For most of the world, we look forward to when the weather starts to warm up so that we can get outside to enjoy the warmth and good feelings of the sun. Some people can’t wait that long and decide to do tanning booths, not only to darken their skin, which they believe makes them look healthier, but to prepare their bodies for the sun that they’ll be getting a lot more of in good weather.

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Although our bodies need Vitamin D, which comes from the sun, the truth is that most people have a great misunderstanding of what they need to do to protect themselves in their goal of getting tanned, whether it’s indoors or outdoors. Here are some myths that we’d like to get out of the way for you.

After trying so hard to obtain a healthy tan for a lot of us it would be a pity to let it fade away. There are some tricks that can be applied in order for you to enjoy more of your chocolate looking skin.

Normally the bronze color of your skin is given by the pigment situated in your epidermal layer. In time, due to natural exfoliation of the cells and due to cosmetic treatments like peeling and gommage, the tan will fade away. These procedures should be done within a week before going in vacation and exposing your body to the sun. Also, avoid taking long showers or baths as they will have a resembling effect on your skin as cosmetic exfoliation has.

For a lot of people going to the beach can be a source of stress. This is because sunburns occur most frequent during the first days of relaxation on the beach. People are either using an inadequate sun-block cream for their type of skin or they don’t use it at all considering that the sun is skin friendly.


For those who have a mediterranean type of skin, sun should not be a problem when talking about sunburns. These lucky people can use a low factor sun-block cream or lotion as they will never get burned if lying on the beach. Unfortunately light skinned people are obliged to use during the first days of tanning a 40+ sun-block lotion, and some of them still get burned.

Solarium and skin cancer: What you choose is…what you get!

Women have always had a strange sense of following beauty trends, even though this might have assumed making a few sacrifices: high heeled shoes that ‘kill’ our legs and backs after one day of wearing them; tight clothes that stop us from breathing; low waist blue jeans that expose our abdomen to cold and a lot more fashionable items that we desperately buy are the cause of our health problems.

Fashion does not only make us wear uncomfortable clothes, it also makes us sacrifice our health so that we can be trendy and glamorous. But is this worth it? Is a moment of glam equal to a lifetime of hospital visits afterwards?