Can I use self tan?!

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ooh, I'm looking so pasty! I was just about to go slather myself in St Tropez, and then thought, ugh, since everything else is a no go when you're up the duff, this probably is too!

does anyone have any knowledge of the rules? I am 5+5 and my legs are so white they are looking slightly blue!!!

xx

I need to know this too! Am pale anyway, but pregnancy seems to have made me translucent. Are there any safe ones we can use?

Seriously? Unless you're going to eat it - I'd say it was ok?!

Well that's what I would have thought, but I've been googling and looking at old threads on here, and apparently not! Something to do with the chemicals!

Is everyone else on here just naturally bronzed goddesses?!

the biggest concern is that you will have an allergic reaction due to your skin becoming more sensitive so you might want to do a little patch test. I have just used it as normal though and had no problems

www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/955.aspx?CategoryID=54&SubCategoryID=131

It's fine as it only reacts with the upper layer of skin. But def do a patch test - and be aware it may come out blotchier than normal if your skin is becoming more variable.

Eh?! - Unless your skin has become super semsitive in pregnancy so that you have an unexpected allergic skin reaction (a possibility I suppose), I am sure its fine! As Fizzie said, you are not planning to eat it! It just sits on/seeps into the top layer or two of skin... that's why a really good scub will remove any accidental streaks!

I have been, I don't think it's a problem.

I don't get it, I thought that it was vitally important for women to get a good dose of Vit. D in pregnancy to pass onto the fetus so a little bit of a tan (not an English tan a sunburn but a proper bit of a light tan colour for us white folk) was just the best thing for preggo women.

If I were preggo and pasty white I'd get out and get a little bit of sun, pronto.

The problem with viatmin D and the sun is that for many fair skinned people in the UK, you need to be outside most of the day on most days to get enough vitamin D. And heat stroke and sun damage carry definite risks to both you and the baby. So it's very hard to get enough vitamin D from the sun without endangering yourself, especially if you're fair.

It's recommended that pregnant women take a vitamin D supplement throughout pregnancy - but the number of GPs and midwives who are not aware of this is scary.

NO, that's wrong, Japhrimel. Fair-skinned people need less time in the sun to get a daily dose of Vit. D than dark skinned people; this is one of the posited reasons why dark-skinned people in the UK have such high rates of schizophrenia.

But I concede the point that some people prefer supplements. For very fair-skinned people getting just the right amount of sun is a bit of a nightmare, anyway... but then again, I personally don't like the looks of redheads with tans; it usually looks totally odd.

I just meant that if you're fair, it's hard to spend enough time in the sun without sunscreen without burning. I go pink after about 20 minutes max, which is definitely not enough time to get enough vitamin D. If you're darker skinned, you can spend more time outside without sunblock without burning.