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    Default tans last how long? or is it a tan?

    Last april I went to the beach in Jacksonville. I put on lotion but I missed 3 spots. 2 on my back, one on the back of my knee. All 3 burned. I used lots of lotion to reduce the pain and peeling. (really sucked danceing like that ) After the burn went away I had 2 nice triangle tans on my back, some people thought they were birthmarks or something. They have faded a lot but now about 9 months later you can still see the marks on my back. They are very light, and at work you cant see them. Its been fadeing the whole time, but most of the fadeing happened in the first month or two. I showed my husband and he said tans arent suppost to last that long. I am very pale and don't know a lot about tans. He says they only affect the outside skin and that sheds off fairly quickly. I just want to know if this is something I should worry about or will it go away eventually? Has anyone had something like this before?

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    Default Re:tans last how long? or is it a tan?

    AMi, I can tell you that when I spend a week or two in Florida during the summer, my tan lines will still be pretty visible the next Spring and I live in NY. So maybe you just burned enough for you skin to keep its color for all this time.

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    Default Re:tans last how long? or is it a tan?

    thats what I thought. but my husband seems to think its like a temorary tatoo, it should go away quickly. I said well your arms are darker then your butt and you wear long sleaves a lot. He replied that it was because he has better circluation then I do. at least i can tell him it dosnt just happen to me. thanks!

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    Default Re:tans last how long? or is it a tan?

    Before I started salon tanning I never went in the sun and was very pale. In the summer, I would get tan lines from my sandals (always missed the sunblock there, I guess) and those tan lines would stay for months and months - sometimes until the following spring! So what you are saying doesn't sound weird to me at all.
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    Default Re:tans last how long? or is it a tan?

    Yes, the same thing has happened to me. Of course the darn tans dont stay forver, but they gotta leave a darn little spot so ya see it. LOL I wish they'd stay but oh well
    Anyway it doesnt sound weird to me either

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    Default Re:tans last how long? or is it a tan?

    well...in the summer i'm a lifeguard so i spend a lot of time in the sun (and let me how hot tanlines from the guard suit are ) anyways yeah i think i have a permanent tan line across my chest, not so noticible to other ppl, but i see it. i also swam competitivly when i was younger and would be able to see the outline of my speedo on my back in the middle of winter thanks to tan lines.


    however if you burned really bad in those spots, could it be some kind of scar? when i was real young about 7 or 8 i'd say i forgot to put sunblock on my hips and i burned really bad there and peeled - it was horrible, anyways i still have marks on my hips/butt area from that, they are very very faint and have faded since the original burn, but i burned so bad that there's a permanent mark there now.

    sorry - i wasn't trying to scare you or anything...just saying i have marks from a sunburn that happened like 11 or 12 years ago...


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    Default Re:tans last how long? or is it a tan?

    scars are fine. can't see them very well in good light, at work they are invisable. my husband was worried that it might be pre-cacerous or something. I didnt burn terribly bad, it only hurt for a day or two and I put TONS of lotion on (with aloe and E) sevral times a day so it didnt peel too bad.

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