006-10-06 20:16:12 · update #3
Tan is the melonin in your skin screaming out in its final, desperate defense before the skin cells die. Overexposure to the sun leads to a tan, which is the body trying to protect itself from the UV radiation. Tans are NOT HEALTHY, and are actually a "pre-cancerous" condition. While having a tan doesn't mean you'll get cancer, it does increase your liklihood dramatically. Tanning also causes your skin to wrinkle and spot much more and much earlier.
TANNING IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU. WEAR SUNSCREEN AND PROTECT YOUR SKIN, PEOPLE.
2006-10-06 14:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by Meredia 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A bit of tan, little by little, is good. It maintains skin's ability to protect itself. However, this applies more to those of us who have some pigment (melanin) in the skin and thus the ability to produce more. For people who have very fair skin or are prone to develop malignant moles (something a doctor can evaluate), it's better to stay away from the sun, use the most protective sunblock etc. Otherwise, if tanning occurs without sunburns, it is perfectly safe. Melanin is the same pigment people with naturally dark skin have, so it has nothing to do with skin cancer. The sunburns, especially repeated severe ones, are those which may cause long term damage.
About artificial tanning, this seems an absurd idea to me. I like to tan in the sun, while swimming if possible.
And I think both fair and dark skin (tanned or natural) can be beautiful.
2006-10-06 16:09:32 · answer #2 · answered by todaywiserthanyesterday 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well of course there is an excess of a lot of things, especially tanning...with the sprays, gels, lotions, beds......multi-billion dollar business, especially when someone is photographed frequently.....the camera and bright lights drown your skin out.....
but the only good benefit to tanning in a booth is used by dermatologist and hospital nurseries. Dermatologist will use small amounts of UV rays to blend someone's skin pigment who may be recovering from a skin disorder. A hospital will use it,,but they call it a 'billy' bed. Its a very tiny version of a tanning bed that infants are placed in to help with jaundice yellowing.
2006-10-06 14:42:47 · answer #3 · answered by AmY c 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a number of youthful White females tan because they elect to look better "ethnic" and unique. I knew this one female who tanned like a mad-female and insisted she develop into 1/2 interior of reach. regardless of, they're nonetheless White on the authentic of the day and in 2 many years, they are going to all look like leather-depending. i'm happy with my evidently caramel pores and skin?
2016-10-16 03:53:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is healthy to acquire a tan. But not to the point where you are out in the sun everyday and you don't have any sunblock on. Yes, there are seriously health risks to getting tanned. But it's also not healthy mentally and physically to keep yourself away from the sun all the time.
2006-10-06 14:40:01 · answer #5 · answered by Eris Discordia 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Very fair skinned and just been to a family wedding in cyprus, so much sunburn I winced just looking at it! Everyone thought I was the oddball in hat, long trousers, loose top and SF60!
2006-10-06 14:44:35 · answer #6 · answered by wifieinstrife 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's stupid to slather oil on yourself and lie in the sun to cook youself.
People who have unnaturally dark tans that look painted on look like cooked turkeys. It's disgusting looking. Tanning salons are stupid, and people who think naturally pale skin is bad are stupid.
I love my skin, I'm not going to cook it.
2006-10-06 14:44:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is the same reason people smoke and over eat. We tend to do what makes us feel good on the sort haul and ignore the consequences of are actions. It is much easier to blame the people we gave our money to for our own poor judgment later.
2006-10-06 14:44:20 · answer #8 · answered by Pundit Bandit 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everyone thinks "it can't happen to me". You are right, it can. I have cut way back on tanning, but it is hard to stay out of the sun altogether.
2006-10-06 14:40:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
getting some sun is very healthy. you just should not tan untill you look like leather.
2006-10-06 14:41:55 · answer #10 · answered by catwoman 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋