Question of the Day, 4th of July...

Well here we are in the summer heat and a lot of us are pretty pale so my question today is...

What do you do to get a tan, do you lie in the sun or use some type of tanner.


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Since I can't stay out in the sun very long plus the sun is a no no as we all know, this self tanner works great for me.

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Yuck, skin cancer! I would never lie in the sun for a tan. I am fair skinned and we have skin cancer in our family. No thanks!

I used moisturizer with a tint I am starting to embrace my paleness

I avoid the sun as much as possible actually.

I hate the sun. (When I see a lot of sun I know it will be hot and there's only so many clothes they will allow you to take off in public and not get arrested; especially girls)

I hate sweating.

I hate heat. (I'm hot 98% of the year even up here in the North woods)

I hate pollen. I hate grass. I hate maple trees.

I hate these last three because: I hate welts. I hate itching.

Yeah.. summer is NOT my favorite season. The only good thing about is that it's warm enough up here to swim during the summer.

Well, I live in No. CA and I do aqua aerobics once a week and have a pool at my complex (have one at the house I still own, too) which I use. I use sun screen on my body and a special moisturizing one on my face. I pretty much have a tan year round. No skin cancer in my family.

Originally Posted by LadyHitchhiker

I avoid the sun as much as possible actually.

I hate the sun. (When I see a lot of sun I know it will be hot and there's only so many clothes they will allow you to take off in public and not get arrested; especially girls)

I hate sweating.

I hate heat. (I'm hot 98% of the year even up here in the North woods)

I hate pollen. I hate grass. I hate maple trees.

I hate these last three because: I hate welts. I hate itching.

Yeah.. summer is NOT my favorite season. The only good thing about is that it's warm enough up here to swim during the summer.

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You're a woman after my own heart. I hate the summer with a passion and everyone who knows me knows that. I wish it were November already and just skip the whole hot, humid, buggy summer. I just can't see what people really enjoy about the summer. For me, I can't wait till it's gone.

I'm allergic to everything, so I hate spring, summer and fall from that perspective LOL.

But I love the breeze, I love the sunshine, I love the long days... I practically mourn on June 21 because I know that slowly the days are getting shorter.

But I don't worry about a tan anymore. I overdid it as a kid before we knew just HOW bad the sun is for us. But we need that 15 minutes a day for our vitamin D.

I have a spray tan - it makes the shower smell. I've had the bottle for - a couple of years now. LOL. The couple of times I've used it I wind up with streaks on my feet.

I like my pale skin. It's paid off now that I'm older 'cause I don't have many wrinkles.

I lay out on the beach as often as possible after work in the sun. Been working great I need the sea breeze to make the sun bearable

Originally Posted by SwampWitch

I like my pale skin.

It's paid off now that I'm older 'cause I don't have many wrinkles.

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Same here!!

I'll walk about when the suns shining, but i never sunbathe because of the damage it does to the skin, and obviously cancer. One of our friends is a true sun worshipper and she goes really brown, but towards the end of the summer she looks all patchy from too much of it.

In the summer i'll use a tanning lotion, but only a medium tint because i don't want to look orange like it can make you

Originally Posted by butzie

I pretty much have a tan year round. No skin cancer in my family.

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I don't think that makes you immune to it Rosemary?. Everyones at risk

I'm in the "white" group - I do not tan by sun or inside tanning booth. I prefer to have less wrinkles and do not want to risk getting skin cancer.

As we are on a farm and most of our work is outside all the time I am pretty tanned, I hate having too many cloths on so am usually in cut offs and no sleave t shirts in the summer, but when I am not working then I am in the shade

With landscaping I cannot avoid the sun. My arms are really tan. I wear a hat so keep my face protected (and sunscreen too). Though I do have age spots on my wrist already from the sun.

My twin sunbathed much longer than I did and it shows in her face.

lie in the sun witha good cream... but not very often...

Originally Posted by Rosiemac

I don't think that makes you immune to it Rosemary?. Everyones at risk

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You're right, that's one of the reasons my sister's melanoma was misdiagnosed 5 times, no history in her family, she was the first.

I don't tan on purpose. I also don't wear sunscreen unless I'll be out all day, because I'm not convinced that rubbing chemicals all over my skin on a daily basis is a good idea. Skin cancer does run in the family, basal cell and squamous cell but not melanoma. Though melanoma isn't genetic so that doesn't matter. In the summer I end up with a farmer's tan . In the winter I get as pale as humanly possible, I think.

I'll use a bit of self tanner early in the summer so the glare off my legs doesn't blind anybody. Other than that I don't bother. I don't know why Americans think a tan looks better anyway. I grew up in Japan and they spend all their time trying to prevent tanning. One lady I knew even wore long gloves while driving so her arms wouldn't get tanned, LOL.

My mom had skin cancer. The time she spent in the sun as a life guard didn't help. I'm pale and it doesn't bother me anymore. I don't like the sun or the heat and humidity. I never tan anyway--just burn--I wish it could be autumn all year round.

i love the sun ill sit in it sometimes with or without suntan lotion, i walk to work and tan very easy i dont use any fake tans though

Tanning is something you do when you can't find shade. I would never tan on purpose. Besides, it would burn the bright colors out of my tattoos.

I don't tan, I don't care about looking tan, and I'm not about to put any gross dyes all over my skin. If the chemicals in them didn't result in a terrible rash, then the smell would do me in. I can't stand strong smells of any kind, if I'm lucky I just get a headache and if I'm not lucky I gag so much that I get sick.

So I just stay out of the sun as much as possible.

Originally Posted by LadyHitchhiker

Yeah.. summer is NOT my favorite season. The only good thing about is that it's warm enough up here to swim during the summer.

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I'm heat intolerant, but summer is nice. Things are growing, there's no cold winds, and my turtles are awake - if you only had 6 months out of the year to enjoy your cats you'd look forward to that time.

I don't tan on purpose. I'm a red head with fair skin and TONS of freckles. I use sun screen when I go outside in the summer but don't reapply as often as I probably should. What happens is that I get more freckles and those make me look more tanned. I'm waiting for the day when the freckles all connect. Freckles rule!!

I love the heat of summer. I rarely turn on my A/C but crank up the ceiling fans and leave all the windows wide open to catch the breeze.