[Blake]

I was wondering if anyone has used a tanning bed since their injury, my gf Talia and her cousins who I spend most of my time with love them. I know their not to safe for anyone to use but being a pale Irish kids in a group of pretty tan Italian kids I'd like to get a little color.

Anyone here use one?

This post has been edited by Blake: 28 December 2009 - 11:17 PM

[E-DOG]

Blake, on Dec 28 2009, 03:15 PM, said:

Anyone here use one?

Sorry pal, I'm not that concerned with what others think of me.
Blake, you are 13 years old. AND a christian, or at least yer old man is. Would jayzuz want a suntan?
You'd be better off getting a tattoo.

E-dog

[Ches]

Fake Bake is so bad for you,.. Go outside if you want some color.

I used a tanning bed for a few months, I found it to be a total pain in the ass. Completely uncomfortable, slippery, and with the curved surface and low lid it makes getting out a pain in the ass. Not to mention burning your ass, which usually happens to EVERYONE first few tans. Why torture yourself?

If you are dead set on getting an all over body tan go sunbathe naked in your backyard or try a self tanner.

[Beautiful]

Sorry E, not too sure I understand how getting a tan isn't Christian-like?

Anyways, Blake, I used them several times when I was doing my pageants a few years ago. I have a low injury, so it wasn't that big of a hassle getting in and out of the bed.

HOWEVER. I do NOT go anymore. I think it is AWFUL for your skin, and I am SO glad I learned that while I was still "starting out". I have dark hair and eyes, and very pale skin, and I have learned to love it. I think what you naturally have is beautiful. I feel like a porcelain doll, and am always getting complimented on how beautiful my skin is, because I take care of it extremely well now.

I would definitely advise going against it. You could try some spray tan though, or just use a lotion that has some tanner in it already. If you are dead set on going though, go ahead. It isn't too difficult.

[Blake]

Beautiful, on Dec 28 2009, 10:04 PM, said:

Sorry E, not too sure I understand how getting a tan isn't Christian-like?

Anyways, Blake, I used them several times when I was doing my pageants a few years ago. I have a low injury, so it wasn't that big of a hassle getting in and out of the bed.

HOWEVER. I do NOT go anymore. I think it is AWFUL for your skin, and I am SO glad I learned that while I was still "starting out". I have dark hair and eyes, and very pale skin, and I have learned to love it. I think what you naturally have is beautiful. I feel like a porcelain doll, and am always getting complimented on how beautiful my skin is, because I take care of it extremely well now.

I would definitely advise going against it. You could try some spray tan though, or just use a lotion that has some tanner in it already. If you are dead set on going though, go ahead. It isn't too difficult.

I will try the spray tan or the lotion. Talia the queen of tanning has already said I shouldn't do it, she say's it's habit forming.

[Blake]

E-DOG, on Dec 28 2009, 07:57 PM, said:

Blake, on Dec 28 2009, 03:15 PM, said:

Anyone here use one?

Sorry pal, I'm not that concerned with what others think of me.
Blake, you are 13 years old. AND a christian, or at least yer old man is. Would jayzuz want a suntan?
You'd be better off getting a tattoo.

E-dog

I am very much a Christian just one who's wandering a little. I've been doing what makes me happy more and not always worry if it's what my Dad would do. That includes leaving the private Christian school i've been in since I was 5, but we'll see how that choice works out when I start when school goes back.

This post has been edited by Blake: 29 December 2009 - 03:08 PM

[chickadee]

Beautiful, on Dec 28 2009, 09:04 PM, said:

Sorry E, not too sure I understand how getting a tan isn't Christian-like?

Anyways, Blake, I used them several times when I was doing my pageants a few years ago. I have a low injury, so it wasn't that big of a hassle getting in and out of the bed.

HOWEVER. I do NOT go anymore. I think it is AWFUL for your skin, and I am SO glad I learned that while I was still "starting out". I have dark hair and eyes, and very pale skin, and I have learned to love it. I think what you naturally have is beautiful. I feel like a porcelain doll, and am always getting complimented on how beautiful my skin is, because I take care of it extremely well now.

I would definitely advise going against it. You could try some spray tan though, or just use a lotion that has some tanner in it already. If you are dead set on going though, go ahead. It isn't too difficult.

I'm with Miss Beautiful up there (her name implies she would know, right?). Anytime I'm feeling especially pale, I try to remember how gorgeous pale can be on Anne Hathaway. Dude - she ROCKS that look. And it is loads loads loads better on your skin, especially if you burn easily. I'm 30, and short of a couple of freckles, I don't have any of the sun damage that my sisters do - and for awhile there, they worshiped the sun.

Sometime ask Talia and her lemming buddies to get under a sun damage tester with you. We'll see who is more gorgeous by the time you're 35.

[Beautiful]

Yup. Leather skin isn't attractive. Once you get to a certain point, it is impossible to reduce the effects the tanning has had on you. I was at the dermatologist the other day and she was telling me a story about a young lady (26, 27 maybe?) who worked at a race track. She was the person who waved the flag around. She was in the sun so much though, that when she visited my dermatologist, there was NOTHING she could do to help. Her skin was past damaged. I mean, the only thing she could start doing was a new skin regime, and just use sunblock and moisturize more, etc.

I read that the first time you use a tanning bed, your risk of skin cancer increases 70%. I do NOT know if that is true, but that is what I read somewhere. My cousin is a redhead, and is very fair skin, and was never in the sun much, but she got skin cancer last year.

Yes, vitamin D is good for you, but I also read somewhere that when you drive with sunscreen on, and the sun shines on you through your window for 10 mins, that that is enough for you. Again, this is just reading that I have done, and I am not 100% sure on what I read/where I read it, but thats the gist of it.

Don't get me wrong. I think tanned skin is beautiful, but I think it should be natural. I am hispanic and native american, so I can tan easily, but it isn't natural on me. I am from the west coast, and I see a lot of blonde white girls who think it is so cute and pretty to tan every day, and they end up orange. YUCK. Its just not natural. But I think Freida Pinto (from Slumdog Millionaire) is absolutely gorgeous, and she has beautiful skin.

Just my 2 cents. I just don't want you to regret it in 20 years & with tanning lotions and spray tans, if you don't like it, you can wash it off.

'Kay, shutting up now, lol.