Is tanning oil safe/worth it?

[sunlovinlover]

Hello everyone!

I'm off on holiday on Saturday with a few other ladies.
We're having communal suncream ect so save suitcase space but the girls are taking oil (spf 30) aswell as normal spf 30 and 15 suncream.

They've said the oil gives you a great tan.

I have fair skin but I don't burn I'm just pale from barely going outside

Just wondering anyones experience with tanning oil or if it's best to stick with cream? We're going to Greece so it will be 28 - 30 degrees.

The oil is high spf so I think it’ll be fine. It’ll do exactly the same job as the cream, it’ll just feel different on your skin - I don’t think it’s like the frying oil people used in the 80s at all.

temperature utterly irrelevant,sun does not move closer when it is warm.

lower latitude at near peak uv so no deliberate roasting.

shade 11-3, rash vests and boardies in the pool not knickers and bra, lots of factor 30 applied regularly.

your mates are a bit foolish with that statement as it is uv damage that gives a tan.

Hi thanks for the advice Specialsubject, but I certainly won't be wearing a rash vest or staying in the shade. Just personal preference and I'm aware of the risks involved with sun exposure ect. This was more about the difference between oil and cream.
Also I really hope by Knickers and bra you mean swimwear as that's really unhygienic.

Imagining my friends faces if I turned up on a girly holiday with rash vests
Most tanning oils I’ve used say they have accelerators in so I prefer to use them than creams, and they smell nice too.

ah, girly holiday. obviously requires high level foolishness from this evidence.

have fun frying in the soggy knickers and laughing at the active types protected from the sun. As we laugh at you.

It's how many stars in the uv rating that's important here not just the SPF

Anyone laughing at anyone else on the beach needs to get a life surely

Ah imsconequeen, I forgot about the stars!

The oil has 3, which says it's 'good'. The cream I've bought is 5 stars which is 'ultra'.

Please be careful in the sun. Years ago I got badly burnt and I'm now waiting for a cancer referral to the hospital, I am terrified, if I hadn't been burnt I may not have been in this position

Theres some info here OP:

www.bad.org.uk/for-the-public/skin-cancer/sunscreen-fact-sheet

You really ought to use factor 50 (and top it up regularly) and stay in the shade if you are pale.

Brown skin is not worth a slow and painful death from skin cancer .

I wouldn’t go out in anything less than 5 star for uva and factor 50spf.

You can tan without burning but you can’t tan without damaging skin deep down in the dermis & sun exposure causes 80% of aging.

You really ought to use factor 50 (and top it up regularly) and stay in the shade if you are pale

Brown skin is not worth a slow and painful death from skin cancer

There really is hardly any difference between spf 30 and 50.

I must be in for a certain painful death then as despite using spf 30 daily and avoiding the sun, I still have a light tan from going about my daily life. I live in a hot climate and unfortunately I can't stay inside all day. I'm sure though that just like most people who don't hide from the sun, and who are sensible about sun exposure, I will more than likely be fine.

Why is MN so judgy and hysterical about everything these days?

Lazypoolday I wouldn't say that we are "hysterical" by trying to remain safe in the sun........have you no one in your family with skin cancer?

There's a lot of difference between 30-50 SPF

Saying that getting a tan is going to lead to a "slow and painful death from skin cancer" is a slight over reaction though.

I stay safe in the sun, check the uv index, use sunscreen, wear hats, sunglasses etc and I still get a tan. I'm not sure what else I can do. Some sun exposure is not a bad thing.

Melanomas a fairly quick death. It spreads easily, not all tumours do.

There’s not a huge difference in efficacy between spf 30 and 50 but why risk it.

The difference between spf30 and 50 is a couple of percent. It's an exponential relationship.
OP I think the oil/cream will just be the consistency difference. As long as it's high spf and UVA that's good.

Well, I certainly wouldn’t be putting any sort of oil on my skin in the sun!!

Op I would stick with cream if you're fair and prone to burning. One of the problems with sunprotetiom is we don't apply it liberally enough so don't get the SPF it says on the bottle. I wouldn't want to be dripping with oil as I'd imagine you would be if you applied the correct amount. There are some good creams that absorb well so you don't feel greasy even with the right amount and if it's a beach holiday, don't get matted in sand. Watch out for those active types poking fun at you though

all good points.
I think i’ll be sticking to spf 30 and up, I burnt my back when I was very young and since then I always wear 50 on my back and that’s no negotiable.
I agree, much better to be safe than sorry!