# Tanning or avoiding the sun

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-or-avoiding-the-sun/101257>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 1, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-or-avoiding-the-sun/101257 "2002-04-01T19:30:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-or-avoiding-the-sun/101257/41 "2002-04-03T12:49:53Z")

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I like the look of tan, but I don’t want to expose my skin to the sun-skin canser is no laughing mattre! I have seen ads for some kind of dye, that tints your skin temporarily. Has anybody used this stuff? How do you apply it? And…is it safe?

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