I don’t intentionally sun tan but I can get super dark in the summer in high UV index. Like when I went to Greece for like a week and a half - I GOT SO DARK I LOOKED GREEK MYSELF. I even was darker than some Greeks. When I got back my friend looked shocked and slowly said “you’re… so… tan…”
My hair gets super blond from sun time too so it looks a bit weird. Darker I am lighter the hair, lighter I am darker the hair haha. I get pretty pale in winter though, I’m about as light as my near permanently pale brother.
Make sure to eat fatty health foods like egg yolks, that build your skin. Astaxanthin is probably the most powerful supplement to prevent sun damage, but there's also good science on how other colorful foods like spirulina help you tan faster and minimize damage.
Most sun screens have toxic chemicals and many companies put unnesecary endocrine disrupting chemicals in ON PURPOSE. To make your own just use some unprocessed oil like olive oil.
I try to be as naked as possible when it's sunny. It's good for testosterone and I'd rather die sooner (if that's even true) than not have high testosterone. I even make an effort to expose my cherries to the sun. Besides the UV being beneficial in moderation, the other wavelengths are also very important. I use a red light therapy panel every morning too.
No, neither intentionally nor unintentionally. I've never had a tan, I'm almost ghostly pale and I can only sunburn if I don't protect my skin well enough. Don't wanna get skin cancer, so SPF 50 is mandatory.
Yes, but I use an SPF 50… I would never recommend trying to tan using SPF50 unless (like me) you live somewhere with near year ‘round beach weather! It takes a long time, but you get there and minimize your risk of DNA damage from the sun!
I used to when I was really young but not anymore. My girlfriend does in moderation because I prefer dark skin on a woman. But that's just my preference. My vices are cigars and coffee. But I haven't had a cigar in a LONG time. last time I lit up was sometime last year. Once in a while they're great with a good creamy style coffee. I mostly just do the light and medium light cigars and only the long leaf usually Hondoran or Dominican. I like my stuff pretty tame.
We need sun. Vitamin D, absolutely critical for our immune system, is manufactured by the body in the sun light. And NOT through a window. There are too many befits to the sun. But Skin damage the sun has been vilified for is more to do with stupid humans than the star itself. You can damage yourself by too much of anything, even water. So stop getting burned and tan to build tolerance.
Under sunlight, UV light specific, the skin gets darker, as a defensive mechanism.
If you get too much sunlight, you get sunburn and after repeatedly over exposing yourself to sunlight, the UV light damages the DNA in the skin cells leading to skin cancer.
And even worse are tanning salons, these are supet harmfull, and i think this is where the "tanning causes cancer" thing stems from.
I tan in the summer from working outside I don’t wear sunscreen. Also I have one arm that is darker tan because it is the arm I put out the window when I’m driving. I am young and invincible so I will be ok for now.
Why the fuck is a NYC slicker talking about this shit? He don't know what it's like to mow 9 hours worth. But he totally makes money off of Drones. Don't question it.
Fuck no. Considering I hate the sun and how sensitive my eyes are I can get blind no fucking way. Even if I use sunscreen and re-apply I will never allow myself to get sun-tanned.
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