Is it normal my skin doesn't hold a tan well

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Well whenever I get a tan it's nice and even but doesn't hold long! It stays for about 3-4 days then I'm my normal skin tone again?! Does anyone have this problem too?

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  • aussiewolf
    13 years ago

    keep doing that and you will be "tanned" with skin cancer.

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  • lalas
    13 years ago

    Your black you don't need a tan .

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    are you a ginger? if yes thats your problem you cant get tanned. if your white you might wanna go to a skin doctor.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Same here but I sparkle when I get sunlight on my skin.

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  • jrphotographer
    13 years ago

    ^^same. But it's weird cuz I still have a bikini tan on my back from when I went to the beach a week ago, my tans usually NEVER last!

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I also don't tan and just burn

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  • meeskite
    13 years ago

    i don't tan, i burn! so i guess your situation is normal.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Tans are actually just light sun burns and you could get skin cancer

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  • zEropoint
    13 years ago

    I guess your body is more efficient with dispersing melanin.

    A tan is skin's reaction to sun exposure. You'd have to be living in a cave not to know that sun damages your skin. "Not holding a tan well" is actually your skin repairing itself quickly from what is, essentially, damage.

    You should actually feel kind of good about this, because it means that long after the rest of your sun worshipping buddies' skin has turned into old leather handbags, you'll still look fresh because your skin deals with sun damage better than theirs.

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