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Why are american women so obsessed with being tan? I see many putting dangerous

 
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Why are american women so obsessed with being tan? I see many putting dangerous
creams on their bodies like iodine and baby oil and sitting under those tanning beds for hours...

This is very dangerous and causes cancers


Why are americans in particular so obsessed with looking "tan"??

I travel overseas and the fair skinned European women don't seem to care how fair they are in general.



I have relatives who are>> I would go so far as to say.... "pathologically" obsessed with this tanning business...

They slap iodine and baby oil on their bodies almost EVERYDAY

Can this cause cancer over time? This just seems so dangerous to me

I don't say anything for fear they would have a "fit"


What is it with this tan business?

I see so many tanning places around as well doing big business...

Did no see one in the place I was in Europe NOT one...

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i don't know..i personally like the pale white gothy looking ones.

or the pale redheads with freckles.

being pale myself, the sun is not my friend. i just burn.
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No idea, it's not in the least bit attractive.
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I'll be laughing in 20 years when I'm still hot and they'll all look like leathery Shar Peis.
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Tanned skin is considered exotic and sexier than simple pale dead white skin without any color. The most exotic looking beautiful women I've seen so far are from pakistan. They have this olive colored skin that most white women are dying to get. Literally! They've gone crazy! It not just causes cancer but also ages you faster. Your skin becomes leather like and you start looking 20 years older than your age.
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It's addictive, people think they look far worse without a tan once they experience the whole tanning feeing
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Re: Why are american women so obsessed with being tan? I see many putting dangerous
i don't know..i personally like the pale white gothy looking ones.

or the pale redheads with freckles.

being pale myself, the sun is not my friend. i just burn.
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I burn really bad..I've had some bad experiences when I was little..

My husband likes me pale, so it's staying.

I was born a redhead and I'm Polish and Irish, so that's a double whammy. lol
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Re: Why are american women so obsessed with being tan? I see many putting dangerous
creams on their bodies like iodine and baby oil and sitting under those tanning beds for hours...

This is very dangerous and causes cancers


Why are americans in particular so obsessed with looking "tan"??

I travel overseas and the fair skinned European women don't seem to care how fair they are in general.



I have relatives who are>> I would go so far as to say.... "pathologically" obsessed with this tanning business...

They slap iodine and baby oil on their bodies almost EVERYDAY

Can this cause cancer over time? This just seems so dangerous to me

I don't say anything for fear they would have a "fit"


What is it with this tan business?

I see so many tanning places around as well doing big business...

Did no see one in the place I was in Europe NOT one...

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as long as they are getting enough cholesterol or able to make it then they will benefit immensely from the sun tan beds and the sun, as it will produce vitamin d3.

this is fantastic at fighting cancers and keeping the immune system healthy.

the only problem is the creams, they are probably carcinogens themselves.
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It's addictive, people think they look far worse without a tan once they experience the whole tanning feeing
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ofcourse vitamin d3 is addictive it makes you feel good as your immune system gets an immediate boost.
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Re: Why are american women so obsessed with being tan? I see many putting dangerous
I've never heard of putting iodine on your skin to get tan.

I think part of it is to get a base tan before going on vacation so when your out all day in the sun you don't burn the first hour and then have a crap vacation for the rest of the week. But, yeah, there are people who use it as a make-up type thing. If it makes them happy, it's their decision. What I really don't like is seeing mothers slathering cancer causing sun screen on their young children all of the time.
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It's addictive, people think they look far worse without a tan once they experience the whole tanning feeing
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ofcourse vitamin d3 is addictive it makes you feel good as your immune system gets an immediate boost.
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10000 IU's in just 5 minutes,
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they want snake flesh prometheus dick in all their holes and swallow slime goo shit
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Re: Why are american women so obsessed with being tan? I see many putting dangerous
American women should give it up. They are fools. I love the look of the fair skinned English women with a blush you can see to their cheeks. Met a girl from Sussex years ago and couldn't take my eyes off her. She looked much better than our American girls and the obsession with tanning wasn't even so bad back then. Plus she wasn't on a perpetual diet and tore into her food at lunch. I liked seeing that too.
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I've never heard of putting iodine on your skin to get tan.

I think part of it is to get a base tan before going on vacation so when your out all day in the sun you don't burn the first hour and then have a crap vacation for the rest of the week. But, yeah, there are people who use it as a make-up type thing. If it makes them happy, it's their decision. What I really don't like is seeing mothers slathering cancer causing sun screen on their young children all of the time.
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iodine stains skin, thats why they use it.

but skin doesnt need any help tanning, it does this best when there is nothing on the skin to impede the uva/b light,
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Untrue women tan darkly here too and yes we have plenty of tanning beds usually at the gym.
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Re: Why are american women so obsessed with being tan? I see many putting dangerous
I've never heard of putting iodine on your skin to get tan.

I think part of it is to get a base tan before going on vacation so when your out all day in the sun you don't burn the first hour and then have a crap vacation for the rest of the week. But, yeah, there are people who use it as a make-up type thing. If it makes them happy, it's their decision. What I really don't like is seeing mothers slathering cancer causing sun screen on their young children all of the time.
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iodine stains skin, thats why they use it.

but skin doesnt need any help tanning, it does this best when there is nothing on the skin to impede the uva/b light,
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Can "staining" the skin cause cancer ??


One of my relatives has already been diagnosed with a melanoma in the thigh

had a large part removed and now a large scar in the upper thigh is obvious....

still in denial what caused this...uses iodine and baby oil almost everyday and sits in the sun daily
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Re: Why are american women so obsessed with being tan? I see many putting dangerous
I've never heard of putting iodine on your skin to get tan.

I think part of it is to get a base tan before going on vacation so when your out all day in the sun you don't burn the first hour and then have a crap vacation for the rest of the week. But, yeah, there are people who use it as a make-up type thing. If it makes them happy, it's their decision. What I really don't like is seeing mothers slathering cancer causing sun screen on their young children all of the time.
 Quoting: D'Light


iodine stains skin, thats why they use it.

but skin doesnt need any help tanning, it does this best when there is nothing on the skin to impede the uva/b light,
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19516783


Can "staining" the skin cause cancer ??


One of my relatives has already been diagnosed with a melanoma in the thigh

had a large part removed and now a large scar in the upper thigh is obvious....

still in denial what caused this...uses iodine and baby oil almost everyday and sits in the sun daily
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probably caused by bad diet at some critical point in their life coupled with the use of sun tan lotions.

and when they cut it up like the butchers they are they probably spread the melanoma.
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I love sunshine but not because I'm obsessed with tanning, I love the warmth of the sun, it feels good. I have olive skin and I tan easily in twenty minutes or less "with" sunblock. I don't lay out in the sun, I do gardening, hiking, other outdoor stuff. I'm vitamin d defecient so I need some sunshine, the morning sun is the best.
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It's addictive, people think they look far worse without a tan once they experience the whole tanning feeing
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ofcourse vitamin d3 is addictive it makes you feel good as your immune system gets an immediate boost.
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10000 IU's in just 5 minutes,
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It's not the same and it's hard on the kidneys.
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10000 IU's in just 5 minutes.

Telling you all the truth here ; 3-5 minutes in the tanning bed every day only makes sense if you're inside all the time and you get a healthy glow.

I do a few minutes in the morning, but I spray tan in the summer. Call that the rope-a-dope.
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Re: Why are american women so obsessed with being tan? I see many putting dangerous
its the same in Aus.
when i was a teenager i remember a friends brother at the pool saying to me;
"when are you going to get a tan?youd be pretty if you had a tan"

i just dont tan.i glow in the dark.
sun makes me go red peel and go white again.

in my 20s i had a bf who was horrified to find me trying to catch some sun.I never realised he liked my "milk skin" and i was so grateful not all men like the stereotypical projections of tanned women.

now..i love being fair,i dont tan and i dont want to.
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banana dance
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Iodine is good for you. A breast with sufficient iodine will not get cancer. The sun is also good for you.
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America is not nearly as bad as Austrailia. That place is basically a giant Jersey Shore, dudes and girls are all orange. Then the girls use white/light pink lipstick. Its a nightmare.
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Results are worth it I suppose.
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Iodine and baby oil is both a path of aging quickly and cancer.

They look like prunes by the age of 35 and get cancer and die by 55.

I know of someone who has done this combo for years and had a softball size of tissue cut from their leg but still put on the concoction and lay in the sun.

I had a teacher die at 55 of skin cancer.

When I was in high school. She told the kids she was dying and the reason why.

She said ; after years of applying iodine and baby oil on her skin ; she was finally diagnosed with cancer.

She told us NOT to do this to our bodies and to buy into societies vile neuroses.

To love yourself as you are.....

She died the next year.

True story.
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Effective brainwashing

that somehow tanned skin is sexy and white skin is not

A lot of it comes from the film industry I believe.
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all that damage you incur when you are young, even in your teens gives you skin cancer when you get into your 40's and 50's
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Modern society is filled with neuroses of many different kinds.

This is just one of them.





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