medical advice given by orange idiots
A couple of days ago I was killing some time watching videos on Youtube. I tend to watch a lot of those how to videos because there are so many things to learn. From how to properly apply individual false lashes to cooking bangers and mash. One of the videos had this girl talking about how she got her tan and I decided to click.
Now, I'm not interested in tanning because 1) it's bad for your health 2) I don't mind products that enhance how we look but I don't like it when they alter a person 3) I like being pale 4) there is skin cancer in the family and I'm not going to court it by tanning.
Anyway, the reason I clicked is because the girl looked like an oompa loompa. I was a bit amused at first, but then in the sidebar, I read how she didn't want people telling her tanning (whether in direct sunlight or in a tanning bed) is bad. Her argument is that it is all hype and people have been tanning for thousands of years, so it can't suddenly be bad for you. Oh, and tanning gives you vitamin D. This cheeto-looking twit was actually advocating using a tanning bed, so you can look good for prom. I've heard a ridiculous number of stories of women tanning in their teens and then ending up with melanomas in their late twenties and early thirties. Has she not heard that the number of people being diagnosed with skin cancer is rising as the ages in which they are finding the melanomas is dropping? It frankly pisses me off to hear this little moron act as if being tan for prom is something vitally important. Hello, being cancer-free should be a higher priority!
When I clicked on the video, I thought I would be amused by a girl pushing some kind of spray tan brand because in the thumbnail, she was holding a bottle. While she did ultimately talk about the spray tan, she first spent quite awhile defending tanning beds. It just seems so frivolous that girls are trying to alter their skin color all so they can play into some perceived beauty ideal. Just a few decades ago being pale was the height of beauty and that is still true in parts of the world today. In other words, the beauty ideal evolves but what shouldn't increase is the amount of crap women are willing to do to themselves for something that is fundamentally fleeting. The consequences of such actions won't be as fleeting.
I see the crap my family went through when my Dad was diagnosed with skin cancer and I can't help but shake my head and wonder when people decided beauty could only be found through drastically changing ourselves. Dumbasses.
Now, I'm not interested in tanning because 1) it's bad for your health 2) I don't mind products that enhance how we look but I don't like it when they alter a person 3) I like being pale 4) there is skin cancer in the family and I'm not going to court it by tanning.
Anyway, the reason I clicked is because the girl looked like an oompa loompa. I was a bit amused at first, but then in the sidebar, I read how she didn't want people telling her tanning (whether in direct sunlight or in a tanning bed) is bad. Her argument is that it is all hype and people have been tanning for thousands of years, so it can't suddenly be bad for you. Oh, and tanning gives you vitamin D. This cheeto-looking twit was actually advocating using a tanning bed, so you can look good for prom. I've heard a ridiculous number of stories of women tanning in their teens and then ending up with melanomas in their late twenties and early thirties. Has she not heard that the number of people being diagnosed with skin cancer is rising as the ages in which they are finding the melanomas is dropping? It frankly pisses me off to hear this little moron act as if being tan for prom is something vitally important. Hello, being cancer-free should be a higher priority!
When I clicked on the video, I thought I would be amused by a girl pushing some kind of spray tan brand because in the thumbnail, she was holding a bottle. While she did ultimately talk about the spray tan, she first spent quite awhile defending tanning beds. It just seems so frivolous that girls are trying to alter their skin color all so they can play into some perceived beauty ideal. Just a few decades ago being pale was the height of beauty and that is still true in parts of the world today. In other words, the beauty ideal evolves but what shouldn't increase is the amount of crap women are willing to do to themselves for something that is fundamentally fleeting. The consequences of such actions won't be as fleeting.
I see the crap my family went through when my Dad was diagnosed with skin cancer and I can't help but shake my head and wonder when people decided beauty could only be found through drastically changing ourselves. Dumbasses.