Important factors | How do I get a (quick) tan?

Important factors

Important factors on the subject of how I get a tan quickly. First and foremost the skin type is important. Depending on your skin type, you can be in the sun longer or shorter without protection.

And also the sun protection should be adjusted accordingly. We usually speak of 4 different skin types, which differ in skin color, hair color, self-protection time and the probability of getting sunburn. If you know your skin type, you can directly choose the right sunscreen.

Furthermore, you should not expose yourself to direct sunlight. This means that an umbrella or even better a tree should keep the sun away a little bit. UV radiation also passes through this protection.

The weather is also important. Even if the sky is cloudy, you can get a tan. Of course, you are much better protected by the cloud cover than when the sun is shining brightly from the sky.

Therefore, on such days you have to worry less about the protection for your skin. If you have been in the water, you should always put some cream on afterwards, because even if it says “waterproof” on the sunscreen, the water will wash some of it off again. Now you might ask yourself why you should do so much to protect yourself when you want to get a tan.

Well, even though it certainly takes longer to get a tan, if you always apply sunscreen, in the end you will get a longer tan. Because if you expose your skin to full sunlight without protection and you have one of the lighter skin types, you will get sunburned quite quickly. This is not only dangerous for the skin, it hurts, doesn’t look good and is unpleasant.

Most people only get a tan after the initial redness, but the skin doesn’t stay on the body for long. Usually it starts very soon that the burnt skin peels off. In the end you will be just as white as before.

But for some people, who generally belong to the darker skin types, it may work quite well without protection. To help you get a little bit brown, the underground or the environment you are in is also important. Since water intensifies the sun’s rays, you will tan much faster if you are on an air mattress, for example.But this is also very dangerous, because especially in the water you will only notice late if you have a sunburn, because the skin is always cooled.

In addition, 60% of the UVB rays penetrate to one and a half meters deep under the water surface. Sand also intensifies the sun’s rays by quite a bit, so you should be very careful here as well. So if you want a nice, even tan that lasts a long time, you should take precautions.

If you want to get a tan quickly, many people become careless and leave out the protective creams etc., but you have to be prepared for sunburn and skin that quickly peels off again in the short term and in the long term, if you often expose your skin to direct radiation, you have to accept earlier skin aging. If you are already tanned, your skin is not quite as sensitive, but you should not forget to use protection. It is also important to take good care of your skin after sunbathing. You should use moisturizing lotion so that the skin does not dry out.