Does using sunblock and tanning oil cancel each other out?

[imported_Tomato]

I'd like to get a tan this summer (it's 92 degrees outside right now), but I don't care for the damaging effects of the sun. If I used sunblock along with tanning oil, would they cancel each other out?

 

[bunker]

If you don't like the damaging effects of the sun then stay out of it. Sunblock will work for a while, but it doesn't completely prevent all of the harmful rays from reaching you. If you want a tan w/out any risk then use the fake tan lotion.

 

[StageLeft]

Not sure, but some tanning oils have a low spf in them, so I don't know how they work. the fact of the matter is that if you have a tan, you've already got some skin damage. If you sit out for 3 hours with sunblock on and get to a certain level and it's the same level as no sunblock but 15 minutes raw, your skin damage is likely to be the same in either case - the former just takes a lot longer.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Dezign
I'd like to get a tan this summer (it's 92 degrees outside right now), but I don't care for the damaging effects of the sun. If I used sunblock along with tanning oil, would they cancel each other out?

c'mon Dez. You're kidding...right?

A tan is because of the damaging effects of the sun. Just put on an 8, get a good base and go from there.