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[Indja]

Geez!  I don't think I dislike myself that much, I was joking about rib removal by the way, I'm awesome the way I am.

Oh, I know you were joking! It just reminded me.. yeah, my friends have/had problems with their body images... and I'm sure there's worse surgeries out there that I haven't heard of.

There's the skin bleaching fad in India that has caught on.

That sounds dangerous, too. I don't really the mindset behind any plastic surgery. It's not worth it, on sooo many levels.

I don't have a problem with plastic surgery in principle, but it just seems like there are so many easier, cheaper ways to deal with one's body issues xD

[sangrebloom]

I was abusive with sunblock for a few years, I was milky white because of it.  i still don't tan right/ever.

[Marionette26]

I was abusive with sunblock for a few years, I was milky white because of it.  i still don't tan right/ever.

I can't tan intentionally, and I usually just burn... I should probably get abusive with sunblock. Sunblock is good for you, I think that maybe you can't be too abusive with it. It keeps you from getting skin cancer (not really, but, whatever).

[sangrebloom]

haha  :)I was putting it on at night, some brands of sunblock do bleach skin. 

[Marionette26]

Do they really? How? ..And why were you putting it on at night?

[N.U.]

Do they really? How? ..And why were you putting it on at night?

To sleep while it was soaking in, or those Moonbeams were particularly harsh that day.

Didn't know that it bleached skin, though. I, too, think about getting some sun and immediately burn.

[sangrebloom]

I dunno I was fifteen and really into The Cure!  I was already pale to begin with, so using it all the time just made be get paler and paler.  I didn't much like going outside and did a lot of walking around / trouncing around dry river beds at night.  It was a cheap brand too, and it even had a warning "may cause skin to discolor"   

I burn really bad in the sun, so doing all of that made sense to me at the time.  I've gotten blisters from getting caught without sun block or a jacket. that's a large amount of suck.

[N.U.]

I blistered the tops of my feet. I know how suck it is.

[buttercup.]

I was abusive with sunblock for a few years, I was milky white because of it.  i still don't tan right/ever.

I can't tan intentionally, and I usually just burn... I should probably get abusive with sunblock. Sunblock is good for you, I think that maybe you can't be too abusive with it. It keeps you from getting skin cancer (not really, but, whatever).

It really isn't.

[sangrebloom]

joy of joys! I really was doing more harm than good! 

[N.U.]

Yikes! Some have additives that act just like estrogen (oestrogen for those who speak Queen).

[Marionette26]

..So what'm I supposed to use instead of sunscreen, then? I hated it already because it's greasy and thick and disgusting.. and now it can give me cancer. Are there natural forms of sunblock? Aside from lots of antioxidants, which I actually get (and I'm still pale, so I'll still burn crazy easy and deep).

[Pope Totalfrog]

..So what'm I supposed to use instead of sunscreen, then? I hated it already because it's greasy and thick and disgusting.. and now it can give me cancer. Are there natural forms of sunblock? Aside from lots of antioxidants, which I actually get (and I'm still pale, so I'll still burn crazy easy and deep).

I use invisible zinc, it's thick and hard to rub in but it works brilliantly. I'm part ginger so I burn on a cloudy day in winter.
My dad's cousin has melanoma. It's horrible and will probably end up killing him. So I'd rather take the extremely minute risk that there might be something in my sunblock that could possibly cause cancer over the huge risk of being burnt and getting cancer.

[Marionette26]

..So what'm I supposed to use instead of sunscreen, then? I hated it already because it's greasy and thick and disgusting.. and now it can give me cancer. Are there natural forms of sunblock? Aside from lots of antioxidants, which I actually get (and I'm still pale, so I'll still burn crazy easy and deep).

I use invisible zinc, it's thick and hard to rub in but it works brilliantly. I'm part ginger so I burn on a cloudy day in winter.
My dad's cousin has melanoma. It's horrible and will probably end up killing him. So I'd rather take the extremely minute risk that there might be something in my sunblock that could possibly cause cancer over the huge risk of being burnt and getting cancer.

I don't need to use sunblock the majority of the time anyway, since I'm not outside long enough to burn. I'm pale, but I'm not pale like you are. So when I do go outside for a long time I will probably still use sunblock. But I'm going to tell a friend of mine about the zinc - she's pale as hell, and she's allergic to most sunscreen, lotions, and soaps (in varying degrees). So that'd certainly be a nice alternative to breaking out in a rash.

[CeeGBee]

..So what'm I supposed to use instead of sunscreen, then?

...light-colored, loose-fitting clothes, and a hat.....

Parasols are also very fashion-forward.