Your in your twenties, don't do it! Whilst your skin is all soft dewy etc now, by the time you hit forties the damage, age spots, leathery skin  is done. Stalky is right go naked sure..but slap that SPF all over yourself and laze out  in the shade.

Sermon over..and Hypocrisy begins..

I'm from Irish Stock so as it were in my ignorant youth if I ever did sunbake I'd go red>pink>peel>patchy>...hard as I tried I could never emulate my girlfriends olive brown tans, and try I did! God that Coconut oil you could practically hear it sizziling on our skins...Always was on with bathers..I was a good girl way way way back then!Somewhere between there and now I learnt the damage I had been doing ( and I was not going to turn into a latino coloured version..EVER!!)  and stopped by my early twenties .

More recently We had a 3 x 3 pool in our backyard that after coming home from brisk walking exercise Id stroll through the house strip as I was going and jump straight into pool naked! Was fabulously refreshing to do..love naked swimming. Only deal was we have neighbours across the way that our yard is semi visible from...getting in and out was always a perverse challenge!

Nowadays  "sunbaking" only ever occurs if Im on holidays and its on a  nice comfy lilo under a shady tree  or better still a  cabana with a tropical drink in hand.

Heading down the beach to get some sun on those nether regions.

But I do not go down in the day , mostly at 5.30 to six in the mornings and same in the afternoon

I have had a ton of skin cancers cut out of me.

I used to live in a town up north and worked mustering cattle so was out in the sun to much

last one was 36 stitches down the side of my face, nearly got the nerve of my face

My friends son in his early late 20s who loved the water, surf boats has just had a hunge chunck cut out of a lovely back

Like they say a tan is not healthy.

and SLK get your bum over here, the water was great last night but bring ya bathers! Or the fisherman will get distracted and their wives will wack them on the side of the head.

like most teens, i too baked my self in the sun trying to get that sexy tanned look, but like saturn65 my skin just wasnt designed to acheive that. Today i feel lucky to be alive as nearly two years ago i had a melanoma cut off my shoulder blade, and huges and kisses goes to my hubby for pestering me to get it checked out!!, i was super lucky and my specialist said if i hadnt done something about it when i did i would be in alot of trouble by now or highly likely dead! cause it was in a dangerous place. what scared me the most was the thought that i might not have been here to watch my baby girls grow up!! so next time your sunbathing think about your future, and that shit can  happen to everyone and anyone!!

Would love to have been able to achieve an all over tan...

I worked out early on in life that my skin doesnt take it.....So I'm better off avoiding the hot baking sun, and find the shade or just enjoy moonbaking.... Oh well...

The one advantage (so far) is most of my friends of the same era have had multi skin cancers removed, and (touch wood) I'm yet to have one identified.

But I do enjoy being nude........I just have to be sensible when not indoors!

Have a Good 'un!

the good thing about getting burnt and its prob the only good thing is that cause im burnt my boyfriend gets to rub aloe vera cream all over me, although he does get a little distracted lol