Today, I used the tanning booth for the first time. Not only was I so white that I received first-degree burns all over my body, but I also forgot to remove my knee-high socks. FML
I agree, your life sucks (3368) - you totally deserved it (22915)
On 12/24/2009 at 5:06am - health - by Ellowise (woman) - Belgium (Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest)
(0)You know what being "first" says? It says, "Hi World, I have no life so I troll places praying I can be the first to write "first" down but I won't offer anything to the conversation. World, I am a loser and proud of it. FYL Loser."
(-1)Yall are ignorant. Tanning does increase the risk of skin cancer, BUT so does staying outside. If you take the right pre-cautions before getting in a bed, then you won't run into problems. If you stay outside all day at the beach you increase the risk of skin cancer. If you tan in MODERATION and apply lotion to keep the skin healthy, then you will be fine. Tanning also increases endorphins which creates a "happy" feeling in the body. Even dermatologists use UV radiation to cure some skin diseases. It also decreases acne. Yes there are those nasty leather looking ladies who have sunspots and lord knows what else, but it's because they tan EVERY DAY for YEARS. And have you SEEN the ladies who bake to a crisp on beaches? Beach sunburns increase the risk of skin cancer ten fold. So before you criticize people who tan, get ALL the facts.
#82 - On 12/25/2009 at 6:51am by saviisneat
(0)saviisneat, maybe you should do some research before calling other people ignorant. Any natural tan at all is the skin's response to being damaged by UV radiation.
Australian anti cancer council: "Tanning is a sign that you have been exposed to enough UV radiation (from the sun or solarium) to damage your skin. This will eventually cause loss of elasticity (wrinkles), sagging, yellowish discolouration and even brown patches to appear on your skin. Worst of all, it increases your risk of skin cancer."
So if you need vitamin D, go out in the early morning or late evening sunshine. Otherwise, wear sunscreen and avoid solariums like the plague.
#90 - On 12/26/2009 at 9:10pm by Apocalyptus
(0)dear god, some smart people do go on this site! thank you, #90
#93 - On 12/28/2009 at 3:41am by NrahSrus73
(0)no you are wrong tanning is bad for you period. tanning is stupid. It doesn't look all that good and it gives you cancer and you get wrinkles when you are 35. Look at black people tan. My parents are in their late 50s and don't have any wrinkles or any skin problems and no one in my extended family has that either. you know why we don't sit in the sun just to sit in the sun. that and black people have more melanin which makes us more resistant to uv rays. go black people.
(+6)At first I thought, oh that sucks, but then I read the high knee socks and decided that you're an idiot.
(-2)LMAO, I just imagined the guy in lederhosen and a greet hat when he mentioned the knee high socks. Lmfao!
AHAHAHAHAHA.
(+4)That sucks...but how do you FORGET to take off socks? Speaking as an ex-tanner myself, I know you don't FORGET to take off anything in those overly warm little beds.
Oh, and YDI for tanning. I stopped because I learned about the health risks. If you have lovely, pale skin, keep it that way. Use a SELF tanner for color.
(+1)lololol, you learned about the health risks?
it never occurred to you all on your own that baking yourself in a tanning bed wasn't the healthiest of past times? maybe you should have just stayed in there.
(-1)You do realize that there was a time when people thought that being tan was a sign of being healthy. It may seem obvious, but not everyone knows that tanning is such a health risk.
(+1)"First degree burn".
You just got a sunburn. Deal with it.
And you're an idiot for not noticing the knee-high socks.
(+5)Hey, at least your lower legs and feet will have a lower risk of getting skin cancer now.
I'm so sick of the tanning craze. I live in southern CA and going to the beach is like taking a trip to another planet. Orange is not supposed to be a skin color, people!!
#9 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:16pm by arabowner20
There's nothing wrong with looking like a walking cheez-it.
#21 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:31pm by shaister
(+4)the worst are when you get the girls with orange skin, platinum blonde hair (complete with black roots) and clown-like make-up
the OP is an idiot, for using a tanning salon in the first place and also for the socks
#31 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:47pm by tikimuppet
(+1)Oh wow, I know exactly the kind of girl you're talking about...and it's even scarier when they're walking around a suburban Canadian town in the middle of February, when there is no possible way they could be THAT tan even in the summer.
#68 - On 12/24/2009 at 11:14pm by XOfiestypixie
(+2)That's horrible, tanning beds are terrible for you! Time to get your skin checked!
#10 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:19pm by kendradeanne
(+2)I think the fact that you have an increased risk of skin cancer now is more of an FML
#14 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:24pm by ensemble_coeur
(+1)I hear guys really go for the whole pink body/pasty white shins and foot thing. Be prepared to beat them off with a stick!
#16 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:29pm by SamSJester
(+2)There are good fake tans which don't make you orange and can look good. They also hydrate your skin. Hey, even I know this and I'm so white, I make snowmen look like black guys. Much healthier than getting blasted with heat which will increase your chances of cancer by a shocking amount. The socks bit is a FYL because with some knee high socks you stop feeling them after a while and forget they're there. But the whole situation is a YDI.
#18 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:30pm by ZombieKnickers
(+2)Although now I think about it, the knee high socks, plus the heat of the sunbed means that they would become uncomfortable and noticable. So you deserve that too.
#33 - On 12/24/2009 at 3:01pm by ZombieKnickers
(+2)you "forgot" to take off your knee highs?
and why are you tanning in the onset of winter?
you're just weird.
#19 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:30pm by monbon6788
(-2)She went to a tanning bed ONCE. She's not going to get skin cancer from this one time, people. *rolls eyes*
I'd say YDI for not being more careful, though.
(0)they never said OP was GOING to get skin cancer, they said OP has an INCREASED chance of getting skin cancer.
#61 - On 12/24/2009 at 8:01pm by did_it_4_lulz
(-1)actually, one use can be enough. A solarium increases the sun strength by something like 20 times. it can be REALLY dangerous
(+4)lol. forgot to take knee high socks off? I hate when that happens. good thing you didn't forget to breathe too. ydi.
When you go in to a tanning booth you are setting yourself up for cancer. it can make the dna in some of your cells to mutate and multiply rapidly. fyl
#24 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:36pm by Applepineapple31
When you go in to a tanning booth you are setting yourself up for cancer. it can make the dna in some of your cells to mutate and multiply rapidly. fyl
#25 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:38pm by Applepineapple31
(+2)why would you want to get tanned anyway? it's just the media that's brainwashing girls into thinking that they have to be tan to be beautiful.
#27 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:40pm by Anne553
(0)"I'm gonna have to write you a couple of prescriptions here. Now lets see, this first one is for a nice big mallet for you to pound some sense into yourself. This second one is for a big floppy hat which you are now to wear every time you go outside. Have a nice day, you look like a purse!"
"Oh yeah, your skin is really messed up."
#29 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:44pm by SaintJimmy
(-2)It doesn't matter if your black or white. Cause everything is gonna be alright.
#30 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:46pm by pattheaninal
(-2)1) way to forget your socks. how do you forget?? are your toes naturally webbed? They're SOCKS!
2) YDI for being a tan-addict!
(+1)wait, what? are you retarded? first, OP said this was their FIRST TIME using a tanning bed, so clearly they're not a 'tan-addict' (which, by the way, is an incredibly awkward way of saying that. surely you can come up with better insults in the future? work on that)
second, ... WHAT?! what does having webbed toes have to do with forgetting to take off socks? and they're still "SOCKS!" regardless of whether one has webbed feet or not.
Ugh, just go walk in traffic.
(-1)that's pretty sad. tanning is bad and your going to look fake!!!!!!
#36 - On 12/24/2009 at 3:04pm by robertsk89
(0)YDI for forgetting to remove your 'knee-high socks'.
what a dumbass.
#38 - On 12/24/2009 at 3:10pm by terriibabiiix23
Congratulations. you look like a baked ham. you should be proud. put an apple in your mouth and oink.
#39 - On 12/24/2009 at 3:15pm by Applepineapple31
(0)why go to a tanning booth anyway? i guarantee that even if you weren't that white or hadn't kept your socks on, you still would have ended up looking like crap. i really don't understand people's disgust with pale skin.
(-1)That's what happens when you want to join the fake and have the lovely orange glow - it usually results in EPIC FAIL!
#46 - On 12/24/2009 at 3:56pm by SimplySweetness
(0)If I wanted to use a tanning bed, I'd probably try it first during the winter like the OP. It makes sense. This way, if something goes wrong or it looks terrible, I can still cover it up with winter clothes.
Cut them a little slack, guys. Going during the winter first time makes sense...
#47 - On 12/24/2009 at 4:17pm by ImARockstarr
(-1)Going to the tanning bed at all is stupid, unless you WANT to have cancer.
#75 - On 12/25/2009 at 12:42am by lawlren
(-1)I am pretty pale naturally and tan once or twice a week in the lowest bed possible for the lowest time possible, it builds up a tan and is safer for your skin.. I'm not sure how you wouldn't realize the socks were still on but it is possible not to burn and not to get skin cancer
#48 - On 12/24/2009 at 4:20pm by justsummerxo
(0)Safer for your skin than what? Suncream?
I highly doubt sunbeds can ever be 'safer' for your skin...I could be wrong though.
#50 - On 12/24/2009 at 4:40pm by Alphabetica
(0)If you get a base tan, you supposedly won't burn AS easy... Eh, I'm pale anyway. lol
#52 - On 12/24/2009 at 5:05pm by CheshireHalli
(0)"Building up a tan" is just as bad as getting a tan quickly. Tanning is your body's natural defense against UV rays. When you're exposed to UV rays, your skin basically produces more melanin to block UVs from getting in. So yes, tanner people have a better defense against UVs, but their skin has been damaged more in order to get that tan.
Regardless of how long it takes you to get tan, you still have just as much damage done to your skin. So no, building up a tan or having a "base tan" is not safer by any means.
(-1)Getting a "base tan" also doesn't mean you don't have to wear sun screen in the summer as well, as most girls seem to believe. You will still burn and still have the increased risk of skin cancer.
#69 - On 12/24/2009 at 11:19pm by XOfiestypixie
(0)This exactly. I don't understand why people think they need to tan anyway. A tan is skin damage, period.
Also, didn't the poster realize that you're only supposed to stay in a tanning bed something like five minutes the first time?
#71 - On 12/25/2009 at 12:26am by haildixie
(0)First degree burns are normal sunburns, it just irritates the top of the skin. First degree sunburns are nothing compared to second degree sunburns.
(0)despite it being your first time, YDI.
any tanning salon SHOULD and most likely will ask if its your first time and figure out the right amount of time for you to be in it. the only reason you would be burned is if A) you went against what the counter person said and asked for a longer time anyways, or B) the counter guy is stupid.
AND- definitely YDI for the socks thing.. most tanning salons will also tell you everything you need to know before getting into the bed, which includes removing any clothing that covers anywhere you want to get tanned. they recommend you wear ONLY a swimming suit, if that, and before tanning, even out at the beach, you should always make sure that there is nothing on you that you dont want covered in your tan.
and depending on how bad the burn is and how white your skin is under the socks, it may take years for the tan line to go away.. i went to hawaii and wore board shorts in a convertible and forgot to wear sunblock.. this was at least 3 years ago and i still have a very clear tan line, despite spending my summers in the sun and trying a tanning booth to get rid of the lines. nothings worked.. so youd better hope that its not that severe of a difference so that you dont look silly forever.
#57 - On 12/24/2009 at 5:53pm by iloverichardhell
(0):O
the colour difference between my tanned and my not tanned skin always disapears after... 1 to 2 months!
what the heck kind of skin do you have?
or do you have a partner that maybe thinks its quite en rubs you (partially) in with tanning creme? (A)
#96 - On 12/29/2009 at 7:50am by not_an_angel
(0)who forgets their knee high socks in a tanning booth? YDI for being an idiot
#58 - On 12/24/2009 at 5:59pm by musicislife1995
(0)uuuuuuuuuuuuuum, question,
how does anybody forget to take off knee high socks? i can maybe understand if it was ankle socks, but knee highs? where you can actually feel them up your leg? come on.
#59 - On 12/24/2009 at 6:00pm by mannup1234
(0)Well I feel the opposite. Ankle socks really bother me, and I'd notice I'm wearing them, but I can forget that I'm wearing knee highs. It's still her fault though.
(0)What did you think would happen? Tanning bed rays are just like regular sun rays. If you burn in the sun, you'll burn in a tanning bed. If you want to tan use a tinting lotion or something.
Also, how can you forget that you had socks on?
(-1)thats why you dont use tanning booths. its a lose lose situation. cancer and bad skin.
#67 - On 12/24/2009 at 10:10pm by michezlawal
(-1)Lol awesome. I have to agree with the other people though: Cancer. Bad juju.
#70 - On 12/24/2009 at 11:56pm by guy_on_the_couch
(-1)That's what you get for going to the tanning bed. Also, you have severely increased your chances of skin cancer. Enjoy.
#73 - On 12/25/2009 at 12:38am by lawlren
(0)Actually, historically in Europe, it used to be regarded as a sign of wealth and class to be PALE, because if you were tan that was an indication that you had to spend your time outside doing work (which only lower class peasants would do).
Just a little tid bit of history for ya'll. I know today standards have changed. Today, being tan means that you have enough money to NOT need to work and can therefore spend some free time outside.
But in response to the actual post: I hate that this happens to so many people. You'd think that the people who work at tanning salons would notify their clients of the risks of artificial tanning. If it's your first time, you don't go for 20 minutes on the highest level bed. You have to moderate, ease into. Further, you FORGOT to take your socks off? Really? Moron. Seriously. (sorry).
(0)No tanning period is retarded. If you tan you are an idiot. You know why black people have good skin we don't tan. If you want to look younger don't sit in the sun and tan you are a god damn fool and deserve to much worse than just first degree burns.
(0)i think this is fake because you cant be naked except knee socks and not notice theyre on that or you are fucking retarded
#78 - On 12/25/2009 at 1:43am by juicyfruit23
(+1)Sucks to be you, but shouldn't the clerk working there told you to use it for a shorter period of time?
#86 - On 12/25/2009 at 12:36pm by marc_with_a_c
(+1)REALLY? you forgot to take off ur socks??? no one at the place (assuming u went to a tanning salon) told you to TAKE OFF YOUR SOCKS???
#89 - On 12/26/2009 at 4:30pm by missymanic
(+1)please tell me that your a blonde otherwise you have no reason to be that dumb (im a blonde and its bad that im saying that)
#92 - On 12/27/2009 at 6:27pm by hugsmyantidrug2
(+1)no he is from belgium!
that's also an explination ^^
and, always look ont the bright side of life
at least now, your feet dont have first degree burns
#95 - On 12/29/2009 at 7:42am by not_an_angel
(0)Sorry but every tanning place I've been to states that you start out with short times, then work your way up to a longer duration. YDI for not READING up on it.
#99 - On 12/30/2009 at 2:11pm by AmbrosiaFan
(0)No offense this is just an observation by a black person. What is with white women and getting tan. Like being tan isn't that amazing and unless you are naturally tan it is really bad for. White women are oh i want to be tan but then when they are 35 they already have wrinkles and buy all those products that don't work. You know why older black people look younger because we don't sit in the sun or in simulated sun just to look good. Any one who tans is a freaking idiot and needs to accept their body the way it is unless they want skin cancer and wrinkles when they are 35.
(0)Solariums are sooo bad for you, worse than the actual sun. everyone should stay away! It only takes one lot of sun burn to create a melanoma later in life. even fake tans are bad if you do them often enough because of the chemicals. i am white...which sucks because tans hide cellulite better! but i'd rather not get skin cancer. did anyone see the 21 year old asian girl in australia who died from melanoma from using solariums?
(0) @Jweezy101, can I have an alleluiah? being black, I can't imagine myself being any other color because I came to this world lik this. I don't get why White people always want to get a tan? what is good about that?
you are white because from deep down you are to remain white. same for blacks, yellow, brown. that is why you would see people in their '40s with skin wrinkled like raisins ... grow up World!
(0)I have been pale my entire life and i cant go to the beach without staying to long, so I tried a tanning booth 7 hours ago and i kept getting out and seeing that iwas still pale so i got back in.. i soon figured out that the maximum time is set to 14 for a reason!! I went for no tan lines and now my entire body is a dark pink and i have a very painful, tense, tingling sensation. If anyone can tell me what is happening, I would frigging love to know! If it helps I'm 14, never been tanning before, and had 3rd degree sun burns on my right arm 3years ago. Much Appreciated to anyone that can help me!
