How often should I tan?

[Landmonster]

I'm interested in how often I should tan.

I'm have a moderate complexion, and I am white. I'm not super pale, but I am not olive skinned either. Average, I guess.


How often should I tan, to get a good off-seasonish color? I'm not looking to get as dark as Jay Cutler, but become fairly tan, and "healthy" looking.

I know that is a vague description... sorry.


My gym offers $3.25 per tan, or $25 a month unlimited tanning. The tanning beds are stand up, and powerful.... the maximum allowed time is 12 minutes. For the unlimited tanning price to become worth it, I'd have to tan at least twice a week.

Additionally, does anyone know of any really low-priced places to tan that are good?

 

[jondy]

I would say work yourself up slowly to the maximum time and then 3 days a week should do it. Start slow. The last thing you want to do is badly burn yourself.

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[Fears]

Once you have a good base tan you can get by with 2-3 times a week for maximum time for maintainence.
I tan twice a week right before every other workout and this works for me.

 

[NCMAC]

All depends on your complexion man.. once I get to where I want to be I go just once a week.. and use a good bronzer lotion like Tabu Tini.. the shit works amazing..

 

[shoestring]

Well, when you get older you will wish you had not tanned that often (wrinkles). You might look into some of the tanning creams that contain DHA. They work good and look natural. Loreal makes a decent one that is cheap too. But in all fairness, I am not sure how good DHA is for your skin .

 

[fearnofish]

Purchase 3 vials of Melanton II. It will turn you really dark. I have used it for my last 5 shows. I use a 12 minute bed every day while using the MTll. It does work awesome.

 

[fearnofish]

It is spelled Melanotan ll. Sorry for the typo