Sunburnification

[Winged Wonder]

i'm puerto rican... yet very very fair-skinned for a puerto rican (my cousins are all darker than me... needless to say i'm a little jealous) ANYWAYS, sunblock is a nice thing to wear. being floridian i like the tan lines (its sort of proof that i live in FL lol) but once at a robotics car wash about a week or so before Homecoming, i had the brilliant idea of not only not wearing sunscreen, but also, i work this pink pucca necklace. long story short, by the time Homecoming rolled around, my back was two different colors; near the shoulders it was white because all of my tan skin had flaked off, but halfway down my back it was still tan... not to mention the nice white ring around my neck--courtesy of the necklace.

...i still have those tanlines...

and as Heidi said, you've got to be careful with sunburns. skin cancer isnt cool, and neither is premature aging. would you rather look pale or look about 20 years older than you really are?

and for my brown-skinned friends... it doesnt matter what levels of melanin you've got in your skin.. you should still wear sunscreen to protect your skin from harmful UV rays... you may not end up looking darker, but your skin still takes the heat. (no pun intended)