Tanning: Who is into it and why?

Well,I think it depends on which part of the world you are and where you came from. I am comfortable with my tanned skin now than before. Why? because I've met people in Europe who wanted tanned skin so badly and they expose themselves excessively under the sunlight but for me, I find it painful to my skin exposing myself under the heat of the sun. Asian skin is naturally tanned because we develope melanine pigmentation in our skin because we are regularly exposed to sunlight in our daily lives, While in Europe or Americas where sunlight is not part of their daily lives and only gets sun on seasonal basis, they have white skins. In Asia we like white skin because we tend to admire white skinned people because of our western influences. We tend to bleach ourselves because the fair skinned people are those who are rich and doesnt work under the heat of the sun. In Africa, where people are black, they admire "mistiza" or fairly tanned skin. But they don't like white because they associate it with the racial descrimination and separation of black and white people. They tend to hate white skinned. I think the cliche that tanned skin looks sexy developed in Europe and Americas when "Asiatic Beauty" was popular during the discovery of Asia and the charm asian beauties brings to them and everybody wants a tanned skin.

Will, I am a natural tan and I don't like being in the sun too long anyway. I get too hot and uncomfortable. A tan color is nice, it looks great, but at the cost of ones safety is it all worth it. Go and buy a bottle of fake tan and keep oneself safe from the merciless sun.

I like it and I like people with a nice tan skin. I don't like the colour of the artificial tanning (solarium, etc.) but when the skin is dark for natural reason... the sun, the sport. I don't spend time on a sun bed on the beach or to the swimming pool. I like natural tanning... doing thing outside.

I use to tan almost everyday but as I have gotten older I am more careful about my skin. I don't want to get skin cancer or more wrinkles. I always thought I looked better with a tan.

I have a very olive skin tone. This means if I go natural and don't get any sun I look yellow, jaundice. It is not attractive. I have always loved dark complexions and always wished I had one when I was younger. I much prefer having a tan to not having a tan. I don't care if it is fake sun or the real sun. It looks all the same on me.

i love my color so im not into it

i hate to have a tanned look. that doesnt suit me. f i've gotta tanned look i apply fresh curd to get rid of the tan. people in the west prefer a tanned look i guess.. but no idea why

No, i don't like to get tan at all, because am already tan. In fact i try to stay away from sun as much as possible cause i would want a lighter skin complexion. I like tan skin but i've been tan eversince, so i would like a new skin color, not so white but just a lighter shade than my original skin.

I think its the irony, people who want to get tanned are the ones who have light complexion while people who have dark skin preferred light skin. It depends on a person if he/she is vain about their beauty particularly models and other celebrities.

I'm really pale and although I don't mind it usually (I have blonde hair and blue eyes so it suits me) I think it can look apalling if showing off your body. There's nothing worse than pale milk bottle legs- they look so much slimmer when tanned. So if I have a special occassion where i'm showing them i'll do a cheap home spray tan.

i don't know why other people buy bronzers, tanning lotions, etc. so they can be darker. i'm tan already and i wanna be whiter. i guess we're never contented with the skin we're born with.

I used to when I was a teenager. I got a healthy glow and quit when I saw girls at my school who looked like rubber or the painted look--it just wasn't natural or they looked really old. I am booty white now--trying to let my skin recover from what I put it through. I'd probably never tan in a bed again...although I miss the warmth of them! I'll do a spray tan before I tan in a bed. I don't want anymore sun wrinkles...I am 25 and don't want to encourage the aging process.

I love to tan I own my own tanning bed, although I do not use it that much anymore sort of was a fad for me. But if I need color I get in to it. I also use self tanning lotions.

Yes I like tanning my skin; I am a natural blonde (dark blonde hair)and blue eyes, but I prefer when my skin is darker. In the summertime I get so tanned, that I often look like a gypsy (LoL), but at winter - I use self tanning cremes mostly and sometimes I go to solarium :} Though i know how dangerous solariums and the Sun itself are - I still love to get tanned.

i don't like tanned skin. it looks as if there is patches of light and dark spots. it does not looks good when it is uneven. it have seen it in movies more than in real life.