Do You Sunburn Easily?

[arwalden]

I do. And how!

And I keep forgetting that I don't have enough hair to keep from getting my scalp burned too.

-- Allen (Mr. SPF-60)

[JVS]

1. No, but I scar easily

[LDS Jock]

2. I burn easy

If I forget my sunscreen and go play tennis, parts of me just fry. My nose is the worst.

[Jack_Dawson]

3. I anger easily

I've been pissed for 3 1/2 years.

:mad:

[curse10]

4. I wear SPF 50 everyday

otherwise I turn into a little red curse10, which is very unpleasant on many different levels.

[Triple H]

5. No.

It takes this whitey forever to tan. :grr:

[Bertha Venation]

6. SPF-17,400, anyone?

In my stupid and oblivious youth, I once laid out for hours sans protection. I wound up with, among other nasty symptoms and skin lesions, blisters half an inch tall and bigger than quarters on my chest. I have a scar from heart surgery -- these blisters altered its shape in some spots.

If you're a fair European type, NEVER EVER go out without sunscreen.

[T_i_B]

7. Very easily

And I get real bad Hay fever. I guess I just don't like summer. :-(

[Endangered Specie]

8. I cook like an ant under a magnifying glass.

[chookie]

9. I am a Woman of Pallor

I have a complexion suited to life in the shadows of the Carpathian Mountains, and yet I lived in FL for almost 20 years, without getting sunburned -- because I was a "liberal" about sun protection.

But I attended the Kerry Rally in Pittsburgh last week and whoo-hooo! I could have appeared on the cover of a Burpee tomato catalogue.

It's usually so gloomy in Western PA that one worries more about rickets and other Vitamin D deficiency diseases, and can forget that the sun here -- although rare, can burn as well. Hard to imagine that friggin' Pittsburgh is on the same latitude as North Africa!

[curlyred]

20. I love that--Woman of Pallor

I had a room mate in college who once saw me bare-legged.........she asked me why I had white hose on. :)

[K-Spar]

10. No.

It takes forever for me to tan.

[southpaw]

44. Welcome!!!

:hi:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. I'm combustible

I go FWOOOOSH if I do the temerity of attending a Rio beach in the summer. Photons laugh at any sunscreen. And I do mean ANY.

[djeseru]

12. Easily.

And I won't mention the freckles.

Welcome to DU K-Spar! :hi:

[MrSandman]

13. No, But I still use sunscreen...

My dad is playing the devil to keep melanomia removed.

[HEyHEY]

14. way too easy

In the summer, I'm the guy at the beach, with his shirt on, under a tree.

[no_hypocrisy]

15. 3rd degree burn with 3" scab when I was 2 and 2nd degree burn with

3" blister when I was 5. It took my parents a while to figure out about sunscreen, huh?

[supernova]

16. I wear SPF 30 everyday

and I don't lay out.

I used to get sunburned as a teen, but I always put on a shirt or other cover up to avoid getting too much sun. I also avoid the sun during mid day.

[Crenulated_Schist]

17. Antibiotics

I'm on erythromyicin right now, so I sunburn VERY easily! But it takes me forever when I'm *not* sick :(

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. no i dont and i use spf

i dont want a wrinkly cleavage as i get older

[LastKnight]

19. i avoid most light sources...

im a nocturnal creature... but when i do see the large burning orb known as the 'sun' i tend to burn easily.

-LK

[Coventina]

21. I don't tan, I stroke

Woody Allen & Coventina

[fudge stripe cookays]

22. Yup-- it's my exotic Franco-Kraut ancestry

I'm not only built like I should be behind a plow, I'm paler than "fettfrei milch."

[Bride of Cthulhu]

23. i wear spf 50

and still burn if i'm not careful.

[TahitiNut]

24. Nope. I'm blessed with tanning skin.

Dermatologists have told me (often with envy) I'm very lucky, particularly for a blond. Some summers, when I'm free to engage in the outdoor activities I adore, my skin gets darker than even that of my Tahitian acquaintances but my hair lightens to surfer blond. The funny thing is that I also seem to get a Vitamin D 'high' as well ... and I've never felt better in my life. (I love summer.) The rest of the time, I'm Moby Dick. :shrug:

During my best summer, I was able to tube the Salt River (outside Phoenix) for 5-6 hours (9:30am to past 3pm) on the Fourth of July with only a tad of lotion on my nose and eartops. I just soaked up that sun - couldn't get enough. (It's really quite wonderful.)

[jobycom]

25. The times I do burn, it's gone the next day. Nice feature to have

Makes people jealous, especially in Texas.

[TahitiNut]

26. It's really quite nice, isn't it?

Especially for those of us who adore the outdoors in the summertime, particularly anywhere there's water in an ocean, lake, river, or pool to be enjoyed.

[jobycom]

27. Yep. Makes kayaking more fun.

nt

[Philosophy]

28. I can get a good tan, but I still burn

Even when I have a really dark tan I still burn if I am out in the direct sun for more than about an hour and a half.

[nemo137]

29. Yeah. I blame all my Irish ancestors, and their stupid, stupid pale skin

'course, i guess that might explain the family name "Whiteside."

[justjones]

30. It's called melanin, baby! It does have its advantages......

:bounce:

[VOX]

31. I can walk across a parking lot in December and get a nice crimson glow...

So, come summer, I slather on the sun block, wear hats, head for the shade, or just don't go outside until 4:00 p.m. or later.

I've already had three skin cancers romoved from my face, and I'm not eager to have more --

[patriotvoice]

32. No, I bronze.

Those pleasant Mediterranean genes of mine.

[SarahB]

33. Yes

I'm one pale person. I can get a little tan if I'm very slow and careful with the sunscreen, but I don't really try to do so. I'm been wearing sunscreen on my face every day for the past ten years and so far, it's working. :D

[noonwitch]

34. I have red hair and fair skin, I always burn

I haven't had a tan since I was a teenager, before I got sun poisoning. Ever since that incident, I can't tolerate any sun beyond a few minutes here or there, without SPF 30 and a hat.

[windlight]

35. I used to

when i lived in Wyoming.. and before that in PA... but now that I'm back in PA It takes quite a bit to burn me now... I guess i was really careful in Wyoming (30min outside and you're cooked) that i am careful here now as well...

[livetohike]

36. The deck is stacked against me

Red hair x
Green eyes x
Freckles x
S. Cal sunshine x
Love outdoor activities x


After an initial sunburn, I do tan. I'm not as careful as I should be since I've had skin cancer, but I put sunscreen on my face every morning.

[pagerbear]

37. I burn walking past the toaster-oven

...and it doesn't have to be on!

[GumboYaYa]

38. I have never used sunscreen or had a sunburn.

I can stay in the sun as long as I like and never burn. I attribute it to my American Indian heritage. My great grandfather was a Blackfoot.

[mvd]

39. Yes

But I don't get to the beach much.

[southpaw]

40. My ancestors came from Norway...

I have highly sensitive skin (see gallery pic)
And I live in Alabama...

Yah... it could be worse...

My ass could be on fire...

[Skittles]

41. without sunscreen

I can get burned through the windshield of my car driving home from work. :o

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. I fell asleep in the sun at the beach once

and ever since then, I get this horrible blotchy burn if I expose my legs to the tiniest bit of sun. My arms and face will burn, but it'll turn to tan.

Sunscreen is my best friend.

[Donkeyboy75]

43. It's nice to be a brown guy who is capable of governing himself.

I've never had a sunburn...and I worked as a lifeguard for awhile!

[geniph]

45. Red-headed milk-skinned Irishwoman

what do YOU think? I freckle in about 30 seconds and burn a few minutes after.

I am unusual for a redhead in that I will eventually tan a light golden color if I'm VERY cautious about how I do it. The only time I've really had a tan was when I was bodybuilding (I had to have one then). I've never had the patience to bother with one any other time. Besides, this is the Pacific Northwest - we don't tan here, we rust.

[flamingyouth]

46. I'm Swedish

So...yes.:-(

[Cush]

47. usually burn before I tan

but it usually takes while.

[camero]

48. The first tan is always a burn

then I stay tan the rest of the summer.