Tan lines or no tan lines?

[4DegreesWarmer]

Eh, tan lines reek of laziness and incompletion...

Seriously, I don't view them as being hot...they're either a turn off or just "meh," doing nothing for me either way

[sub337]

Love 'em!

[sub337]

Oops! Here's the pics I meant to post!

[skyler]

sasha rulz with tanlines

[skyler]

mmmmmmmmm yummy

[sub337]

Bianca's tanlines...boobs a little faint, but nice, nonetheless!

[BlackAdder]

I love the tan lines, but honestly I wouldnt want my girl tanning alot......Ive seen what happens when they start hittin 35+ and theyve been tanning since 18 or before.....not pretty.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

LOL. True. Aside from skin cancer..Tanning too much ages the skin. Therefore, Some people looked alot older than their actual age. LOL.

Premature aging of skin is unflatterring for both men and women. I suggest get a spray tan instead of baking under the hash UV rays of the sun..Just a suggestion.

2004 US SKIN CANCER FACT SHEET

* Over half of all new cancers are skin cancers.

* More than 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year.

* About 80 percent of the new skin cancer cases will be basal cell carcinoma, 16 percent are squamous cell carcinoma, and 4 percent are melanoma.

* An estimated 10,250 people will die of skin cancer this year, 7,910 from melanoma and 2,340 from other skin cancers.

* There will be about 95,880 new cases of melanoma in 2004 – 40,780 in situ (noninvasive) and 55,100 invasive (29,900 men and 25,200 women). This is a 4 percent increase in new cases of melanoma from 2003. In 2004, at current rates one in 37 Americans have a lifetime risk of developing melanoma and one in 65 Americans have a lifetime risk of developing invasive melanoma.

* One person dies of melanoma every hour. In 2004, 7,910 deaths will be attributed to melanoma – 5,050 men and 2,860 women. Older Caucasian males have the highest mortality rates from melanoma.

* The incidence of melanoma more than tripled among Caucasians between 1980 and 2003.

* More than 77 percent of skin cancer deaths are from melanoma.

* Melanoma is more common than any non-skin cancer among women between 25 and 29 years old.

* Invasive melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in men and the seventh most common cancer in women.

Source: American Cancer Society’s 2004 Facts & Figures

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

~Kisses.

HTG

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

At age 17 years, a teen-ager has significant sun damage due to deliberate tanning on the beach or in tanning salons.



In a woman 37 years old, subsurface sun damage is clearly visible in ultraviolet light.



At age 52 years a woman has "old-looking" skin in visible light and significantly sun-damaged skin in ultraviolet light.



A 64-year-old beach community resident has skin that chronicles a lifetime of chronic sun exposure. The skin is dry, inelastic, heavily mottled, with wrinkles.



As skin ages and accumulates sun damage, a number of lesions (sores or spots on the skin) become more common. These include:

* "Age" and "liver" spots (lentigines)—flat, brown areas with rounded edges usually found on the face, hands, back and feet. They are age-related and photoaging-related, and have nothing to do with the liver. While they are unsightly, they are not dangerous. However, a large, flat, dark area with irregular borders should be examined by a dermatologist to make sure it is not melanoma.

*Actinic keratoses—thick, warty, rough, reddish growths on sun-exposed areas of the skin. They may be a precursor to squamous cell carcinoma.

*Seborrheic keratoses—brown or black raised spots, or wart-like growths that appear to be stuck to the skin’s surface. They are not cancerous or precancerous, and are easily removed.

*Cherry angiomas—harmless, small, bright red domes created by dilated blood vessels. They occur in more than 85% of middle-aged to elderly people, usually on the body. A dermatologist can remove them

*Telangiectasias ("broken capillaries")—dilated facial blood vessels, usually related to sun damage. A dermatologist can treat them.

*Bruising—often a result of skin having lost its fat padding and becoming more susceptible to injury. Some drugs may cause bleeding under the skin. Bruises that persist should be examined by a dermatologist.

*Wrinkles—changes in the elastic tissue from exposure to sunlight, effects of gravity, or motion factors in the skin. A dermatologist can treat wrinkles with dermatologic surgery.

*Skin diseases more common in older people include shingles, leg ulcers, and seborrheic dermatitis.

JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER NOT TO OVER DO IT AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR SKIN.

~Kisses.

HTG

[Veracity]

Megan is always stunningly gorgeous but those tanlines cause more than a little drool.......
Tanlines = Yes!