Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.
Sunbathing
Mendonca In Asdas
Posts: 22,650
Anyone on here do it regularly, any tips?
Obviously do not want to get skin cancer, but a tan was about the best thing I took away from the Sutton match!
Obviously do not want to get skin cancer, but a tan was about the best thing I took away from the Sutton match!
0
Comments
-
1. remove clothing
2. apply suncream (minimum Factor 30)
3. lay down.
If you want to tan your front, lie on your back. If you want to tan your back, lie on your front.
All of the above generally works best in sunny conditions. It doesn't work if you are indoors or in heavy shade.
My general rule of thumb is that if it's raining, don't waste your time.69 -
Some great advice on this thread. CL is a life saver sometimes.4
-
Four things The first is don't get a tan - it is not worth it. Second, if you really must I'd try Banana Boat SPF 50; the kids version, it is cheaper and is what I use. I have to, just to go out of the house. Third, always wear very high quality sun glasses with 100% UVA/UVB protection - the last thing you want is an eye melanoma. Fourth, use a hat, preferably cowboy style* but if you don't want to look like a prat, get a genuine Panama, (one of these because they just roll up if you are not wearing it).
Years of being in the sun has trashed my skin. (Particularly the right hand side of my face, probably because I always used to drive with the window down.)
My first batch of skin cancer was diagnosed 27 years ago. This year alone I have had 9 bits sliced out of my face and scalp in two separate operations. It doesn't go away and is not fun.
* Get a Bailey rather than a Stetson, they are better IMO.
Edited to add: fun fact of the day Panama hats are made in Equador, not Panama.16 -
Is this a met office remix of Joe Cocker - You can leave your hat on?SporadicAddick said:1. remove clothing
2. apply suncream (minimum Factor 30)
3. lay down.
If you want to tan your front, lie on your back. If you want to tan your back, lie on your front.
All of the above generally works best in sunny conditions. It doesn't work if you are indoors or in heavy shade.
My general rule of thumb is that if it's raining, don't waste your time.1 -
I recommend Sun Bum factor 50. It’s a mist and gives you good protection. Not cheap but well worth it
0 -
Seen it all on here now....Its extremely dangerous btw0
-
Should this be placed in a 'Threads from the 70s' category?2
-
4
-
Thanks actually laughed out loud at work on a Monday morning.SporadicAddick said:1. remove clothing
2. apply suncream (minimum Factor 30)
3. lay down.
If you want to tan your front, lie on your back. If you want to tan your back, lie on your front.
All of the above generally works best in sunny conditions. It doesn't work if you are indoors or in heavy shade.
My general rule of thumb is that if it's raining, don't waste your time.0 - Sponsored links:
-
My father died from skin cancer so my advice would be, sit in the shade with a cold beer instead.
The holiday tan that was always so important to show you had been away, two weeks to get it, 2 weeks to lose it and permanent damage to your skin.5 -
Living where I do, I'm horrified at some of the sights on show the minute the sun's out.
So many people still think the day out's not complete without turning themselves red raw. Most people seem a bit more sensible with their kids these days but there's still a huge amount of work to do educating people how bad it can be for our health.3 -
There are few sights that say summer in England more than a bloke with a naked massive beer belly hanging over his shorts flip flopping his way to the shops, turning red.
7 -
this thread has lots more potential, bump0
-
I walked the dogs yesterday at Hall Place, Bexleyheath (before anyone says, dogs were in the water the whole time, apart from the walk to and from the car park, and I stayed in the shade, chucking the ball for them, and had my sun hat on)
There was a lady there with her 3 kids - the kids were in swim shorts, in the water, and no sun cream on that I could see
She was laying on her front, sunbathing and her back was as red as a cricket ball
I said ‘your back looks really burned, do you have sun cream on ?’
She says ‘nah, I never use sun cream, once I have burned, I will go nice and brown’
Utter madness - there was not a cloud in the sky and the temperature was around 30 degrees
Its not yet 10 am today, and my thermometer is already nearly 30 degrees - awful0 -
When you don't want to ask your mate to slap some cream over your back for you.
[insert Kenneth Williams pic here]0 -
A couple of my older mates never use suncream. One of them's got an old classic like mine (no roof) and we went out for a drive to Otford on Saturday morning. I had factor 50 all over my face/swede plus cap and sunglasses on. He didn't have anything. When you ask him about it, he just says that he's outdoors all the time anyway and is already brown.Lordflashheart said:I walked the dogs yesterday at Hall Place, Bexleyheath (before anyone says, dogs were in the water the whole time, apart from the walk to and from the car park, and I stayed in the shade, chucking the ball for them, and had my sun hat on)
There was a lady there with her 3 kids - the kids were in swim shorts, in the water, and no sun cream on that I could see
She was laying on her front, sunbathing and her back was as red as a cricket ball
I said ‘your back looks really burned, do you have sun cream on ?’
She says ‘nah, I never use sun cream, once I have burned, I will go nice and brown’
Utter madness - there was not a cloud in the sky and the temperature was around 30 degrees
Its not yet 10 am today, and my thermometer is already nearly 30 degrees - awful0 -
"Already brown"! This girl was already "brown" too. BBC from a couple of days ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62155509DaveMehmet said:
A couple of my older mates never use suncream. One of them's got an old classic like mine (no roof) and we went out for a drive to Otford on Saturday morning. I had factor 50 all over my face/swede plus cap and sunglasses on. He didn't have anything. When you ask him about it, he just says that he's outdoors all the time anyway and is already brown.Lordflashheart said:I walked the dogs yesterday at Hall Place, Bexleyheath (before anyone says, dogs were in the water the whole time, apart from the walk to and from the car park, and I stayed in the shade, chucking the ball for them, and had my sun hat on)
There was a lady there with her 3 kids - the kids were in swim shorts, in the water, and no sun cream on that I could see
She was laying on her front, sunbathing and her back was as red as a cricket ball
I said ‘your back looks really burned, do you have sun cream on ?’
She says ‘nah, I never use sun cream, once I have burned, I will go nice and brown’
Utter madness - there was not a cloud in the sky and the temperature was around 30 degrees
Its not yet 10 am today, and my thermometer is already nearly 30 degrees - awful0 -
BA, thats shocking mate.0
-
That's what Richie Benaud said.DaveMehmet said:
A couple of my older mates never use suncream. One of them's got an old classic like mine (no roof) and we went out for a drive to Otford on Saturday morning. I had factor 50 all over my face/swede plus cap and sunglasses on. He didn't have anything. When you ask him about it, he just says that he's outdoors all the time anyway and is already brown.Lordflashheart said:I walked the dogs yesterday at Hall Place, Bexleyheath (before anyone says, dogs were in the water the whole time, apart from the walk to and from the car park, and I stayed in the shade, chucking the ball for them, and had my sun hat on)
There was a lady there with her 3 kids - the kids were in swim shorts, in the water, and no sun cream on that I could see
She was laying on her front, sunbathing and her back was as red as a cricket ball
I said ‘your back looks really burned, do you have sun cream on ?’
She says ‘nah, I never use sun cream, once I have burned, I will go nice and brown’
Utter madness - there was not a cloud in the sky and the temperature was around 30 degrees
Its not yet 10 am today, and my thermometer is already nearly 30 degrees - awful0 - Sponsored links:
-
I saw a skin cancer specialist (happily just a scare), but he advocated the use of sun cream all year round, he said those rays are always there.4
-
_MrDick said:I recommend Sun Bum factor 50. It’s a mist and gives you good protection. Not cheap but well worth it
8 -
Challenge accepted.SporadicAddick said:
My general rule of thumb is that if it's raining, don't waste your time.1 -
Same for me..Raith_C_Chattonell said:I saw a skin cancer specialist (happily just a scare), but he advocated the use of sun cream all year round, he said those rays are always there.0 -
Not as many times as your good self but I've been under the knife three times in the last 15 years.cafcfan said:Four things The first is don't get a tan - it is not worth it. Second, if you really must I'd try Banana Boat SPF 50; the kids version, it is cheaper and is what I use. I have to, just to go out of the house. Third, always wear very high quality sun glasses with 100% UVA/UVB protection - the last thing you want is an eye melanoma. Fourth, use a hat, preferably cowboy style* but if you don't want to look like a prat, get a genuine Panama, (one of these because they just roll up if you are not wearing it).
Years of being in the sun has trashed my skin. (Particularly the right hand side of my face, probably because I always used to drive with the window down.)
My first batch of skin cancer was diagnosed 27 years ago. This year alone I have had 9 bits sliced out of my face and scalp in two separate operations. It doesn't go away and is not fun.
* Get a Bailey rather than a Stetson, they are better IMO.
Edited to add: fun fact of the day Panama hats are made in Equador, not Panama.
One was a melanoma that required the attempts to remove it.
The other two times it was as a precautionary process
All three ops required over 20 stitches so it's no laughing matter.
Because I used to go Brown very quickly and never burn I never considered myself to be at serious risk.
The reality is that everyone is at risk.
Just be careful folks it's no fun if you catch it.8 -
Sunbeds
0 -
Just to confirm btw, that ain't me. I'm almost always the palest person on the plane coming home from a holiday. I got really badly burnt as a kid, so I'm always very cautious and have zero ability to either get a tan or keep a tan so gave up years ago even trying.Mendonca In Asdas said:BA, thats shocking mate.
I've also had bits taken off my, otherwise perfect mush, taken off so I took that as a warning to be extra careful even when just walking about in it.0 -
I picked up some skin pigmentation damage on my face from the years of cycling without skin protection, so I tend to wear either factor 50 or a big hat when I go out in the sun now, at the direction of my doctor.
We've always got a spray bottle by the front door and always apply if going out for more than 10 mins.1 -
If that's meant to be the classic making it look like a knob on your back I would worry about what your mate thinks looks like a knob.Bournemouth Addick said:
When you don't want to ask your mate to slap some cream over your back for you.
[insert Kenneth Williams pic here]0 -
i don’t think it is. I do however think you are trying too hard to be funny.
1
