Will SPF 45 let me tan?

[jumpr]

I'm going to the beach tomorrow and spending the weekend there. I plan on wearing SPF 45 sunblock while I'm there, but I'm wondering if my skin will tan even though I'm wearing sunblock. I've got an olive complexion but I still burn occasionally on my shoulders and on my nose (and I'm concerned about UV exposure), so I wear sunscreen whenever I'm out in the sun for a long time.

 

[Lola]

not likely...
you stayin in MI?

PS... my derm told me that anything over spf 15 is worthless... just an fyi!

 

[Coquito]

With sp30 my pale skin stays pale.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
not likely...
you stayin in MI?

PS... my derm told me that anything over spf 15 is worthless... just an fyi!

When I went to the beach the first sunny weekend of Spring, I used SPF 20 when I normally use SPF 30/35 and I didn't burn. And I am pretty pasty in the winter. Damn Irish complexion

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Coquito
With sp30 my pale skin stays pale.

 

[cavemanmoron]

you want to tan, a little;
use 30# spf.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
not likely...
you stayin in MI?

PS... my derm told me that anything over spf 15 is worthless... just an fyi!

When I went to the beach the first sunny weekend of Spring, I used SPF 20 when I normally use SPF 30/35 and I didn't burn. And I am pretty pasty in the winter. Damn Irish complexion

I know how you feel.. I used SPF 15 a few weekends ago and we were at the park all day.. everyone else got burnt to a crisp and i stayed super pasty white.

 

[jumpr]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
not likely...
you stayin in MI?

PS... my derm told me that anything over spf 15 is worthless... just an fyi!

Yeah, I know it's no better than a lower grade of SPF, but it's what I found in my closet, so I'm taking it.

I'm not in MI anymore, I actually moved further east after graduation.

 

[Juno]

my skin is never be white.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Juno
my skin is never be white.

all our base aren't belong to who?

 

[notfred]

I don't get the purpose of ultra-high SPF sunscreen. The idea is that the amount of sun expusure you get is 1/n what you would get with no protection, where n is the SPF of the sunscreen.

I looked it up. A white cotton t-shirt is essentially SPF 5. Yes, 5. All those super-high SPF rated things are ridiculous overkill.

If you can stay out in the sun for an hour without burning with no sunscreen, you can stay out for an entire day with SPF 15.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: notfred
I don't get the purpose of ultra-high SPF sunscreen. The idea is that the amount of sun expusure you get is 1/n what you would get with no protection, where n is the SPF of the sunscreen.

I looked it up. A white cotton t-shirt is essentially SPF 5. Yes, 5. All those super-high SPF rated things are ridiculous overkill.

If you can stay out in the sun for an hour without burning with no sunscreen, you can stay out for an entire day with SPF 15.

I thought the strengths of all sunscreens were the same, and the SPF only referred to the duration of the protection? For example, suppose you could normally be out in the sun for 10 minutes before starting to burn without wearing any sunscreen. An SPF 10 sunscreen will theoretically allow you to stay out for 100 minutes before starting to burn, and an SPF 20 would give you 200 minutes.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: notfred
I don't get the purpose of ultra-high SPF sunscreen. The idea is that the amount of sun expusure you get is 1/n what you would get with no protection, where n is the SPF of the sunscreen.

I looked it up. A white cotton t-shirt is essentially SPF 5. Yes, 5. All those super-high SPF rated things are ridiculous overkill.

If you can stay out in the sun for an hour without burning with no sunscreen, you can stay out for an entire day with SPF 15.

I thought the strengths of all sunscreens were the same, and the SPF only referred to the duration of the protection? For example, suppose you could normally be out in the sun for 10 minutes before starting to burn without wearing any sunscreen. An SPF 10 sunscreen will theoretically allow you to say out for 100 minutes before starting to burn, and an SPF 20 would give you 200 minutes.

Bingo.

However long you can stay out in the sun without sunscreen, is what you multiply the SPF by to get how long you can stay out in the sun with that sunscreen.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: notfred
I don't get the purpose of ultra-high SPF sunscreen. The idea is that the amount of sun expusure you get is 1/n what you would get with no protection, where n is the SPF of the sunscreen.

I looked it up. A white cotton t-shirt is essentially SPF 5. Yes, 5. All those super-high SPF rated things are ridiculous overkill.

If you can stay out in the sun for an hour without burning with no sunscreen, you can stay out for an entire day with SPF 15.

I thought the strengths of all sunscreens were the same, and the SPF only referred to the duration of the protection? For example, suppose you could normally be out in the sun for 10 minutes before starting to burn without wearing any sunscreen. An SPF 10 sunscreen will theoretically allow you to say out for 100 minutes before starting to burn, and an SPF 20 would give you 200 minutes.

Bingo.

However long you can stay out in the sun without sunscreen, is what you multiply the SPF by to get how long you can stay out in the sun with that sunscreen.

That is true *because* of what I said. If you can stay out for 1 hour normally, and you put on SPF 15 sunscreen, you're now getting 1/15th the amount of sun you were getting before. You can stay out for 15 hours before you burn.

What Special K said is entirely false, even though it's similar to what you said.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: notfred
I don't get the purpose of ultra-high SPF sunscreen. The idea is that the amount of sun expusure you get is 1/n what you would get with no protection, where n is the SPF of the sunscreen.

I looked it up. A white cotton t-shirt is essentially SPF 5. Yes, 5. All those super-high SPF rated things are ridiculous overkill.

If you can stay out in the sun for an hour without burning with no sunscreen, you can stay out for an entire day with SPF 15.

Different people burn at different rates. Some people can burn within minutes (those would be people closer to the albino end of the scale).

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: notfred
I don't get the purpose of ultra-high SPF sunscreen. The idea is that the amount of sun expusure you get is 1/n what you would get with no protection, where n is the SPF of the sunscreen.

I looked it up. A white cotton t-shirt is essentially SPF 5. Yes, 5. All those super-high SPF rated things are ridiculous overkill.

If you can stay out in the sun for an hour without burning with no sunscreen, you can stay out for an entire day with SPF 15.

I thought the strengths of all sunscreens were the same, and the SPF only referred to the duration of the protection? For example, suppose you could normally be out in the sun for 10 minutes before starting to burn without wearing any sunscreen. An SPF 10 sunscreen will theoretically allow you to say out for 100 minutes before starting to burn, and an SPF 20 would give you 200 minutes.

Bingo.

However long you can stay out in the sun without sunscreen, is what you multiply the SPF by to get how long you can stay out in the sun with that sunscreen.

That is true *because* of what I said. If you can stay out for 1 hour normally, and you put on SPF 15 sunscreen, you're now getting 1/15th the amount of sun you were getting before. You can stay out for 15 hours before you burn.

What Special K said is entirely false, even though it's similar to what you said.

How is what Special K said entirely false? The SPF refers to a multiple to find the duration you can be out in the sun. His example implicitly stated that the SPF was a multiplier.

Simply put, it's a combination of what you two said if you want to argue semantics.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: notfred
I don't get the purpose of ultra-high SPF sunscreen. The idea is that the amount of sun expusure you get is 1/n what you would get with no protection, where n is the SPF of the sunscreen.

I looked it up. A white cotton t-shirt is essentially SPF 5. Yes, 5. All those super-high SPF rated things are ridiculous overkill.

If you can stay out in the sun for an hour without burning with no sunscreen, you can stay out for an entire day with SPF 15.

I thought the strengths of all sunscreens were the same, and the SPF only referred to the duration of the protection? For example, suppose you could normally be out in the sun for 10 minutes before starting to burn without wearing any sunscreen. An SPF 10 sunscreen will theoretically allow you to say out for 100 minutes before starting to burn, and an SPF 20 would give you 200 minutes.

Bingo.

However long you can stay out in the sun without sunscreen, is what you multiply the SPF by to get how long you can stay out in the sun with that sunscreen.

That is true *because* of what I said. If you can stay out for 1 hour normally, and you put on SPF 15 sunscreen, you're now getting 1/15th the amount of sun you were getting before. You can stay out for 15 hours before you burn.

What Special K said is entirely false, even though it's similar to what you said.

How is what Special K said entirely false? The SPF refers to a multiple to find the duration you can be out in the sun. His example implicitly stated that the SPF was a multiplier.

Simply put, it's a combination of what you two said if you want to argue semantics.

He said:

I thought the strengths of all sunscreens were the same

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: notfred
I don't get the purpose of ultra-high SPF sunscreen. The idea is that the amount of sun expusure you get is 1/n what you would get with no protection, where n is the SPF of the sunscreen.

I looked it up. A white cotton t-shirt is essentially SPF 5. Yes, 5. All those super-high SPF rated things are ridiculous overkill.

If you can stay out in the sun for an hour without burning with no sunscreen, you can stay out for an entire day with SPF 15.

I thought the strengths of all sunscreens were the same, and the SPF only referred to the duration of the protection? For example, suppose you could normally be out in the sun for 10 minutes before starting to burn without wearing any sunscreen. An SPF 10 sunscreen will theoretically allow you to say out for 100 minutes before starting to burn, and an SPF 20 would give you 200 minutes.

Bingo.

However long you can stay out in the sun without sunscreen, is what you multiply the SPF by to get how long you can stay out in the sun with that sunscreen.

That is true *because* of what I said. If you can stay out for 1 hour normally, and you put on SPF 15 sunscreen, you're now getting 1/15th the amount of sun you were getting before. You can stay out for 15 hours before you burn.

What Special K said is entirely false, even though it's similar to what you said.

How is what Special K said entirely false? The SPF refers to a multiple to find the duration you can be out in the sun. His example implicitly stated that the SPF was a multiplier.

Simply put, it's a combination of what you two said if you want to argue semantics.

He said:

I thought the strengths of all sunscreens were the same

::sigh::

Then your statement of him being entirely wrong is also false. Take out the strenghts part and everything after that is correct.

See, I can argue semantics too.

 

[0roo0roo]

looking like a redneck is overrated these days. the whole tan thing is bogus. stupid white people.

A new study finds that frequent users of tanning beds experience "feel-good" effects similar to those of some addictive drugs.

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center say the ultraviolet (UV) light in tanning beds appears to trigger production of endorphins, brain chemicals linked to pain relief and euphoric feelings.http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=61025

 

[Nebor]

Use tanning oil.

 

[Xylitol]

I dont use sunscreen, and I have never gotten heavy burns, only minor ones that are better the next day
I'd recommend to just wear -30 SPF