can you tan with UV index 5?

[gplanet]

just wonderin..cause that's what it'll be over spring break

 

[gplanet]

up?

 

[gplanet]

anyone? no one goes outside?

 

[amnesiac]

Maybe if I knew what the hell a UV Index 5 meant...

 

[gplanet]

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/uv_index/uv_what.html

 

[gplanet]

i still wanna know

 

[showoff0450]

No, not really... I'm up here in UConn and during the warm season when I play basketball outside after classes I only tan when there's a UV of 6 or higher... 5 really won't do much for ya, sorry.

 

[Wag]

Ah, well, it depends on how fair your skin is.

My skin isn't that fair, but I walk every day, and I find that I'm tanning earlier and earlier every year. By mid/late April I've already got a tan, and I live in the Boston area.

My dermatologist told me I should wear sunscreen from May-Sept even though I usually walk in the morning when the UV rating isn't that high.

 

[gplanet]

skin is very fair but i have been occassionally fake tanning which is enough to make me look like a normal white person and stop people from saying "excuse me if you don't mind me asking, how are you so white?"

 

[sandorski]

Umm, as far as I know, the UV index has nothing to do with tanning. It's a warning for skin cancer and how long until you'll burn.

 

[XZeroII]

Why would you want to Tan. It's the stupidest thing you can do to your skin. You'll turn into a wrinkled up turnip.