Sun tanning

[PetiteParisienne]

I find it tacky and desperate, if I'm completely honest. There is nothing wrong with a natural tan from being active outside. But going out of your way to fry in the sun for the sake of an irrational and dangerous 'beauty' standard is unhealthy.

[Richard]

UV A are healthy
UV B are dangerous
Natural tan and moderate sun exposure are good for skin ,bones and mind.

[Corvus]

Here in Ausria even in winter
many people visit "solariums" and in
extreme cases that`s the result

[Eva]

Natural tanning is healthy, and looks nice. Going to the beach and staying under the sun for hours with this only purpose is sick and dangerous.

Yes, dangerous, indeed! There was a time I was obsessed with the idea to tan a lot and see how dark skin would look on me. So I stayed in the sun for some two hours without any cream. The result was red skin as a chicken broiled in the oven. In the evening I had fever, high temperature and doctors came to my rescue. For some two weeks my skin was still red and very painful and only afterwards it got some darker tone. After that incident I have phobia from the sun.

[Corvus]

Not pale skin is more "comfortable" as it better hides various blemishes.

That`s true and I think also the main reason why people like to do it.

[Eva]

It was your own fault.

yeah I know, I was a silly child

[riverman]

Theres major sun where I live, so going out casually you can still tan, I tan to a degree, but not that much, just to get some color. IMO it depends on the person, what kind of complexion they naturally have, and how they tan.
A healthy tan can make women look sexy, but so can being pale.

[Scrapple]

I tend to burn rather than tan so I prefer natural skin color. We don't need that much sun exposure to get sufficient Vitamin D.

http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Vit...hProfessional/

The factors that affect UV radiation exposure and research to date on the amount of sun exposure needed to maintain adequate vitamin D levels make it difficult to provide general guidelines. It has been suggested by some vitamin D researchers, for example, that approximately 5–30 minutes of sun exposure between 10 AM and 3 PM at least twice a week to the face, arms, legs, or back without sunscreen usually lead to sufficient vitamin D synthesis

[Aviane]

Sun Tanning is good if it is natural for some people but then too much isn't always good.

Tanning is not good for those who can't tan and especially for the ones who just burn.

Which at times can lead to cancer and has affect on the body.

Here is some rough chart that explains which people have to highest amount of skin cancer acoording to it:


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Rank Countries Amount

# 1 Netherlands: 433 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Netherlands

# 2 Italy: 418 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Italy

# 3 Hungary: 411 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Hungary

# 4 Luxembourg: 409.7 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Luxembourg

# 5 Slovakia: 405.3 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Slovakia

# 6 Ireland: 357.6 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Ireland

# 7 Czech Republic: 335.4 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Czech Republic

# 8 New Zealand: 327.3 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in New Zealand

# 9 United States: 321.9 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in United States

# 10 Australia: 298.9 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Australia

# 11 Norway: 289.4 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Norway

# 12 France: 286.1 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in France

# 13 Austria: 280 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Austria

# 14 Sweden: 268.2 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Sweden

# 15 Finland: 255.4 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in Finland

# 16 United Kingdom: 253.5 deaths per 100,000 peopl
Health in United Kingdom

Total: 5,350.7 deaths per 100,000 peopl

Weighted average: 334.4 deaths per 100,000 peopl

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/he...th-from-cancer

Here is another example:
http://www.txchnologist.com/2011/10-...t-cancer-rates

Here is a slightly later study:

According to World Cancer Research Fund International there were an estimated 12.7 million cancer cases around the world in 2008, the last year complete statistics were available. Approximately 6.6 million cases were in men and 6.0 million in women. This number is expected to increase to 21 million by 2030.

The most common cancer occurring throughout the world for both sexes is lung cancer, with 13 percent of the new cases annually. Second on the list for women is breast cancer, with 1.4 million new cases each year; for men, it is prostate cancer with 1.1 million. Colorectal cancer comes in third, with a combined 1.2 million new cases.

The top 10 countries with the highest rates of cancer are all industrialized nations, with six occurring in Europe, two in the Americas, and the remaining two in the Oceania region. Research from GLOBOCAN* found the rate for all cancers (for cancers that occur in men and women) was 1.7 times higher in more developed compared with less developed countries, with 255 cases of cancer diagnosed per 100,000 in the more developed regions, compared to 149 in less developed regions.

Your (un)illustrious top 10:

1.Denmark

2.Ireland

3.Australia

4.New Zealand

5.Belgium

6.France (metropolitan)

7.United States of America

8.Norway

9.Canada

10.Czech Republic

http://www.healthnews.com/en/news/To...79hJPa9mw8tZJ/

[Aviane]

Personally the countries that are not good for any tanning is Australia, Ireland and Britain in my view.

Scotland and Ireland especially are the ones with the highest rates of cancer.

But not to say no one else will not get it but it is more with those countries more.