Quote Originally Posted by Donnaj4962
I am sorry that you are burned so bad. I used to burn terribly also, but now, for some reason, I only burn slightly, and then the next day it is a tan.

Donna, what happens is that your burn (the damage to your skin) has lost its redness (the damage is still there, and still damage), and your skin has done the naturally protective thing, with the release of the melolin (sic)and a tan has appeared. But, do not kid yourself, or anyone else that reads this- a burn does not 'turn' into a tan. That would be like saying burnt toast, if left out of the toaster long enough, resorts back to bread. More precisely, if you scrape the burnt part of the toast off, you do get the lighter, original toasted look back. Just like your skin with a burn.

The sun, tanning beds, either one is dangerous, and BOTH cause skin cancer. Tanning 'naturally' is just as bad as tanning 'on purpose'. It is damaging to your skin all the same.