Sun Tan

[mumstheword1]

Do you just reach a certain level of "brown" or do you keep getting browner and browner

[Tilly2]

I keep out of the sun. I don't sunbathe, ever.

[mikey4444]

Me neither !

[albaqwerty]

nope, I don't sun bathe.

[murraymints]

I keep out of sun but managed to get my face burned a bit the other week, did not realise it was so strong..

[mikey4444]

As far as I am concerned, a sun tan is just another way of saying skin damage !

[Prudie]

I don't deliberately tan, except for my legs, but do tan easily and always come back from holidays brown everywhere - ish. For a white caucasian (is that the right word to use without upsetting anyone??) I think there is a point you never get any browner.

[whiskeryron]

//Do you just reach a certain level of "brown" or do you keep getting browner and browner//
Answer :- You reach a certain level of skin cancer which gets worser and worser.

[mikey4444]

Well said Ron !

[HansUrbancka]

When the maximum level of 'browning' is reached the skin then starts wrinkling. Furthermore, sunbathing can lead to skin cancer.

http://www.webmd.com/beauty/sun-exposure-skin-cancer#1

Hans.

[ummmm]

I don't sunbathe either but I do tan easily.

I was on holiday earlier this year and met two lovely women. One was 70 and her younger sister was 65. The younger sister was a sun worshipper and looked at least 10 years older, maybe more.

Some people get silly brown whereas some people, like my daughter, never changes colour. She stays pasty.

[Old_Geezer]

worserer surely ?

[donny48]

I don't sunbathe but am outdoors a lot and normally go brown and stay that way all summer. This year I went the normal shade of brown but the started to have pale patches until I resembled a pie bald in colouring. It was most impressive on my neck with a deep brown colour with pink patches.

[dannyk13]

Good morning Donny. That sounds a bit like Vitiligo.

[Tilly2]

...just like Micheal Jackson, Donny.

[dannyk13]

http://vitiligosociety.org.uk/phocadownload/mv-suncare.pdf

[donny48]

Yes Danny, I thought that it might be Vitiligo, the pale patches are slightly paler than my normal colouring.
Tilly, yes like Michael Jackson but without the talent or the money.

[ummmm]

Was that to me, OG?

[1ozzy]

^^Reckon that swimwear with a bucket and spade may suit you Donny^^

;-/

[Hopkirk]

When I was younger, not so aware of the dangers and working in the middle East I got to be a lovely colour, but I think I probably got to near the maximum.

[vulcan42]

I have wondered if there is any research into people with normally dark skins getting cancer, especially as they can also get tanned. Many years ago I spent six months in the Pacific and noticed an Indian friend of mine had got a tan. We noticed because during the day we wore shorts but naturally wore trunks for swimming,the area covered by the shorts was lighter than the rest of his leg.