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Worried about the sun and UV radiation/Skin Cancer

Hi.I have been pale for a long time but have always had a very slight tint since I am mixed race and what I have know and have been told WhiteEuropean-South East Asian-Latin/Hispanic and have decided fo go out this summer.At first for a week I used no sunscreen in 28-30 degrees for 2-4 hours then I got sunburnt twice.Then I tanned light brown and to then olive which I still didn't use sunscreen.I then started using sunscreen 50+ and skin doesnt burn anymore.I now use 50+ for 1 hour In the sun direct sunlight and sometimes no sunscreen on cloudy 23 degree days for 4-5 hours.My skin doesnt burn that much but seems to go a little red then olive like Javier Bardem or eva Mendes.Would you say my skin would be fine? And have anyone else done this before?
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Now I will only go out from 2pm onwards for 1-2 hours with 50+ to be safe..I'm kind of new to sun tanning,would this be okay?

but I feel I'd like to be more tanned and stay tanned nowadays instead of being more white

Thankyou very much.
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Original post by Jonn87
Hi.I have been pale for a long time but have always had a very slight tint since I am mixed race and what I have know and have been told WhiteEuropean-South East Asian-Latin/Hispanic and have decided fo go out this summer.At first for a week I used no sunscreen in 28-30 degrees for 2-4 hours then I got sunburnt twice.Then I tanned light brown and to then olive which I still didn't use sunscreen.I then started using sunscreen 50+ and skin doesnt burn anymore.I now use 50+ for 1 hour In the sun direct sunlight and sometimes no sunscreen on cloudy 23 degree days for 4-5 hours.My skin doesnt burn that much but seems to go a little red then olive like Javier Bardem or eva Mendes.Would you say my skin would be fine? And have anyone else done this before?
.
Now I will only go out from 2pm onwards for 1-2 hours with 50+ to be safe..I'm kind of new to sun tanning,would this be okay?
but I feel I'd like to be more tanned and stay tanned nowadays instead of being more white
Thankyou very much.


Excuse the broken grammar and spellings it makes me sound very illiterate.The predictive text is bad and the keyboards on the Samsung galaxy s8's I think are not the best haha

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