Does the intensity of the sun matter in the likelihood to cause skin cancer? For example, to achieve the same "color" if you were to spend 20 minutes outside at noon, or 2 hours outside at 4pm, would the first situation be worse because it was "all at once"? Assuming that aesthetically you achieved the same result.
I know the obvious answer is to not tan, and I know there are inherent risks to either scenario. I do not believe in the slightest that tanning is recommended, but in the rare instance where I unfortunately get body-shamed for being pale hard enough that I do let myself into the sun without sunscreen, I am just curious.
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Does the intensity of the sun matter in the likelihood to cause skin cancer? For example, to achieve the same "color" if you were to spend 20 minutes outside at noon, or 2 hours outside at 4pm, would the first situation be worse because it was "all at once"? Assuming that aesthetically you achieved the same result.
I know the obvious answer is to not tan, and I know there are inherent risks to either scenario. I do not believe in the slightest that tanning is recommended, but in the rare instance where I unfortunately get body-shamed for being pale hard enough that I do let myself into the sun without sunscreen, I am just curious.
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