Okay, it’s next to impossible to see in the above picture (I tried!) but I noticed a little something funny on Ben’s fingers and toes today (it’s most visible in the picture closest to his fingernails).
I’m an avid self-tanner – my pasty white complexion gets zero percent tan unless I get a bad sunburn, so I’m a huge fan of getting a tan in my bathroom. Last night, I applied the second tan of the season, put Ben in our bed (good lord, more on how we went from a co-sleeper to literally co-sleeping, in another post), and went to sleep (but not before catching up on some Khloe and Lamar!).
As I was changing Ben’s diaper this morning, his toes looked a little, um, not their normal super-baby-white selves. Then I noticed his knuckles (and a little bit of his hands and wrists… ahem…) looked a little orange too.
Seems as though out close sleeping arrangements got the best of us, and Ben got his first self-tan experience.
Oops :-)
Heather
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Are you applying to be on the next season of Toddlers & Tiaras? Don't they tan their babies too? ;-)
ReplyDelete@Alex
ReplyDeleteHahahaha why yes, of course! There's pageant baby boys, right? His flipper is already on order (you know, those fake teeth the kids wear... and I apparently know way too much T&T terminology :) ).
Oh my gosh that is too funny! It made me think of a time when oldest son was 2 and got ahold of my sunless tanner. It was the liquid kind he spilled it on the carpet and on himself. His hands were orange and he orange spots on his legs. It was so fun to explain that to the daycare people!
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ReplyDeleteHaha I can totally see that happening in our house! I hope you took some pictures of that!
Self tanners have a lot of harming ingredients in them. Keep in mind all those chemicals get absorbed in your body and therefore you must careful with a baby. It is much wiser to use a tanning bed every once in a while to keep your tanned skin maintained.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes! Use a tanning bed and get skin cancer and premature wrinkles due to the concentrated UVA radiation exposure!
ReplyDeleteThere is a new tanning substance out there called Erythrolose made from berry sugars. It makes a more natural, brown shade than the DHA in the store-bought self tanners. It takes longer to tan, though. About two days to reach the full effect and lasts a week or two. Some real expensive self tanners will combine the erythrolose with the DHA so that you can see results in a few hours, but have the staying power and more natural color of the erythrolose.
You can buy the erythrolose from cosmetics.com and add it to a good,
lightweight lotion yourself. The website even suggests recipes if you want to make it from scratch, but it's easier to use an existing product and make a 5 -8% solution using the erythrolose.
Whatever you do, don't EVER use tanning beds! In fact, always use at least #30 SPF sunscreen (Neutrogena dry touch goes on under your makeup and has a matt finish- not that "Elmers Glue" feel some others have) and use it every day, 365 days a year, even if it's cloudy. People do not believe I am 50 years old.
When I examine my elderly patients, I am amazed at the difference between their wrinkled (and age-spotted) faces and arms compared to the beautiful, wrinkle free and smooth skin of the areas that never see the sun!
Todays sunscreen is not perfect, but it is WAY better than it was ten years ago- if you are using UVA & UVB Broadspectrum sunscreens. Don't believe anything those businesses with the tanning beds tell you since there is NO SUCH THING AS A HEALTHY TAN! ALL tans are a sign of sun DAMAGE to your skin! Ask a Dermatologist if you don't want to believe me.
And, yes, even those with darker skin are in danger of melanoma, usually the lighter areas between fingers and toes and palms and soles.