.....can do you good. apparently applying sunblock can increase your chances of cancer cause it blocks out the ultra violet rays that your body needs to create vitamin D to fight cancer. a docter (forget his name) is now saying that getting about 15minutes of sun a week without sunscreen is good for your body.

heres the whole story: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Sun/wireStory?id=781896&page=1

but I heard that if you stay out in sun too long..you get skin cancer too..because too much sun??

too much sun can give you skin cancer but no sun at all can give you a different cancer

No sun at all just makes you weak. All the good vitamins in your blood get activated by the sunlight. Which is why I used to be constantly sick. The healthiest thing for a sick person to do is spend time outside in the sun.

But yes, you can get skin cancer from the sunlight. Everyone has a bit of cancer cells in their body, but some things enhance these cells untill they take over certain organs. Coffee, smoking, sun,... a lot of things can cause cancer.

A scary thought.

Almost everything can! Speaking of sun, what avbout sunless tanning? I know you dont get your vitamins, but there seems to be a disagreememnt on whats better, chemical/tanning bed tans versus all natural outside tans. Currently I just bought 'Jergens Natural Glow. Its a lotion that will slowly darken my skin. I can tan, but Im a really slow tanner! Thus I end up with a really uneven tan, I've only beenm using it for 3 days and I've already got a really nice result ^-^ Hpwever does anyone know if its safe? So far Im just going to keep using it, it seems like anything and everything will kill you.

yep too much or too little of anything will, but get it just right and you'll be fien and dandy ;)

...and that's supposed to be comforting?

not really, just pointing out how weak the human body is. *hides* gomenesai

Actually you have a point, we are easily damaged. Haha, but I think I'll use my tan in a bottle, I really want to have darker skin! Its either that or laying hours a day in the sun just to get a few shades darker (I tan ever so slowly) looks like if the bottle doesn't kill me, th sun will X.x

lol or lack of :P i tan really slowly as well, it takes about 2-3 days for me to go a nice brown colour

I don't like sitting in the sun, just sitting. ^-^' Only way I can really tan is when I fall asleep or something.

I VERY seldom use sunblock.We went thousands of years without it...so why use it now?

Yeah, I feel the same way. I never use it either.

same the only cream i put on before sitting in the sun is a little moisturiser but i don't think that counts lol i've never had sunburn in my life so i don't know what it feels like :s

I get red immediatly, but the next day it's already brown. ^-^ Lucky me.