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    Angry i cant get tan - help!!

    ok, i go to a tanning bed every other day and i use lotion and i still barely get tan. can the amount of melanin change as you get older or something?

    i'm half italian and i used to tan soooooo freaking easily and get really dark. i tan much better in the real sun than a bed, but even 2 weeks at the beach didnt get me very dark. and like i said ive been going tanning pretty regularly since then. what's going on?

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    Default Re: i cant get tan - help!!

    Maybe the place you are going has old bulbs?

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    Default Re: i cant get tan - help!!

    i've been to 2 diff places though and tried regular beds, stand up, and bronzing beds.

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    Default Re: i cant get tan - help!!

    Have you tried changing your lotion?

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    Default Re: i cant get tan - help!!

    Your tan place probably has old bulbs and maybe they are sticking you in the cheaper beds. 10 mins in a base bed is totally not equal to 10 mins in the bad ass beds.

    Also, the lotions do make a big difference. Maybe its time for a new one. The ones with tingle always made me DARK.

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    ive used diff lotions. i use a tingler now and have been for a while.

    i know about the time diff.. i go for the full time in the bronzing bed (they only let you go up to 12 mins) and i do 10 or 12 in the stand up. if i do the normal bed (barely ever) i do 20. ive been to 2 diff salons and therefore in at *least* 5 diff beds (i dont do regular beds at the salon by school, only the big bed or stand up). they cant all always have bad bulbs. thats why i dont know whats going on!

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    Thats weird then. Could your daily after-shower lotion possibly have an SPF? Maybe you are tan, you just don't see it because you are used to it??

    I Dunno, I'm grasping at straws here!

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    Just to let you guys know, my mom has skin cancer all over her face and chest- she is having to do Chemo for it. It is this lotion that you apply twice daily that has chemo in it and makes you look like you have adult acne or boils =0(
    My mom made me promise her that i would never go back in a tanning bed because of what has happened to her... so now i am one white stripper but that is ok. In the long run i will not have skin cancer and it is worth it!
    Oh and my mom has to do this treatment for 6-8 weeks - but in the end her skin is going to look beautiful and it will be worth killing the cancer!!!

    So you girls out there that go tanning all the time, you may not get cancer 1 year from now,nor 5 years from now...but later on down the road it is going to catch up to you. Be very careful- it isn't worth it. Especially with all these fake tanning lotions out there now a days you can be tan in just a few days!! w/o having to worry or get burnt!

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    Have you avoided the sun for a while. If so that could be it. Melanin in your skin not only darkens when exposed to UV rays, more is produced. The more sun exposure the more melanin in your skin to darken and give you a tan. So if you've avoided exposure for a while, your melanin levels could have dropped. Also if your skin has gotten drier, that can prohibit tanning (usually as we age this happens).

    Barring that, some medications can cause sun sensitivity, and possibly the inability to tan.

    Jasmine

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    ^ i never *avoided* the sun but i wasnt really in it a lot til i was at the beach. i was working day shift for a loooooong time. but i still was going tanning for part of that, too.

    who knows whats wrong with me its so weird!

    like i said, im half italian, and i used to tan so easy and so dark. i wanna still be like that

    oh, and im not on any medications other than bc. and thats been the same one since i was 18.

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    Do you exfoliate a lot?

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    Default Re: i cant get tan - help!!

    a girl at a tanning place once told me that if you plateau, you should try using a basic bed. something about how they boost melanin production, while the better beds make it get darker.

    i've never tried it, but only because i hate laying down to tan. i've been tempted though. it seems worth a shot.

    one thing that's helped me is to take a break from tanning for a week or so, then do 2-3 days in a row. the first time, i hadn't tanned in over a week, so i did 2 days in a row to try to make up for it...wow. i've done it 3 days straight too, but i usually can't stay in the bed the full time on the 3rd day. unless you've got a month unlimited package, don't bother with 3. if you force yourself to stay for the full time, you'll burn.

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    Default Re: i cant get tan - help!!

    I noticed I wasnt tanning in the beds at my gym (shitty bulbs and shitty beds).
    I went to a new place and have tanned in two sessions.

    What if you try a new place instead of a different bed?

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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
    i've been to 2 diff places though and tried regular beds, stand up, and bronzing beds.
    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
    ive been to 2 diff salons and therefore in at *least* 5 diff beds (i dont do regular beds at the salon by school, only the big bed or stand up). they cant all always have bad bulbs. thats why i dont know whats going on!
    ^ i have tried diff places. i mean, they cant all be bad!

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    You thought about doing Mystic? I've never tried it but I know there are plenty of threads about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LuckiCharm View Post
    You thought about doing Mystic? I've never tried it but I know there are plenty of threads about it.
    ive thought about it. i might try it. i just like the look of a uv light tan better than a spray one. but im considering it. i just read in the sw fest vegas thread though how kaylinn was saying it got on her sheets and stuff. im afraid i'll look orange, too! but i guess it wont hurt to try. i dont want to smell like it, either!

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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
    ive thought about it. i might try it. i just like the look of a uv light tan better than a spray one. but im considering it. i just read in the sw fest vegas thread though how kaylinn was saying it got on her sheets and stuff. im afraid i'll look orange, too! but i guess it wont hurt to try. i dont want to smell like it, either!
    Ohh, yea I'd be worried about all that too. I just bought Olay Touch of Sun and started a thread on it. It's supposed to give you very gradual color, so hopefully it won't rub off on my clothes or anything.

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    Default Re: i cant get tan - help!!

    I heard the best time to get a tan is after a work out. Makes you darker bc of the blood rush.

    I know you said you tried two places already. Maybe ask the person in the counter how often the bulbs get changed, and when was the last time. It can be a coincidence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LuckiCharm View Post
    Ohh, yea I'd be worried about all that too. I just bought Olay Touch of Sun and started a thread on it. It's supposed to give you very gradual color, so hopefully it won't rub off on my clothes or anything.
    yeah, i used the jergens kind for a while. it worked and gave me some color, but the lotion smells like tanning. i hated it. it wasnt very moisturizing, either. i'll have to keep up on your thread to see how it works for you.

    vyanka, i never heard that! thats a good idea to try. isnt that how tinglers work, though? the blood rush or something? i dunno. i'm going to start going back to the place by school again every other day (since thats when i'll be up there) and maybe those beds will work better. and the thing is, everyone goes to these places. and they get tan.. so it cant be the bulbs. especially the one by school.. thats where all the girls go, and theyre all from jersey and new york and in sororities (no offense to anyone from any of those 3 categories) and might as well be orange they tan so much! they work for them

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    ok, today i went to hollywood tans near my school. ive never been here, but i bought a package thats 60 a month for 3 months and its unlimited tanning, any beds including high pressure. thats only like 5 a day if i go 3 days a week (the days im at school) and i got a free bottle of lotion. i did the high pressure, so hopefully i will see some color and by the end of this week i will be much more tan!

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    I can't seem to get color in anything but the standard beds. It's frustrating because I need to do 20 min compared to an upgraded bed which is normally 10 or 12 but they just don't give me any color. I've never understood it and even the staff at my salon are baffled, lol.

    This last month was the final proof enough for me. I had a free upgrade in a "mega bed" for a month, I lost so much color from using those, with new bulbs too. After my free month was up I had lost so much color that I got slightly burned in a 20 min standard.

    Maybe you have the same problem as I do? *shrugs*

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    ^^I have always felt I tanned better in the basic bed or basic stand up as well. The top tier beds have always felt like a waste of money for me. Give me a standard bed with brand new bulbs. Maybe call around to different tanning salons and ask them how long ago they changed their bulbs?

    I also like to tan and come right home and slather on some dark self tanner. SUN Laboratories makes the darkest self tanner I've ever seen.

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    wow, thats something i never thought of. i always liked the bigger or stand ups because its less time, but now that i think of it, i did always get better color when i used normal beds. i just bought this package though and i cant cancel it for 3 months. im seeing some color already from just one 12 min session in the high pressure bed.. i cant take it back now, and i bought that package specifically for the high pressure, but i guess i can use the reg beds too.

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    Neutrogena gradual tanning lotion is awsome. I get super tan very quickly and with almost no help, but my lower legs and feet are always paler than my body, no matter how much oil I slap on. If you can't find a solution to your tan problem, I recommend trying this. IT is the most natural-looking remedy I've found thus far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ITgirl View Post
    Neutrogena gradual tanning lotion is awsome. I get super tan very quickly and with almost no help, but my lower legs and feet are always paler than my body, no matter how much oil I slap on. If you can't find a solution to your tan problem, I recommend trying this. IT is the most natural-looking remedy I've found thus far.
    Does it ever rub off on your clothes or sheets or anything? Are you talking about the Build-a-Tan?

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