Is it worth me using a sunbed ?

[carpetmedoen]

So I use gradual tan
Always have as I don't like full on fake tan and im so pale.
I'm going on holiday in two weeks so have been going on the sunbed for 6 mins 3 x a week.
This is after 40 mins
I'm just as white
I use a lotion to protect my skin and also promote tanning but nothing
Is it pointless ?
I won't go on again after holiday
It's literally just so I have some sort of colour on my skin
Why am I not changing colour ?
I don't want to go on longer than 6 mins
Is this the issue ?

Never

No. Sunbeds cause skin cancer and if you get the worst sort melanoma like me it can kill you.
I was never a sunbed user but this is advice from Melanoma UK.
Unless a tan is worth your life don’t do it.

I thought that your post was going to be re: psoriasis or acne - in which case I would’ve said yes, the benefits of a few short sunbed sessions outweighed the risks for me in terms of clearing my skin

I would never go to one just for a tan though. Not worth it at all when you can easily fake it. What about a spray tan? You can get lovely, natural, glowy ones these days

@goldenretrievermum5 they don't last as soon as I put suncream on or go in the pool it comes off and it leaves a patchy mess

Potentially fatal cancer vs temporary tan? Sure, seems reasonable.

No, for God's sake.

You need to learn to love your own skin. Nothing wrong with being pale. I'm white as a ghost and used to fake tan loads but I'm so glad I stopped and embraced myself the way I am.

I echo the others, Never use a sun bed.

I really would have thought they'd be banned by now (other than in medical settings)

What about using a tan accelerator instead of a sun bed?

https://www.idealworld.tv/health-beauty/zhuzh!-tan-accelerator-100ml-7619962.html?gadsource=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiMmwBhDmARIsABeQ7xQnYHcwwJagJTrtTiZDfY50lcrjyjHqzkHUoG9LcfelRLuVVgzwdzIaAgsZEALww_wcB

I thought sun beds were a thing of the early 2000s. I mean, sure, why not take up smoking at the same time to get the full cancer risk up there.

I always have a course of sunbeds before my holiday to get rid of the pale skin and give myself a base tan so I don't burn. Then when I go on holiday I sit in the shade all day, until 4pm, when I sit in the late afternoon sun

DH has had a BCC removed from his forehead. The consultant said a lot of people he's now seeing with skin cancer are sunbed users. It's so unsafe to use them. A sun tan is damage from the sun.

Please dont its really not worth it, embrace your beautiful pale skin.

The received medical wisdom is the use of sunbeds can be fatal. That's enough for me to avoid them like the plague.

Get a spray tan before holidays. That's what I do.

Don’t do it anymore…after 2 days in the sun you will start to get a healthy glow anyway