[molly's mom]

I'm new on this board...yes I think I have a tanning addiction! I'm 55 years old and have been tanning since I was 16-18 years old. I think there may have been 1 year I didn't tan at all. I laid in the sun from 10 in the morning until 2 or 3 in the afternoon. There were contests on who could get the darkest. And I won most of the time! Granted, there isn't a lot of sun in WV but when there was sun I was out in it! I looked forward to vacationing at the beach so I could get my "fix"...
In the last several years I am only out in the sun for 10-15 minutes. It does make me feel better and it probably does release those endorphins......I still get a deep tan even though I'm out for that short amount of time....I have light brown hair and medium colored skin.
I really wish I could get out of tanning but I love the warm feeling it gives me, even if it's only 10 minutes...I even wear a sunscreen or sunblock of 45 when I'm out and STILL tan!
I have seen the effects of all the years of tanning....uneven color, sunspots, deep wrinkles around my mouth.....
Oh well, my mom told me 40 years ago to stay out of the sun and I didn't listen.
Just venting, I guess.