Bodybuilder diagnosed with skin cancer after using sunbeds for 8 years

[io856]

three times a day 

[Stavios]

bay, you are fucking black what do you know about being pale !  

ps: melanotan II is fucking awesome and it looks good on  some people (like me) but on some people it makes you look like a fucking douche (most people)

[makaveli25]

I get pretty tan during the summer. Once fall and winter come I tan once a week. I shave my head every other day when I don't get any sun or use the tanning bed it makes it harder and harder to shave. I start to notice more blemishes my skin doesn't look as clean or crisp. The hair come off easier when I'm tan. I think once a week or once every two weeks is okay if you have more olive skin.

[Disgusted]

So only bodyduilders can get skin cancer from a tanning bed?

[JimmyJam1974]

So only bodyduilders can get skin cancer from a tanning bed?

Yes because there is so much more mass to get burned

[Tito24]

bodybuilders die young anyway.

[johnnynoname]

the funny thing is that the guy has a mediocore tan at best and he got cancer for it



If anyone should be getting skin cancer it will hopefully be me


I say "hopefully" because, honestly, I can't bare living any longer

[JimmyJam1974]

the funny thing is that the guy has a mediocore tan at best and he got cancer for it



If anyone should be getting skin cancer it will hopefully be me


I say "hopefully" because, honestly, I can't bare living any longer

[MB_722]

you ever hear of those injections you can take to change your skin color I have a friend who has been doing it for years.

forgot what it's called tho

[johnnynoname]

you ever hear of those injections you can take to change your skin color I have a friend who has been doing it for years.

forgot what it's called tho

melatan (sp) II

[MB_722]

probably

http://articles.muscletalk.co.uk/article-melanotan.aspx

he never had any sides tho. so he says. ... its seems to work.

[dyslexic]

Geishas...



not tanned.

[HTexan]

That is nonsense and this view is the product of a fleeting cultural moment.  It was not that long ago that tans were considered very undesirable because it showed that you were exposed to the sun and civilized, cultured people did not do that sort of thing.  Very pale skin was thought to be the height of beauty and people bent over backwards to have the pale look.  Women used to wear parasols when they went out during the day and gentlemen always wore hats and gloves to avoid any possible tanning from the sun.  Women used to powder their faces to make themselves more white.  The idea that being tan is attractive is a very recent shift and will be a fleeting one as more and more people develop various forms of skin cancer.

I have a huge pale BB friend (I think he is Irish) who uses Melanotan.  It works: he is much darker... but to me it looks very weird and I've told him several times he should quit it.  

Beauty can come in many forms--and shades.  Embrace yourself and stop listening to Abercrombie & Fitch, Calvin Klein, and all the other arbiters of male beauty.  Do you want to live in a world where everyone is striving to look like George Hamilton?   I don't.

tan is in now, becuase most of the US is working inside. And a tan shows you have more free time. Same for non-obese people. Fat used to be in fashion. Now, people try to be fit becuase it takes money to invest in health and buy $$$ health food.

[Hulkotron]

bodybuilders die young anyway.

It's not like he was going to write the Great American Novel.

[Lord Chronos]

That is nonsense and this view is the product of a fleeting cultural moment.  It was not that long ago that tans were considered very undesirable because it showed that you were exposed to the sun and civilized, cultured people did not do that sort of thing.  Very pale skin was thought to be the height of beauty and people bent over backwards to have the pale look.  Women used to wear parasols when they went out during the day and gentlemen always wore hats and gloves to avoid any possible tanning from the sun.  Women used to powder their faces to make themselves more white.  The idea that being tan is attractive is a very recent shift and will be a fleeting one as more and more people develop various forms of skin cancer.

I have a huge pale BB friend (I think he is Irish) who uses Melanotan.  It works: he is much darker... but to me it looks very weird and I've told him several times he should quit it.  

Beauty can come in many forms--and shades.  Embrace yourself and stop listening to Abercrombie & Fitch, Calvin Klein, and all the other arbiters of male beauty.  Do you want to live in a world where everyone is striving to look like George Hamilton?   I don't.

Indeed in some parts of China it is still desirable to be pale skin, skin whitening products are popular.

For europeans there is a simple choice, in the long term you can either tan and accelerate skin aging, or have pale youthful skin.

[JimmyJam1974]

Indeed in some parts of China it is still desirable to be pale skin, skin whitening products are popular.
.

These products are popular here - mostly for women's anuses.

[flinstones1]

That is nonsense and this view is the product of a fleeting cultural moment.  It was not that long ago that tans were considered very undesirable because it showed that you were exposed to the sun and civilized, cultured people did not do that sort of thing.  Very pale skin was thought to be the height of beauty and people bent over backwards to have the pale look.  Women used to wear parasols when they went out during the day and gentlemen always wore hats and gloves to avoid any possible tanning from the sun.  Women used to powder their faces to make themselves more white.  The idea that being tan is attractive is a very recent shift and will be a fleeting one as more and more people develop various forms of skin cancer.

I have a huge pale BB friend (I think he is Irish) who uses Melanotan.  It works: he is much darker... but to me it looks very weird and I've told him several times he should quit it.  

Beauty can come in many forms--and shades.  Embrace yourself and stop listening to Abercrombie & Fitch, Calvin Klein, and all the other arbiters of male beauty.  Do you want to live in a world where everyone is striving to look like George Hamilton?   I don't.

your wrong. Women prefer darker skinned men, as well as darker haired men in general. There was even a study showing female lions prefered mates with darker maines. The reason is because Testosterona has been shown to darken and alter the pigment of the skin during puberty and signals sexual maturity. Men on the other hand are generall attracted to women with lighter complexions.

[HTexan]

your wrong. Women prefer darker skinned men, as well as darker haired men in general. There was even a study showing female lions prefered mates with darker maines. The reason is because Testosterona has been shown to darken and alter the pigment of the skin during puberty and signals sexual maturity. Men on the other hand are generall attracted to women with lighter complexions.

soo that is my i love latinas!!! 

[flinstones1]

Indeed in some parts of China it is still desirable to be pale skin, skin whitening products are popular.

For europeans there is a simple choice, in the long term you can either tan and accelerate skin aging, or have pale youthful skin.

 I think that the whole going out in the sun thing makes you look old is a bunch of hogwash. My parents never wore suncreen and lived in the sun their whole life, could easily pass for 10 years younger than they are. Why would you wear something that prevents nature from doing what it's supposed to? The sun has numerous health benefits from vitamin D, digestion, depression, adrenal health, even bodybuilding. Mike Metzner I believe used to talk about this, why bodybuilders used to grow better during the summer months I have no idea the specific reasons. It was facinating stuff I'll look around.

[flinstones1]

soo that is my i love latinas!!!  

and I love black women.  and lots of gorgeous women dig bald guys, some guys like muscular chicks, and lots of women find huge bodybuilders repulsive and prefer abocrombie 150lb models.  environmental factors must be brought into play it plays a huge role in what we find attractive in the opposite sex. but i would bet  if you were  caveman in the wild and never learned to like latin women, you would choose a fair skinned chika   every time.

[HTexan]

and I love black women.  and lots of gorgeous women dig bald guys, some guys like muscular chicks, and lots of women find huge bodybuilders repulsive and prefer abocrombie 150lb models.  environmental factors must be brought into play it plays a huge role in what we find attractive in the opposite sex. but i would bet  if you were  caveman in the wild and never learned to like latin women, you would choose a fair skinned chika   every time.

i never learned to like anything. Who has to learn to love the pussy?

[WillGrant]

[booty]

I think that the whole going out in the sun thing makes you look old is a bunch of hogwash. My parents never wore suncreen and lived in the sun their whole life, could easily pass for 10 years younger than they are. Why would you wear something that prevents nature from doing what it's supposed to? The sun has numerous health benefits from vitamin D, digestion, depression, adrenal health, even bodybuilding. Mike Metzner I believe used to talk about this, why bodybuilders used to grow better during the summer months I have no idea the specific reasons. It was facinating stuff I'll look around.

I think in moderation, it can be a good thing.  It's only when people expose themselves to the sun excessively, that it prematurely ages the skin and can lead to skin cancer.  I still think sunbeds are bad for the skin and yes I am guilty of using them also.  I never use them anymore though.  It's artificial light and that is what is shown to increase the chances of getting melanoma. 

[Meso_z]

"bodybuilder" 

[JasonH]

I think in moderation, it can be a good thing.  It's only when people expose themselves to the sun excessively, that it prematurely ages the skin and can lead to skin cancer.  I still think sunbeds are bad for the skin and yes I am guilty of using them also.  I never use them anymore though.  It's artificial light and that is what is shown to increase the chances of getting melanoma. 

x2

I've been using sunbeds for well over 10 years now but I only go on once or twice a week, never three times, but I'm starting to use them less and less now - I only go on them because they help get rid of spots - I don't go on them to get tanned. Like you said, everything in moderation.