Comments on: Can our complexion improve with sun tanning?

By: sesame

sesame — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:04:39 +0000

Yup, a little sunlight is good but we have way too much here all year round!

By: Natalja

Natalja — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:54:28 +0000

Sun is actually good for you to some degree. 15 min a day of sun exposure will give you the necessary amount of Vitamin D that helps absorbtion of calcium. Enough calcium = strong bones. Vitamin D taken from food often is not enough for the the needed daily doze. This is something else that’s good about the sun.

By: sesame

sesame — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:51:30 +0000

No, it’s not good to go suntanning. Whatever “goodness” is temporary and creating a false sense of illusion. I’m like you – hate the heat!

By: sesame

sesame — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:45:09 +0000

Agree with you about the hazardous UV due to the global warming. Plus our skin do change with age in terms of regeneration and metabolism so youngsters sometimes have that false sense of security that their skin is “invincible”. The damage may only surface much later.

By: sesame

sesame — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:41:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing the valuable info and lending more support to Dr Ellen Marmur’s info! I definitely agree…there are no benefits in sun tanning and whatever effects are just transient, creating a false illusion that sun tanning can help erase such marks or resolve some of the other skin issues.