I just entered this tanning contest thinger! Oh Boy!

[elizabethann]

Good luck. Maybe you'll win. You never know.

[borzoimom]

ohhhhhhhhhhh honey- I read this and my heart sunk- I have had several friends last year battle skin cancer- PLEASE DONT.. please.. I am sure I am wrong but pleaseeeeee dont! I am begging...

[Vela]

Well good luck with that, I hope you win if that's what you want. I hate the way tanning makes the skin look leathery, not to mention the skin cancer issue, so I don't do it myself, but good luck!

[coco-bean]

dont worry everyone, not only do i work there but im trained in what i sell(tanning sessions that is) i know all the risks and health problems that occur. Im not saying im immune to health problems i just no more then the average joe with tanning procedures! I practice safe tanning and pass that to my customers!

[Karen]

From what I have learned, there is no such thing as safe tanning. Tanning is skin damage, and it will show up, sooner rather than later. The only "safe" tan is the sray-on stuff, but who knows how safe that is in the long run!

I never have tanned, my skin always burned, just genetics, but consequently I wore sunscreen, and many women my age that I know used to "tan" have skin that is much wrinklier, more creased and leathery, and I am only 42.

I had a teacher in High school who explained her very wrinkly, leathery skin that way, said when she was in high school everyone envied her dark tan.

All that said, good luck with the contest, okay?

[coco-bean]

thanks for the contest support everyone, it'd be cool to be on a poster or something.
here's a little advice to anyone who wants to take it: the sun is more dangerous than tanning beds. Of course if you burn in a tanning bed more often than in the sun...then the bed is much worse! Happy Safe Tanning Everyone(that goes for me too)

[Lady's Human]

Being that tanning is the skin's response to excessive radiation, and an attempt to avoid further damage, there is no logical way to assume that tanning in any fashion is safe.

[RedHedd]

From what I have learned, there is no such thing as safe tanning. Tanning is skin damage, and it will show up, sooner rather than later.

What she said, or is this a joke? I noticed you posted pictures of your dog - you are joking, right? There's nothing funny or to be commended about a tanning contest IMHO. There can be no winner, as the grand prize is skin cancer or death. Not a glamourous look in my book.

[Lady's Human]

then i recomend staying inside for the rest of your life

No need. I spend a great deal of time outside. I control my exposure by dressing properly.

Being that the holes in the Ozone layer appear to be cyclical and centered on the poles (Less radiation=less ozone) I don't think we have too much to worry about on that score for the time being. The chemicals which were harming the ozone layer (in theory) have now been banned for years.