Tanning

[CCI]

Does any of you BPers Tan? I work at a fitness club that has tanning beds, so I take full advantage of the free membership.

 

[djtidebuck]

I have never utilized a tanning bed. It is hard to maintain a good "farmer's tan" in one of those things.

 

[BuckNutty]

I have never utilized a tanning bed. It is hard to maintain a good "farmer's tan" in one of those things.

I suppose wearing a t-shirt in there wouldn't work.

 

[scooter1369]

I have never utilized a tanning bed. It is hard to maintain a good "farmer's tan" in one of those things.

Just wear your "hand me down" Dusty Rhodes/Barry Windham T-shirt into the tanning bed.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

No fake bake for me. There's plenty of natural UV rays up here in the high country.

 

[djtidebuck]

I suppose wearing a t-shirt in there wouldn't work.

That has never occurred to me.

 

[NFBuck]

Just wear your "hand me down" Dusty Rhodes/Barry Windham T-shirt into the tanning bed.

 

[PrincessPeach]

Hell no. I'll take pasty over melanoma, thanks.

 

[djtidebuck]

H*#l no. I'll take pasty over melanoma, thanks.

Please explain.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Hell no. I'll take pasty over melanoma, thanks.

For sure.

 

[MolGenBuckeye]

Hell no. I'll take pasty over melanoma, thanks.

Same here. Plenty of carcinogens out there without actively seeking more out.

 

[PrincessPeach]

Not to mention the fact that I don't really want to look seventy when I'm forty.

It's been shown that tanning beds are actually more harmful than the sun.

 

[Taosman]

TOPIC: Artificial Tanning Booths and Cancer
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Long-term exposure to artificial sources of ultraviolet rays like tanning beds (or to the sun's natural rays) increases both men and women's risk of developing skin cancer. In addition, exposure to tanning salon rays increases damage caused by sunlight because ultraviolet light actually thins the skin, making it less able to heal. Women who use tanning beds more than once a month are 55 percent more likely to develop malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.
According to the National Cancer Institute, more than one million people are diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer in the United States every year. In fact, non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the country. Forty to 50 percent of Americans who live to age 65 will have this form of skin cancer at least once. These are startling statistics for a cancer that can, for the most part, be prevented.

 

[DaytonBuck]

You wouldn't want to look like that when you're 40 peach?

 

[coastalbuck]

CCI must be that guy that does the Baked Lays commercial "He really knows Baked."