By Ellowise - 24/12/2009 10:06 - Belgium

Today, I used the tanning booth for the first time. Not only was I so white that I received first-degree burns all over my body, but I also forgot to remove my knee-high socks. FML
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Bumlove89 0

At first I thought, oh that sucks, but then I read the high knee socks and decided that you're an idiot.

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bluedoll 1

That sucks...but how do you FORGET to take off socks? Speaking as an ex-tanner myself, I know you don't FORGET to take off anything in those overly warm little beds. Oh, and YDI for tanning. I stopped because I learned about the health risks. If you have lovely, pale skin, keep it that way. Use a SELF tanner for color.

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CyclonePsycho 1

You go to tanning booths during the winter? Why?

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SimplySweetness 0

That's what happens when you want to join the fake and have the lovely orange glow - it usually results in EPIC FAIL!

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ImARockstarr 0

If I wanted to use a tanning bed, I'd probably try it first during the winter like the OP. It makes sense. This way, if something goes wrong or it looks terrible, I can still cover it up with winter clothes. Cut them a little slack, guys. Going during the winter first time makes sense...

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lawlren 0

Going to the tanning bed at all is stupid, unless you WANT to have cancer.

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justsummerxo 0

I am pretty pale naturally and tan once or twice a week in the lowest bed possible for the lowest time possible, it builds up a tan and is safer for your skin.. I'm not sure how you wouldn't realize the socks were still on but it is possible not to burn and not to get skin cancer

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Alphabetica 0

Safer for your skin than what? Suncream? I highly doubt sunbeds can ever be 'safer' for your skin...I could be wrong though.

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CheshireHalli 19

If you get a base tan, you supposedly won't burn AS easy... Eh, I'm pale anyway. lol

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lem0n_fml 0

"Building up a tan" is just as bad as getting a tan quickly. Tanning is your body's natural defense against UV rays. When you're exposed to UV rays, your skin basically produces more melanin to block UVs from getting in. So yes, tanner people have a better defense against UVs, but their skin has been damaged more in order to get that tan. Regardless of how long it takes you to get tan, you still have just as much damage done to your skin. So no, building up a tan or having a "base tan" is not safer by any means.

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XOfiestypixie 0

Getting a "base tan" also doesn't mean you don't have to wear sun screen in the summer as well, as most girls seem to believe. You will still burn and still have the increased risk of skin cancer.

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haildixie 0

This exactly. I don't understand why people think they need to tan anyway. A tan is skin damage, period. Also, didn't the poster realize that you're only supposed to stay in a tanning bed something like five minutes the first time?

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fudrick 0

First degree burns are normal sunburns, it just irritates the top of the skin. First degree sunburns are nothing compared to second degree sunburns.

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Sazula 2

Oh yeah, that's a laugh a minute, especially when it gets infected! Lol :-P

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iloverichardhell 0

despite it being your first time, YDI. any tanning salon SHOULD and most likely will ask if its your first time and figure out the right amount of time for you to be in it. the only reason you would be burned is if A) you went against what the counter person said and asked for a longer time anyways, or B) the counter guy is stupid. AND- definitely YDI for the socks thing.. most tanning salons will also tell you everything you need to know before getting into the bed, which includes removing any clothing that covers anywhere you want to get tanned. they recommend you wear ONLY a swimming suit, if that, and before tanning, even out at the beach, you should always make sure that there is nothing on you that you dont want covered in your tan. and depending on how bad the burn is and how white your skin is under the socks, it may take years for the tan line to go away.. i went to hawaii and wore board shorts in a convertible and forgot to wear sunblock.. this was at least 3 years ago and i still have a very clear tan line, despite spending my summers in the sun and trying a tanning booth to get rid of the lines. nothings worked.. so youd better hope that its not that severe of a difference so that you dont look silly forever.

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not_an_angel 0

:O the colour difference between my tanned and my not tanned skin always disapears after... 1 to 2 months! what the heck kind of skin do you have? or do you have a partner that maybe thinks its quite en rubs you (partially) in with tanning creme? (A)

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musicislife1995_fml 0

who forgets their knee high socks in a tanning booth? YDI for being an idiot

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mannup1234 0

uuuuuuuuuuuuuum, question, how does anybody forget to take off knee high socks? i can maybe understand if it was ankle socks, but knee highs? where you can actually feel them up your leg? come on.

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hjordis 2

Well I feel the opposite. Ankle socks really bother me, and I'd notice I'm wearing them, but I can forget that I'm wearing knee highs. It's still her fault though.

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lem0n_fml 0

No shit, that's the very definition of cancer.

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