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Less Tan People

OhioAngel — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:05:54 GMT

This summer I saw so many less tan and super tan people than ever. Have you noticed in your area? Usually everyone I see is tan but not this year which is nice since I am pale

I dont tan outside in the sun and dont use tanning beds. Now and then I will use a little self tanner but I get lazy

Thru the years I would be in the sun and get really tan but for the past 15 I havent. I see friends and people that I know who get really tan look older and leathery and their skin looks fried!

One friend, her skin looks like leather and she looks 10 or more years older than me.

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Trinity11 — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:41:32 GMT

I live 10 minutes from the beach. The people around where I live are extremely tan. I am one of the few around here that remains fair year round...

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wagirl — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:42:54 GMT

@OhioAngel--no I haven't noticed anyone tans or lack of one--I don't tan anymore. But when I was working in retail, used to be one woman who obviously spent hours in the sun and over the 12 years I worked at that store and saw her, her skin got more wrinkled and saggy and discolored and it was pretty awful looking. She looked older too. But it seems that maybe the tanning products are better as I don't really notice any orange skinned people-- and there were plenty back in the early days of faux tanning

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Meowingkitty — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:44:49 GMT

I live in Arizona and it seems only newcomers tan. We natives know better. Only people who work outside have tans. I like being pasty white. I used to work with a girl from Chicago and she would spend hours tanning. The last time I saw her was maybe 10 years ago and I couldn’t believe how old she looked. She was about 40 and she looked 55-60.

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FranandZoe — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:52:13 GMT

I get a very light tan just by accident. When I see people with dark tans I wonder what they're thinking. I don't even think it's attractive anymore.

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Lucky Charm — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:06:30 GMT

I live at a beach year round (here and at home). The beach is/was packed all summer long with very, very tan people. At night you see sunburned people walking on the boardwalk and around town.

We moved to the beach when I was a teen and I did get tan, but didn't lay out (tort-TURE!!).

I started totally protecting myself from the sun in my late 30's. I don't have tan lines--at all, from the sun. I wear a self tanner that I love. So I am tanned all over. But I'm the lightest tan on the beach.

It really kills me to see young children with with tans. Not good.

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sunshine45 — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:11:01 GMT

no, i have not noticed any more "less tan people" this summer.

i spend a lot of time on and near the beach all year long.

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Sadiesadie — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:21:57 GMT

@Meowingkitty: I was going to say the same thing as I’m also in Arizona. Seems like older newcomers are the ones I see with that leathery skin. I think they start getting so used to that tan that they don’t feel right without it but wind up overdoing it.

I'm not pasty white due to my Mexican heritage but still slather the sunscreen and wear my wide brim hat, sunglasses and my long sleeve spf shirt when I work in the yard. Although I do neglect my legs since I wear shorts. Just had to get a lighter shade of foundation....go figure.

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jlkz — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:22:48 GMT

People are realizing the damage sun can do to skin. Even just being in your car can cause damage to the side of your face that the sun reaches.

I don’t “ sun “ but have had a few things removed from ear to under eye from being a passenger !

It was amazing how long it took to get an appt. with a dermatologist. More amazing was the number of folks who were waiting for their appt. to start or to wait for the next MOHS slicing.

Hopefully, youngsters will get the message earlier than older folks like myself did.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:28:32 GMT

I live in Colorado, at about 7,000 feet above sea level, where the air is thin and the sun is fierce. We get about 20% more UV radiation than at sea level. I stay out of the sun as much as possible but I do use self-tanners during the summer on my legs.

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Shanus — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:40:00 GMT

A very long time ago, being pale was a sign of wealth. It was assumed you had people working outside for you. Then it switched to being tan meant you could afford a tropical vacation and therefore wealthy. Now most people equate not being tan with just plain old fashioned common sense.

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Kardi — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:40:45 GMT

It seems suntanning really got popular back in the ‘60s when I grew up. We all listened to The Beach Boys and longed to look like surfer girls. That’s when the first self-tanners came out. Years before that a suntan was not a desirable look. Pale skin meant you were a member of the wealthy class. A tan meant you had to work at manual labor outside. No matter how hard I tried, I didn’t ever get brown, so gave up. So glad I did. Some friends look much older for having cooked themselves.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:02:56 GMT

In the Far East pale skin is considered a thing of beauty and for many Asians having white skin is an obsession.

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Shanus — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:22:37 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
In the Far East pale skin is considered a thing of beauty and for many Asians having white skin is an obsession.

@SilleeMee The Geishas?

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Scorpio1971 — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:25:51 GMT

I know someone who has sat in sun for 50 years using baby oil & a foil reflector! She has been told by dermatologist to not sit in sun at all because of skin cancer she had removed. She disputes information and is in sun at every opportunity at her pool, others pools or lakes, or goes to beach, but now uses sunscreen believing that will help. Unfortunately sun screen is only partially helpful if used from a young age and she is still adding to the damage inflicted for 50 years. She is constantly RED and it is so unbecoming. Looks like a wrinkled prune all over, face, neck, chest, arm, thighs, legs, but feels she does not look good unless she is "tanned" but her version of tan is "red". I think this must be a self-image body issue, similar to others that unfortunately have body image issues with their weight (anorexia, bulimia) and those with their looks that want plastic surgery. Just hope she is not diagnosed with more serious skin cancer.

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2blonde — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:30:44 GMT

I used to spend hours at the beach (Lake Erie) when I was young. That was when a tan was "in" and you never thought you'd be old enough to see the long term negative results.

I gradually lost interest in tanning and my trips to the condo pool usually meant a couple dips and maybe a half hour of enjoying the sun, then going back home.

This summer we had a brand new pool, but I only visited twice! I'm a jogger, and I still get tan from doing that, but I have some pretty weird tan lines (looking in the mirror after a shower it looks like I'm still wearing my jogging clothes). I'm just lazy about putting sunscreen all over, and I can't even reach my back anymore. I am diligent about protecting my face, though. I have to use darker makeup or my face doesn't look like it belongs to my body.

At nearly 70. I can say without reservation that the sun does age your skin. My skin was always very thin and transparent, but now it's like tissue paper. If I could put on some weight, it might fill out a little I suppose.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:34:18 GMT

Geisha makeup is really an artform to be learned. It takes a bit of training to get it right. The skin underneath the makeup has to be smooth. Before it was known about the dangers of lead, many Geisha and Kabuki performers got ill and some died of lead poisoning found in the white face makeup. Today not so much. @Shanus

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Shanus — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:44:24 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
Geisha makeup is really an artform to be learned. It takes a bit of training to get it right. The skin underneath the makeup has to be smooth. Before it was known about the dangers of lead, many Geisha and Kabuki performers got ill and some died of lead poisoning found in the white face makeup. Today not so much. @Shanus

@SilleeMee Wow. Didn’t know that about their makeup. Good info. Glad no longer dangerous.

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haddon9 — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:50:03 GMT

It's funny what one will notice. I'm a medium olive tone and can tan very easily. However when I go to the beach I always sit under an umbrella. Over the summer I will tan a little but to me it's really not much to think about or notice with other people. Maybe if I were very fair I would tend to notice it more.

However I hate my legs and knees in particular and always notice women who have great legs with envy!

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SilleeMee — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:52:09 GMT

@Shanus,

Another trivial thing about the old-day Geishas...many of them were bald on the top of their heads from wearing their hair pulled up into a very tight ponytail and then having wear the heavy ornaments in the hair made it pull even more. Eventually many resorted to wearing wigs because of their balding.