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Redheads, Freckled Folks More Likely to Use Tanning Beds

by Erin Donnelly (Subscribe to Erin Donnelly's posts)
Posted Apr 29th 2010 at 12:00PM  
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Lindsay Lohan redhead tan

Lindsay Lohan, who is a natural redhead with freckles, is most often seen with a glowing tan. Photo: Amy Graves/WireImage.com

Don't go into the light!

Health officials are seeing red after a new survey from the British Association of Dermatologists found that redheads and people with freckles are among those most likely to use tanning beds, the Daily Mail reports.

Unfortunately, those same groups are at a higher risk for developing skin cancer.

In a survey of 1,064 UK adults, nearly 70 percent reportedly admitted to sunbathing, while 4 percent faked and baked in tanning beds. Just one in four people used bronzers and self-tanners to get a healthy glow.

Among pale-skinned respondents, including redheads and freckle faces, 7 percent copped to using tanning beds, with just over half reportedly knowing that their fair skin put them at a "very high risk" of skin cancer.

Yikes. At least we know Lindsay Lohan plays it safe with self-tanner!

"People with very pale skin will never tan through UV exposure, they will only ever burn," Nina Goad of the British Association of Dermatologists told the Daily Mail.

"If you are very pale and you want a tan, you will most likely find self-tan products far more effective.

"Pale-skinned people are also at far higher risk of skin cancer than other groups, so it is alarming that they are the most inclined to use sunbeds. This shows the pressure on pale-skinned people to tan and the lengths that people will go to for a bronzed look."

C'mon, Red -- instead of scorching your skin to match your fiery locks, how about embracing your pale pallor? All the "Twilight"-ers are doing it!

And if that doesn't convince you, perhaps this will: England and Wales have just reportedly passed legislation banning the use of commercial tanning beds for those under 18.

Nothing like some tough love to help break this "addictive" habit.

Meanwhile, read about Kelly Osbourne's controversial self-tanner claims.

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Larry Caldwell, 5-02-2010, 7:50AM

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Larry Caldwell

I found it interesting that someone found a photo of Lindsay Lohan when she was still ALIVE !

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jwa1976743, 5-02-2010, 7:50AM

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jwa1976743

i am a red head, & as long as i could remember...i have NEVER been able to tan. i have to admit, i did try tanning beds years ago-@ 2 mins. a time. i finally decided that it wasn't worth it-thank goodness.

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Melody, 6-08-2010, 10:58AM

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Melody

Society makes pale skinned ppl feel horrible about their looks. I take the insults in stride, others obviously try to change how ppl talk about them by exposing themselves to burns and possibly cancer later.

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Sharon, 5-02-2010, 9:52AM

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Sharon

Maurice,

The rest of the world is not sure what planet you are living on, but Pale skin is anything but beautiful. It is sickly looking which is why millions of pale skinned people around the globe risk skin cancer in an effor tot obtain a healthy war glow to their skin. Double YUCK!!

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Jim, 5-02-2010, 11:40AM

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Jim

redheads with pale skin are hot -people over tan way too much-looks like some kind of leathery animal sometimes. the paler the better

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Anna, 5-02-2010, 10:10AM

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Anna

Ms. Lohan's tan may be from the line of self-tanning products that she launched in 2009 rather than from the sun.

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Jimmy, 8-01-2010, 11:10AM

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Jimmy

I agree with Maurice, pale skin is very pretty. Red headed woman with freckles are beautiful and they should stay that way. I work with such a beautiful woman who has flamming red hair and to me she looks like a goddes the way god made her to be.

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kate archer, 5-02-2010, 10:52AM

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kate archer

LINDSEY ! STOP COLORING YOUR SKIN ORANGE!
YOU LOOK LIKE AN ALIEN ! YOU ARE NOT FOOLING ANYBODY AND TRY BEING YOURSELF AND STOP THE TANGERINE TINTED BABOON LOOK- YOU LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT

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sasyisgood, 5-02-2010, 11:00AM

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sasyisgood

(Sharon), WOW, you are not only Rude, but must be a very insecure person! I have Auburn Hair Red/Brown) Light skin. 2 yrs ago I developed an allergy to the Sun/ UV, the slightest bit of burn on my skin is not only very painful, but also welts & a skin rash where the sun lightly burned, the itch is insane, not to mention I had skin cancer at age 21. So if you consider the "Color" of anyone's skin as a reflection to whom they are is just plain SAD! Lets not forget STUPID! I'd rather be on the pale ALIVE side, then DEAD from skin cancer or the side effects from even a light burn any day!! People who tan a lot ALWAYS look older with wrinkles & sun spot damage DOUBLE YUCK back to ya..(Maurice & Jimmy) Very nice comments! We were all created the way a higher power chose for us, therefor you are not only putting us down, but also the one You just might get to meet one day! I agree a nice Bronze color is pretty, however, NOT worth the consequences!!

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laontour, 5-02-2010, 11:11AM

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laontour

Ghost white is the NEW TAN !!!!

I haven't gone out to lay in the sun since I was 17.
I am now 47 and have almost NO wrinkles !!

Best advice my Dr ever gave me was to tell me to
stay out of the sun. Everyone I went to HS with has skin that looks like a saddle! Or worse a Sharpe Dog !

A Smart Red Head

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Louie, 5-02-2010, 11:22AM

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Louie

redheads are gorgeous just the way they are, pale skin and freckles is beautiful, tanning just makes you look like an average jane and turns your skin old and wrinkly, stay natural redheads, you all are the best!!!

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Red, 5-02-2010, 11:33AM

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Red

I am a redhead and do not tan by choice. When I was a teenager I did and hopefully am still not paying for it with not having skin cancer. When I am in the sun like swimming at the beach, being on a boat or just being outside, I use a spf45, only one that helps but I still try to stay out of the sun which is hard for me considering I live in Florida. Having a tan is not worth having skin cancer for anyone so stay out of the sun.

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Red, 5-02-2010, 11:34AM

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Red

Also why are you showing Lohan, she is not a redhead, by the bottle maybe but that's it.

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Happyred, 5-02-2010, 12:27PM

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Happyred

Maurice, Jim, Jimmy and Louie,
Its good to know that you guys appreciate redheads beauty. I am a redhead and people always laugh that I wear SPF 70 at the pool but I don't want to get skin cancer and I know I am more prone to it because of my fair skin. So thank you for those comments. Its good to know there are guys like you out there that like us the way we are!

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Samantha, 5-02-2010, 12:52PM

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Samantha

Strawberry blonde, brown eyes, a few freckles, and almost NEVER any tan. I have great skin, and most of my colleagues and students think I'm in my late 40's. I'm actually almost 64, and why do I look so young? I've never smoked, drink only on occassion, stay active ( no, I do not have a gym membership) eat loads of veggies and fruit and stay out of intense sun. When I'm at the beach I'm careful to wear and reapply sunscreen. I'm a nurse practitioner and I tell my patients and nursing students that skin cancer is on the rise. Take care of yourself, take care of your skin. And to Maurice and Jimmy: thank you, gentlemen!

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Mark, 5-02-2010, 12:55PM

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True...... redheads should be careful.... but as far as hair color goes..... absolutely the sexiest women on the planet!

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Glenn, 5-02-2010, 1:23PM

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As teenagers or in our early twenties a group of us would venture off to the beach for some summer fun and a thing that we would do quite often is use vegatable oil as a way of tanning ourselves. Two of my buddies were true, official, redheads. Of course, nobody knew of the things that are known today. Fortunately, it seems that everyone came out ok. We are entering our sixties now. I often think back to those days, we might have actually been cooking ourselves in that hot, summer, sun.

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alysa, 5-02-2010, 1:46PM

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It's so hard to tan when you have red hair, heck even having red mixed in your hair makes it hard. I'm an auburn(red/brown hair) and every time I tried to tan I burned. My moms an auburn to though and she can go outside for five minutes and can come back in a dark brown.

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Patricia D'Amiral-Manners, 10-19-2010, 2:28PM

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Patricia D'Amiral-Manners

I only ever sumbathed once. My then boyfriend and I were both redheads and 16 years old we out for the day with family (who were mostly darker skinned than us two) they put olive oil on there skins, this was in the 50s before people used or ever heard of sun tan lotion, my boyfriend and I did the same fell asleep and nearly cooked! Never again after that, but my skin survived and it is still good for my age. I have always been proud to be a redhead all though it is more sandy now.

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Rhonda, 6-21-2011, 3:31PM

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I am a redhead. At the age of 33, I look like I'm younger, some people think I'm right out of high school. I stay out of the sun and I wear self tanner. To all you sexy redheads out there, Love ya :)

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