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This summer I really want a nice tan without getting skin cancer!
This summer I really want a nice tan so I can go back to school looking good, but I can't tan outside because I always burn or I don't get tan at all! I really want to get a membership at the tanning bed but I'm only 15 and my mom says that the tanning bed will give you skin cancer. Well i know all this and the sun gives you skin cancer too, so I don't see why I can't just go to the tanning bed. My older sister who's 19 goes to there and my mom doesn't care (well because she's old enough to on her own), but I don't know what to do. I just want a nice tan :(
By the way you're so great at giving advice! Keep up the good work!
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hey my name is evan and im 15 to. be careful i have melanoma for the second time and am going to start chemo next month. the doctor theres a good chance im dying from it. i did chemo the last time i had it and if i live i will never be able to have kids cause of the chemo. u need to think about the risk and the possible side effects you are putting yourself at when wanting to tan. be careful and good luck
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Tanning beds are really bad for you, and are worse than laying out in the sun. The best solution here is tanning lotion. Buy one that isnt too much darker than you already are, and then build up to a darker one. Gradual is good. Keep wearing it every day, and tanning lotions dont turn you orange! THey look most natural.
do NOT do a spray on tan yourself. I tried this once, and not only was I orange, but I had uneven streaks all over my body and I followed the directions exactly. Spray on tans at a salon are okay, but kind of expensive and you still end up looking kind of orange.
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Self-tanner is your best bet. Tanning beds are actually more dangerous than being out in the sun, because often users will try to accelerate their tans and will abuse the beds, damaging their skin seriously in the process.
Honestly, if you burn, you need to protect your skin. You are naturally more susceptible to U.V. damage, and more likely to get skin cancer than someone who does tan naturally.
Use a lotion with self-tanner in it, or you can even get a spray tan; they look pretty good.
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try spray tanning at a tanning place.
or self tanning lotions.
also. when you tan outside. you have to do it gradually. you burn becasue you dont have enough sunblock on and because you are out there for too long.
if you do it gradually you will build a tan. it takes time. just like everything else.
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