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Getting sunburned for the first time in a really long time...?
So I am 20 years old, and I'm of Mocha color, typically. I am Peruvian-born, of a very mixed ancestry, Irish, German, French, Spanish, Incan, etc( from great-grandparents).
Essentially, I got a red tank top tan two days ago, from spending one day out with my lil bros and then driving around with some buddies in a convertible... and it was the first time this has happened to me basically ever, when i was 8 my family spent a full week in a beach town and i was there pretty much from early until the sun left and after 5 days my back was super dark and started peeling. That was the only other time I remember happening to me. It just seems very odd that after a lifetime of just getting tan, and tanner in the sun, I randomly would get redness and slight discomfort. Does anybody have any reasoning or theory on why this might be occurring now?? At first I thought it was the lack of slow tanning I used to get in high school through sports, but I've been out for 3 years and its the first time this has occurred, i've also been going to the beach pretty regularly. Another potential reason I thought might be that it was two days before the summer solstice which might have made the sun stronger, but i have no idea. Any feedback or actual reason behind it is much appreciate it
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- ?Lv 75 years ago
Sunburn can happen, even if you are dark skinned or normally tan. You spent all day out in the sun, of course you were going to burn.
Just because you have a darker skin tone doesn't mean you are immune to skin damage. Every time you get sunburnt you increase your chances of developing skin cancer by up to 50%. Next time use sunscreen!