Using Sunbeds to prevent sunburn

You can buy uv umbrellas that you can use to shade yourself when there is no shade when out and about.

I have holidayed in Florida in August several times and my skin is the colour of milk. I put on factor 50 Ultrasun Sport once a day and let that soak in before getting dressed. I apply spray on factor 50 a couple of times and have never burned. In the UK without sun cream I can burn in 20 minutes. I am constantly slathered in sun cream.

Commercial sunbeds have been illegal
in Australia for ten years. Please don’t use them.

From the Australian Cancer Council website:
Commercial solariums, also known as sunbeds or tanning beds, are classified by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in the highest risk category, Group 1: carcinogenic to humans. Overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation causes up to 95% of melanomas, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

If you are brining easily in the sun then you need to cover up (long sleeves and trousers and a hat with a wide brim. You need to stay outing the sun. That’s it really

However going by the above post I also don't drink or smoke and exercise plenty and am not overweight. Processed meat occasionally.

Going in the sun for extended periods is dangerous

I always stay in the shade until about 4.30pm even on holiday.

Do you realise you still tan in the shade.

Stay out of the sun. Don't you worry about skin cancer?

I never used to burn, but since I've been in peri, my skin hates the sun. I now cover up and slather on the suncream.

People are so funny about tanning. Don’t get me wrong, I know it’s dangerous, I never sunbathe and am absolutely religious about suncream. But people get so high and mighty about it, when they probably drink alcohol, which there is no safe level of consumption. Everyone acting horrified that OP is increasing her risk of cancer is probably increasing their own risk through various habits (alcohol, processed meat, lack of exercise, being overweight, etc etc, maybe even smoking although thankfully that’s less likely nowadays).

Also recently saw an advert for a collagen light sun bed. What on earth is this fuckery?

Way to go for skin cancer, queen. Give your head a wobble and re-read
the nonsense you just wrote.
Tanned skin is damaged not lovely or healthy and five sunbed sessions to prepare for yet more UV light is insane. Use fake tan if you’re that fussed about the shade of your skin.

Why are sun beds even legal? I suppose the same as the sale of cigarettes.

😂😂

You’ll just burn on the sunbed within a couple of minutes

I have had a few melanomas removed one entailed two separate surgeries both under general anaesthetic, various moles taken off back and last year a Basel cell carcinoma removed from head again two ops for that under local.

I work outside all year covered up and now have a selection of wide brimmed hats along with a number of suncreams mostly ultrasun factor 50 one at home, in car, in work bag etc.

Until I was in my mid forties I could deal with the sun easily…now I burn at the drop of a hat. What I do though is put plenty of sun cream on and use shade and cooling clothes…I wouldn’t dream even for a second of going on a sunbed. I’ve even bought my first ever sun hat.

Obviously that’s a stupid idea, sunbeds will just make it more likely you’ll get cancer.

But if you’re burning when you’re applying factor 50 every hour, you need better/newer suncream. Small ginger kids I’ve looked after weren’t burning like that!

PS as a fellow fair-skinned person, I do st tropez fake tan so I looked tanned in the evenings or when sitting in the shade, and then cover up with a hat, rash guard and SPF. Fake tan is so much better these days - that's the best kind of "base tan".

Please don't op you need to stay out of mid day sun only way to be safe

I go on beds for a skin condition. I do find it prevents that lobster burning you get on very pale skin, yes. It makes sense really - how many men abroad do you see with a big red tummy because it was bright white before they flew out?

That said, you're probably best using suncream instead.

Shade and cover up. I managed to spend 10 days in Egypt without even getting a tan by covering up, wearing a broad brimmed hat, and using factor 50. Of course, that was up and about seeing the sights, and seeking the shade in the middle of the day, not broiling like a lobster on a sunbed.

Or "pre-melanoma conditioning"

You need to stay out of the sun!

Replace the term ‘base tan’ or ‘tan’ with ‘sun damage’.

You're clearly not that young. Stop being stupid. I'm fair and burn easily. Just plenty of protection on. Have a spray tan.

Dont damage your skin try beta carotene gummies they change the colour of your skin after about a fortnight. You produce more melanin so this will jelp when you go in the sun.

I think you just need to stop lying out in the sun for hours. Lie under an umbrella. Factor 50 will be fine for walking around, I am pale and ginger and it's fine for me - you just can't be lying right in the sun for hours and hours.