AIBU?
AIBU to feel really happy due to having a suntan?
SighingandYawning · 19/08/2015 10:38
I just do, when I catch sight of my tanned skin I feel on top of the world. I know it's bad for you blah blah blah and it's probably social conditioning, and I'm already fat, haggard and wrinkled enough without making it worse.
BeautifulBatman · 19/08/2015 12:30
Yanbu. I loved being tanned. I'm not now though, even though I live in the ME. Part health concious/part vanity/part can't be arsed. I'm naturally v pale skinned. I burn easily too so have to go really slow and steady to build up any colour. When I was a little younger I had the patience for it but not now. Sunbathing in 45+ is not nice, I'm 40 years old and cannot rely on youth to keep my skin nice and I don't want melanoma. I think I'll stick with pale and interesting now so I don't look like am old leather sofa later in life.
Figster · 19/08/2015 12:53
Each to their own I like being white I actually find a tan makes me look fatter.
I'm just back from a week abroad where I was surrounded by people who looked either bright red like tomatoes or like old leather handbags there is nothing attractive about either.
beachdays · 19/08/2015 12:54
Growing up in the frozen North, I've always been pale to the point of blue, and used to envy tanned people on holiday etc and feel a bit inadequate. Now I'm nearly 50 and am really happy that I have fabulous undamaged, wrinkle-free skin . Oh, and as I've also had cancer I can't believe stupid people still put themselves at risk of melanoma just to get a bit brown.
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Fluffyears · 19/08/2015 15:55
I Look great with a tan but I would stick to a bottle version nowadays. Been badly burnt a few times in last 10 years (me being daft thinking I'm in Scotland so won't burn) and can see sun damage on my forehead and shoulders. I used to tan really easily but not nowadays so I protect my skin and get sprayed.
HaydeeofMonteCristo · 19/08/2015 16:01
I love being tanned. I have olive skin that looks really sallow in winter, and improves so much with a tan. I tan really slowly and an always careful with sun cream.
However I agree that we are being u because a tan is actually a sign of sun damage.
CrohnicallyAspie · 19/08/2015 16:18
I'm mixed race, have olive skin tone and look awful without a tan. However, I don't deliberately sunbathe, wear factor 50 if I'm going to be out between 10 and 4 (even though I don't visibly burn when I don't wear it) and a hat, and still pick up a tan within 5 minutes of walking out the door.
FirstWeTakeManhattan · 19/08/2015 16:30
YANBU to feel good OP, glad you feel good about yourself.
For me though, I'm not at all bothered about tanning. I find the 'I've Just Been On Holiday!!!' look a bit undesirable to be honest.
My dream look is copper-coloured hair, very pale skin and freckles!
5madthings · 19/08/2015 16:37
Yanbu, I have a nice tan at the moment, naturally olive skinned and tan very easily, have just spent two weeks in South of France, we slathered on factor 50 and I still tanned. I don't burn and actually the sun/heat suits my skin type, my eczema has totally vanished, literally within a few days of being out in the sun.
So I know it has risks but the benefits of not being covered with eczema, unable to sleep due to itching and skin getting scarred from eczema mean I like a bit of sun.
hopperglove · 19/08/2015 16:55
I love a tan.
Although I am Caucasian- Irish Scottish, I have naturally dark colouring, hair/eyes and tan very easily.
I rarely burn.
Skin cancer is a risk, but I do think natural skin tones play a big part in that risk.
My mother has been treated for skin cancer, her skin is very very pale, never tans, blonde almost white hair and the palest of blue eyes.
I am glad I have my father's colouring. My kids are dark too.
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