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Old Feb 05, 2008, 03:34 PM
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lol Balish, my husband says that I'm so white that I glow in the dark!

All kidding aside though, it's dangerous, not as dangerous as the actual sun I think. One of my twins was playing outside one spring morning and I've always been vigilant about sunscreen, (always used the 50 babyface) but the sunscreen must have been outdated or something, he really got burned bad. The doctor warned that another sunburn within 5 years would be very dangerous.

All three boys have very fair skin and freckers like me. My daughter is slighly darker (my husband has dark skin) but insists upon tanning. She too uses the "I won't get burned" excuse. Darn kids these day!

To be honest, I'm not even sure what the dangers are now, when tanning beds first came out they were supposed to be harmless and fair skinned people were encouraged to tan so that they didn't burn. And I have heard that a tanning bed helps with depression. I don't know if that's true or an old wives tale.
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