Erci and I don’t go in for regular tanning sessions normally, but we’ve discovered a little trick for preventing a vacation sunburn when going someplace tropical. For a few weeks before the vacation/trip, we visit a tanning salon locally a few times a week to build up a “base coat” of protective melanin.
It probably subtracts from our total life span of skin a little, but it means we don’t have lots of pain while actually on vacation (which is a real bummer, trust me). Last vacation partially ruined by a really bad sunburn: Jamaica in 1997. First vacation probably saved by preventative tanning: Greece/Turkey cruise in 2000.
We are tanning for Hawaii now.
Funny story: in Jamaica I wanted to run along the beach at Negril. Negril is blessed with about seven miles of gorgeous sand. Since I knew I’d be sweating off any sunblock, I foolishly skipped covering myself in sunblock, but sutragirl was planning to lay out for a bit, so I rubbed sunblock on her back – and ended up with a greasy hand – which I wiped off on my chest.
I got carried away on the run, ended up running end to end and back, totally forgetting the sun… which I regretted for days afterwards, as I was burnt to a crips everywhere except for a very strange hand print on my chest. Note: sunblock works better than nothing even if you plan to exercise.
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