It's your skin trying to heal damage

@Bloodedge I agree with this. "Burning is overexposure, tanning is controlled exposure."

Haha

I'm not bothering trying to explain this anymore. If you're too dense to figure it out it's not worth it.

ANY exposure is bad

I mean, tanning is scarring. It's just not scarring in a sense that makes your skin insensitive. Think of it as a microlayer of scar.

thinking Imma believe the U.S food and drugs <:FeelsKek:379422423206068245> maybe I should believe their Daily intake of vitamins too as if they're credible

You can still feel things, your skin just doesn't feel burns as much from the sun as it used to.

Tanning is a defense mechanism, not some mythical color indicative of health lol

why are you guys arguing over the fact that too much of something is bad for you

"Moderate exposure to direct sunlight contributes to the production of melanin and vitamin D by the body"

even wiki knows this basic fact

Well, that's not true either. Humans are visual creatures, and usually people who are tanned are also buffed/healthy as fuck sans their skin being all fucked up. So it made sense that for a long while the social convention was tanning = healthy.

However, with new information we know that is not the case.

Yes. A small amount of sun is good for absorption of vitamin D. But the amount of sun needed to accomplish that is phenomally low

Walking to your local coffee shop will give you enough

yeah a few minutes

https://www.health.harvard.edu/skin-and-hair/why-suntanning-is-still-a-bad-idea

ppl take that "go out and get some sun" shit to an extreme

@ramfrog I never said too much wouldn't hurt us lmao retards are saying tanning in general is bad and it's not you obviously don't tan for too long but tanning in general is good for you hence the vit D boost and absorption.

when it comes to vit d

There's limitless information out there talking about tanning and what it does to your skin

If you're tanning you're getting too much. Unless you can manage to tan in less than 20 minutes. But I dont know anyone who can.

I mean tanning is just not necessary to boost and absorb vitamin D either.

"Melanin is a natural pigment produced by cells called melanocytes in a process called melanogenesis. Melanocytes produce two types of melanin: pheomelanin (red) and eumelanin (very dark brown). Melanin protects the body by absorbing ultraviolet radiation"

literally makes melanin by absorbing the sun and creating vit D.

Just exposure to the sun is enough.

https://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-prevention/sun-protection/vitamin-d/#targetText=Vitamin%20D%20is%20essential%20for,including%20skin%20cancer%20%E2%80%94%20are%20great.&targetText=Read%20on%20to%20learn%20more,to%20get%20your%20vitamin%20D.

@Bloodedge it's a large part in creating VitD and absorbing it I already mention milk and other diary helping you as well(which is common for races like white people)

Yea, melanogenesis is a thing, you are misunderstanding what melanogenesis is tho. Melanogenesis doesn't mean you're going to get tanned as fuck because melanin.

I know

You already have as much melanin as you're going to have.

but

you can create melanin hence why some white people will get tanned and some just burn

You can create it but your body already produces as much as it will ever make. Only thing you are doing while out in the sun is giving your body an energy boost to put it that way, you don't necessarily have to tan to see the benefits of exposure to the sun either.

i think that might just be peaking in melanin and your body going back to normal levels after a while

Pretty much, if you're white as shit, tanning might give you that aesthetically pleasing look, but you're going to go back to your normal skn color after you shed off all your skin.

oh I agree that you don't tan and gain benefits all at once in fact just being in the sun gives you vitamin D I just said in the process you can create melanin and protect your skin it's just a benefit of the sun.

Which the body pretty much does every period of time which I can't remember off the top of my head.

yeh just think of all the random skin flakes u prob ingest throughout the day

I've seen many white people tan actively by doing work and they don't really go back to being white I don't see that as a huge health issue considering how active they are and despite that their skin is fine.

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