Sunburnt people = divs

[Riff]

If anyone else here was at Glastonbury in 1995, you will recall it was an absolute scorcher. I was slapping the factor 20 on every couple of hours and being all sensible. By mid-Thursday afternoon, one of our lot was starting to go a bit red-cheeked which I pointed out to her. She reckoned that because she went brown without cream on abroad, she would go brown in Somerset - FOOL! All she had with her was ordinary moisturiser to use as after-sun and turned down my offer of sun cream.

This was the result!

She spent the rest of the weekend covered up, swollen and stiff!

 

[rich!]

If anyone else here was at Glastonbury in 1995, you will recall it was an absolute scorcher. I was slapping the factor 20 on every couple of hours and being all sensible.

I think that was the year I got radiation burns on my knees. I had leggings, a hat and long sleeves, but forgot that the holes in the leggings would let the sun through...

 

[madzone]

If anyone else here was at Glastonbury in 1995, you will recall it was an absolute scorcher. I was slapping the factor 20 on every couple of hours and being all sensible. By mid-Thursday afternoon, one of our lot was starting to go a bit red-cheeked which I pointed out to her. She reckoned that because she went brown without cream on abroad, she would go brown in Somerset - FOOL! All she had with her was ordinary moisturiser to use as after-sun and turned down my offer of sun cream.

This was the result!

She spent the rest of the weekend covered up, swollen and stiff!

She doesn't look particularly red in that photo

 

[AnMarie]

*agrees with orang utan*

I generally dont need sunblock because I simply avoid exposing my skin to the sun.

It confuses me that people know how damaging exposing skin to strong sunlight is and yet they still do it! *rollseyes*

 

[madzone]

Are tanned people gonna be the new chavs then?

 

[moonsi til]

I like being tanned but I will still use a factor 25/30 and more often these days 40. I buy a factor 25 for my face. Im crap at lying out in the sun but when on holiday I don't mind going on long walks (not midday) in order to to procure a tan .

 

[41132n]

I do hope that there is a lot of jocularity in some people's responses.

An uncle of mine worked outside all his life without any protection [ not even a shirt ] and lvoed to lie out in the sun all day long when on holiday.

He has had cancerous growths removed from his head,neck,face and arms. His latest armlumpectomy was tested and found to be an aggressive cancerous growth.

And he still won't use any protection.....

PS - guideline minimum is SPF15 for adults

 

[madzone]

I like being tanned but I will still use a factor 25/30 and more often these days 40. I buy a factor 25 for my face. Im crap at lying out in the sun but when on holiday I don't mind going on long walks (not midday) in order to to procure a tan .

How do you get a tan using factor 40? I use that on the kids and they don't burn - even here.

 

[geminisnake]

Never use sunscreen with a lower factor of 15.

I was actually pleased my mate moaned at me to get factor 15 before I went to Italy, I tanned nicely, F8 probably wouldn't have been enough

 

[Sweaty Betty]

This thread has shown that as far as sun exposure is concerned we are all different and the pigment of our skin can vary, even when categorized....

I have freckles and dark reddish hair, used to burn as a child....

But now with factor 15 for most of my body and 35 for face, shoulders, knees
and feet, i go a nice light tan colour over a period of time...

Little and often i find is the key for me.....

 

[madzone]

I think I've got me wires crossed. Is it ok to be tanned as long as you haven't burnt yourself to get there?

 

[Sweaty Betty]

I think I've got me wires crossed. Is it ok to be tanned as long as you haven't burnt yourself to get there?

I think that opinion is going to vary as well, depending on who you are on here of course

You shouldnt have to wait too long to find out

 

[5T3R30TYP3]

Haven't you worked out that when the sun is hot, it can burn the skin?

The sun is ALWAYS hot, you fucking div.

However, I agree that some sunburnt people are divs, IF they could have avoided it, and in most cases there is no reason why they couldn't have sat in the shade, or taken some sun lotion with them just in case, or worn some long-sleeved white clothes, or a hat, or whatever.

But, who reallly gives a shit? If you're not the one who's burnt red, crispy, and cancer-prone, then what does it matter to you?

 

[SubZeroCat]

I think I've got me wires crossed. Is it ok to be tanned as long as you haven't burnt yourself to get there?

Well a tan is technically a burn, so not really. But as long as you're using the right SPF sunscreen with a minimum of 4 star UVA/UVB rating and you build up your tan over a period of time (this means gradually getting your skin used to the sun, say if you're on holiday) and remembering to be extra careful with your face, shoulders, chest etc then it's alright.

The most dangerous thing to do is what a lot of holiday makers do - expose their skin to intense bursts of sunlight for 2 weeks or whatever, especially if they are using a low factor sunscreen.

 

[madzone]

The most dangerous thing to do is what a lot of holiday makers do - expose their skin to intense bursts of sunlight for 2 weeks or whatever, especially if they are using a low factor sunscreen.

Especially when they clog up your local A&E with their red raw sunburn

However, what's making me a bit confused is that this thread is populated by people who are quite likely to be found bemoaning the fact that they got absolutely mashed in the head at the weekend, people who smoke and people who drink, yet a bit of sunburn is an act of heinous irresponsibility

 

[aqua]

I don't get why people let themselves get burnt, its not exactly hard to put on some cream is it

I use a min of factor 25 and have some 60 which is a godsend for skin like mine

 

[madzone]

Well, I let myself get tanned because I look better that way

 

[SubZeroCat]

However, what's making me a bit confused is that this thread is populated by people who are quite likely to be found bemoaning the fact that they got absolutely mashed in the head at the weekend, people who smoke and people who drink, yet a bit of sunburn is an act of heinous irresponsibility

I'm concerned because I inherited my dad's pale Irish skin, I have freckles and moles on my face and moles on my arms and some on my legs. Apparently if you have summat like more than 20 you're at more of a risk and I do.

I'm not that much of a cainer/smoker etc (in fact, I'm cutting down cos it's boring now).

 

[Guineveretoo]

I am not sunburnt, because I avoid the sun as much as possible, but I am suffering from heat- and sun- stroke, which has provided me with a spectacularly itchy rash on those parts of my skin which were exposed (okay, I know that bit could have been improved if I had put sunblock on - fair cop, gov), a splitting headache and a very upset stomach.

And I never, ever sunbathe. I was merely working in the garden at the weekend, and then got stuck on a very, very hot bus yesterday with no water to drink.

Currently, I can't get to work, because I can't stay more than a few feet from a toilet! The same thing kept me awake most of the night.

It is SO not good.

 

[Orang Utan]

But, who reallly gives a shit? If you're not the one who's burnt red, crispy, and cancer-prone, then what does it matter to you?

It doesn't - I'm just pointing and laughing at them and slapping their backs

 

[Orang Utan]

The sun is ALWAYS hot, you fucking div.

It's hotter on hot sunny days though innit?

 

[oddworld]

Why do people think that a high factor means you won't tan - thats what gets me

 

[EastEnder]

It's hotter on hot sunny days though innit?

Doesn't have to feel hot to get sunburnt - you can burn very quickly in an Arctic summer, despite it being below freezing.

Probably safest if all of us wear all-in-one tin foil body suits.

 

[such and such]

That's true that it doesn't have to feel hot to get sunburnt. I've only been burnt a couple times the last 5 years or so and it has been when it was both windy and sunny, so I don't feel that hot at the time.

 

[EastEnder]

Why do people think that a high factor means you won't tan - thats what gets me

Cos they're fick, innit.

 

[geminisnake]

Is it ok to be tanned as long as you haven't burnt yourself to get there?

Yes(imo)

I've always wanted to be chinese skin colour, dunno why I just think it's a lovely colour.

 

[madzone]

It's hotter on hot sunny days though innit?

Not if it's windy

 

[madzone]

Cos they're fick, innit.

Or because through putting factor 40 on my kids they stay white as a sheet?

You fucking lunneners don't know nuffin about the sun

 

[Orang Utan]

Why do people think that a high factor means you won't tan - thats what gets me

Cos the higher factors are labelled Sunblock?
I buy 35 and don't expect ANY UV to be let in - I don't want a tan - should I get a higher factor?

 

[floopadelic]

I am not sunburnt, because I avoid the sun as much as possible, but I am suffering from heat- and sun- stroke, which has provided me with a spectacularly itchy rash on those parts of my skin which were exposed (okay, I know that bit could have been improved if I had put sunblock on - fair cop, gov), a splitting headache and a very upset stomach.

And I never, ever sunbathe. I was merely working in the garden at the weekend, and then got stuck on a very, very hot bus yesterday with no water to drink.

Heatstroke is truly awful - I sympathize 'cos being on a hot bus or train with no air and no water is a nightmare for me

My face gets tingly even when I have factor 30 on I use factor 60 kiddies stuff if it's proper sunny. I've never managed to get a tan with lower factor creams - just a bit red and blotchy!