Sydney specialist dermatologist Dr Ritu Gupta was featured on The Sun Herald for her views on the latest social media trend of promoting physical tan lines from extended sun exposure. This “natural tanning” trend is all over TikTok and Instagram, with young creators sharing their routines, including how to achieve the best real tanning results and even the use of tanning apps informing users when to go out to get the best tan.
Dr Ritu expressed her concern about the trend. She explained that every tan is equivalent to damage to skin cells, until eventually, it’s about developing melanoma or death. Dr Ritu suggested an alternative: instead of bronzed skin, why not embrace a peaches-and-cream complexion instead?
Instead of spending hours in the sun to achieve a tan, there are many safer ways to make skin glow, including fake tan products such as bronzing gels or powders. These create a suntanned look minus the skin damage.
Read the full feature here: Ignore the influencers – there is nothing cool about “natural” tanning
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