In your own opinion, do you think self tanning or tanning outside is harmful in moderation?

Yes it is as you are at great risk for skin cancer unless you use a good sunscreen. Skin cancer doesn't care how old you are or how young you are and it doesn't care what kind of skin you have. It is a very deadly type of cancer if not caught and treated soon enough.

In your own opinion, do you think self tanning or tanning outside is harmful in moderation?
All tanning is harmful
Reply:Yes! Being out in the sun is always doing your skin damage. Even when you are wearing a sunscreen and hat, you really do need to be protected because its easy to catch skin cancers like melanoma. Trust me I use to put oil and tan all the time until my dads friend asked me not to as his sister died from melanoma. Just get a good self tanning cream. Me and my friends all use it! It looks just as good if you follow the directions and your skin isnt soaking up harmful sun rays!
Reply:i think so because it's still radiation and radiation is very harmful to us specially when they dont use sunblock.
Reply:I believe self tanning can be harmful because your skin is absorbing all of the chemicals in that product. Tanning outside can be harmful if you overexpose your self. Sitting in the sun for 20 minutes a day is supposed to be very healthy for the body. You get calcium that you can only get from the sun.
Reply:Tanning is not a good thing. You may look good for a while, but it takes its toll on the skin. I know a lady who lays out every day by her pool in the summer and goes to the tanning bed at least 3 times per week. Her skin looks like an alligator bag. But she seems to be alright with that. All I'm saying is that tanning whether fake or real is bad, really bad for your skin. Skin cancers really hurt when removed if they can be removed. So, THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU TAN.
Reply:in moderation it is not harmful.
Reply:I feel it will accelerate the aging process.