What is the best way to get a good tan and yet not get skin cancer? What can those lotions do to my skin? If i want to sun tan, do i need to apply anything? I am afraid that I can get skin cancer from it.
Or are there alternatives?
Pls don't tell me about airbrush coz it's not permanent. =)
THANKS GUYS!
2006-10-29 18:36:48 · 3 answers · asked by cheesecake 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Suntan lotion and natural sunlight. You could go to a professional tanning salon, but staying out in the sun works and it is free, too! Don't worry about skin cancer, look how many people are at the beach everyday and the millions of other people that visit the beach, get tanned by tanning salons or just work in the sun and naturally tan. Look at what you are missing, don't worry about cancer, when you look around, pretty much everything gives you cancer or some life threatening condition. If it is your time to go, it is your time, but don't hold back on something you want to do because a bunch of scientists who stay in a building all day start coming up with all these death situations only to change it a year or two later with the opposite effect.
Go get tanned and enjoy it!
2006-10-29 18:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by Fallen 6 · 6⤊ 38⤋
If u want to have a good tan under the sun without applying anything on your skin, the chances of getting skin cancer might be higher.
U can try to get a good suntan lotion at any pharmacies. It helps u not only to have a good tan, but also protects your skin at the same time.
2006-10-30 03:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by glamourous sky 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There isn't any safe way to get a suntan unless you apply it from a bottle. Sun tanning salons use the same ultraviolet rays to give you a tan that the sun does.
If you insist on getting a tan then use a SPF lotion of 15 or higher (preferably 30 or higher).
Don't become a perpetual sun worshiper. Sun is harder on your skin than anything else. Cancer aside, long term tanning will turn your skin to leather and make you look years older than you are. It causes wrinkles and can damage your eyes.
You need a certain amount of sun every day in order to make Vitamin D but five minutes or less will do that.
2006-10-30 03:32:04 · answer #3 · answered by Ellen J 7 · 11⤊ 1⤋