Ok when I was a kid I had really really really light brown skin but as I got older turned a little darker is that normal? Or is it caused by too much sun exposure (I spend alot of time in the sun) Also, how can I get lighter again? because some parts of my body (bottom part of my forearm) that aren't exposed to the sun as often seem to have stayed lighter.
Is there any way I can get light like I used to be? i've tried staying out of the sun and skin lightening creams
Or is this going to stay permanent? Any advice?
Thanks.
2006-12-13 08:23:51 · 6 answers · asked by bananarepublic 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
i get darker in the summer time .. i lighten back up in the winter but never to the color i was before ... when i ran track i would just stay dark until basketball season where i ws indoors all the time.
2006-12-13 08:34:32 · answer #1 · answered by Dee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My boyfriend is exactly the opposite. He is from Jamaica and was really dark when he came here. He has been here for about 9 years and he has become so much lighter. He is very much lighter underneath his clothes and on his feet. I think your situation is normal. If you stay out of the sun, you will obviously be a little darker, but you cant stay inside forever.
2006-12-13 16:33:57 · answer #2 · answered by joblow1953 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should wear an SPF 15 every day on your face.
If you lay out in the sun, put stronger SPF on the darker parts of your body (I use SPF 45 on my knees and elbows), and use weaker SPF on the lightest parts of your body (I use SPF 8 on my stomach, which hardly ever sees the light of day), so that they even out.
I was actually darker as a kid from playing in the sun so much. Now that I work in an office every day, I'm too light - I'm going to have to ditch work to go sun at the beach one of these days.
2006-12-13 16:34:39 · answer #3 · answered by keengrrl76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say to avoid sunlight as much as possible and when your in the sun to use sunscreen. I know in the summer I get what is called a tan and then in the winter when it's not as sunny and I am not outside as much my skin lightens back up to its normal shade of pale.
2006-12-13 16:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by freakyallweeky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a skin care doctor cuz that could be a form of cancer?
2006-12-13 16:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by cheergal4 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think this condition is for a dermatologist to see and give you answers for
2006-12-13 16:29:43 · answer #6 · answered by Dove4ever 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋