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[DebiDebiDebi]

OK, I am doing my pre vacation tanning...a process I really loathe, but find I burn less when I do it(yes, I use sunscreen, but am very fair skinned). I personally hate tanning, and only do it if I am going on vacation to a sunny locale. This time I am doing the Stand Up version of tanning. They stand you in this hexagon box and you are surrounded by lights...kinda weird. My question is, what do you do while you are in the stand up tanner? Do you rotate like a piece of meat on a rotisserie? Do you Dance? Or do you stand there wishing it were over like I do? Thank goodness the time limit in the stand up is a lot less than the bed tanning...I really think I would go nuts! BOOOORRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGGGG!

[Tara O'Hara]

Debbie x 3, you are too much! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I have never fake baked but if I did, I would prefer the rotisserie method! I don't think I could stand still!


Signed,

Someone who may try it just to turn like a BBQ'd chicken [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[CRCrazy]

Be careful - I've only fake baked once in my life - before my wedding. We got married February 1st and were going to Florida for our honeymoon, so I wanted to get a little color. I also am fair skinned, and burn easily, even with sunscreen.

I am allergic to the UV rays they use in the tanning booths!! I ended up with a horrendous rash, after just a few minutes! Thank goodness I had started a month before the wedding, so it was gone before we got married!! Never again!

Sun rash, as we call it, does run in my family. On certain days, if you don't have enough sunscreen on, we get raised hive rashes - Mom & my younger sister used to get it so bad in the days before good sunscreen that they would have to go to the hospital for an epi shot!

[Dumbo]

I don't tan and try to avoid the sun.


Signed,

Casper
(Get it? I'm as white as a ghost [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] )

[loobyoxlip]

I used to go when I was a teenager all the time. I went last year before our trip to DL, too. I don't think I could do the stand-up. Way too boring. I'd rather go longer in the laydown, because I usually fall asleep, anyway.

[HiddenMickey]

I did a couple times in my early 20s. But I much prefer to sit in the sun itself. When I was 27 I had a couple pre-cancerous lesions taken from my arm and face and that was a HUGE wake-up call. I no longer sit in the sun to bake my skin (though I do sit around the pool protected by sunblock) and will never do a tanning bed place again. I use daily moisturizer with SPF 15 on my face and arms and use SPF 30 or more when I'm going to be spending time in the sun.

When you are young, you don't think about the affect of what you are doing will have on your older self. Please, everyone, protect your skin from the sun's damage (and the fake sun as well) and wear sunglasses and hats and sunscreen whenever you spend time in the sun. You'll thank yourself in about 20 years. -HiddenMickey

[luvnwdwgal]

I've never faked baked before. I don't even like to bother with the sunless tanning lotions! I'll get a little sun out by the pool in the summer. Having a tan just isn't an issue with me. I figure my skin is all the better for not bothering.

[ariel1]

i've never faked, and i don't even try to tan anymore. now that i'm in my 30's, i'm more concerned with avoiding skin cancer and wrinkles than getting a tan.

[BostonTeaParty]

I would be bored if I did that too Debi. I'm definitely with the "I don't tan" crowd. Sure, it's a pain to have to keep reapplying sunscreen, but I'd rather do that than fake tan, or burn. I'm very fair for a brunette, so I just use a good 45 SPF with Parsol 1789 (absolutely necessary ingredient). Have a great vacation and don't get too much sun. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] Where are you going BTW?

[LilMarcieMouse]

I too am trying to tan. I a little red but not Burned. Good luck. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[DebiDebiDebi]

Like I said, I NEVER tan unless I am going on extended vacation where I will be in the sun a lot. Then, I only do the 10 visit package...and I never lay out in the sun. But, I have found that it sure keeps me from FRYING the first couple days I am out on vacation. I am one of those who has to bathe in sunscreen to keep from burning...so a few short sessions in the tanning booth have helped with that problem...but most of the time, I am as pale as Casper the Ghost!

[buzzNwoodyfan]

Do a little dance like the K Mart Joe Boxer guy!! HEeeee!!

Signed,
A person who fried last weekend during our YARD SALE!!! Posterboard for signs: 2.00. Haggling with a customer over a quarter: .25. Blue cooling stuff by Hawaiian Tropics: 6.00. Eating up your profits for after-sun care: priceless. Hee!!

[DebiDebiDebi]

Originally posted by BuzzNwoodyfan: Signed, A person who fried last weekend during our YARD SALE!!! Posterboard for signs: 2.00. Haggling with a customer over a quarter: .25. Blue cooling stuff by Hawaiian Tropics: 6.00. Eating up your profits for after-sun care: priceless. Hee!!

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[Colexis Mom]

I agree with HiddenMickey. When I was young, I used to go all the time to the tanning beds (and outside with baby oil on). Melanoma is now in my family, so I don't do that anymore, and put on at least 15 SPF when I'm outside. I get checked every 4-6 months because I'm covered in moles.

Anyway, put on lots of sunscreen with the fake and bake. I've seen a lot of ads around here lately for the "mist" tan. It's a dye (or at least I think it is) that they spray all over you as you stand up, and it lasts for 5-7 days, without the harmful effects of the ultraviolet rays.

Sorry, got into preaching mode. Just wear lots of sunscreen!!

[greystone98]

I tried the tanning beds in my twenties too... 10 visits for $30 or something like that.

Now I'm older (definitely!) and wiser (hopefully?) and avoid them altogether.

I know you weren't asking for a Thou Shalt Not Sermon, just how to keep occupied so I apologize for preaching. We just want you to be careful, be safe.