Can I get tan if I use SPF 50?

Question

I am wondering if I use SPF 50 outside and on a tanning bed if I will stil get tan? Does it help with the damage that tanning causes?

Answer 1

Tanning causes to damage as long as you don't overexpose and don't burn. Tanning is nature's sunblock, always has been until someone decided that chemicals could do a better job and sell them better by introducing scare tactics. Chemicals NEVER improve what's done by nature but there's no money in nature so let's vilify it so we can sell more. /Rant off



To answer your first question: SPF50 will block 99.9% of the tanning rays so no you will not get a tan. Why you would use SPF in a tanning bed when you're there (not burning if the salon is any good at all) for less than 15 minutes? Spend $10-15 on a tanning session and block all the tanning rays with an SPF lotion? Complete, absolute waste of money and time. Keep the SPF for use when your outside for hours at a time, not for a 15 minute lie-down.

Answer 2

Its hard to get a tan with 50 SPF but its possible. It does help the harmful rays, however tanning beds are harmful. if you want a really good tan i would use SPF 30...better tan less hurt.

Answer 3

I'm really pale and I tan better in the summer if I do use sunscreen :) but I'd use SPF 15 or 30 if I were you

Answer 4

Highly unlikely. SPF works by bouncing the rays back basically so they cannot penetrate your skin, and without penetration your melatonin in your skin cannot change, and that is what causes color. I always use SPF 50 or higher on my tattoos when I go tanning and it's always white around them.

Answer 5

mainly it depends on your skin tone so possibly if your pale no but if you have some color then yes