thaibel Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 There was a documentary today on TV about 'tanorexia'. It's a new word for Whiten western ppl who really wants to look brown or want to have a tanny skin. They have really an addiction and they use to stay too long under the sunbed or in the sun. Or they even use tanspray when they go out or have some meeting or dating or appointment. They say they feel better and more confident, even happier when they are brown. It were really people of all ages and professions. Everybody knows that skincancer is really a danger when u stay too long under the lamps of the sunbed or in the sun. It was coco chanel, who started the hype, when she came in the 1923 (or was it 1924) from a cruise. Before a tan skin in Europe was considered as for poor people who'r farmer. Before most of the rich ladies where walking around with parasols to keep their skin white. I'm also wondering that in the West having a tan skin is a must (I don't care), especially when u go on holiday. While a lot of Asian ppl use whitening powders and whatever to look more pale. In the West u r a distinctive person if u hv a tanny skin. In the East it's considered the other way round. A white skin is what most ppl want there. What r u thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldMember Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 I think they're are 2 school of thoughts- The anti sun exposure lobby: Ok you 'may' get malignant melanoma but the chances of getting it ,let alone dying from it,is pretty remote. Though you only have to look at wrinkly middle aged women on the beach in summer to see the effects of premature aging. Then there are the pro sun medical opinions : They argue sunshine/UV is an important source of vitamin D which helps against osteoporosis/rheumatism.Both afflictions more common in people from cooler North European climes than say natives of the Mediterannean. Sunshine/UV is naturally relaxing-so helps with stress relief thus reducing blood pressure and lessening risk of a coronary or a stroke. On the whole people do look better with a slight tan.You only have to look at the Scots.So transparent that on a beach,with the sun shining behind, you can see their internal organs. So you can argue both ways. Sunbathing/tanning,like so many other habits, is probably ok in moderation for most. Re -Orientals.Certainly in places like Japan its becoming more popular with teens and 20 somethings to get a tan.Then you got the Singapore Beach Babes..... :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackerel Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 When working in Chiangrai, I thought one of my collegues looked a bit sick. I said to her, a bit worried.... "Oh my God you look so pale!" She answered:.... "Oh.......you think so?...........THANK YOU!!!!!!!" (true story) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmyfan Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 i have a really really white skin(almost pale)and i really dont care about it.I am white so what ,i dont gonna spend 5 hours under the sun and try to make it more tan because the last fashion magazine say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hullboy Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 i dont gonna spend 5 hours under the sun and try to make it more tan because the last fashion magazine say so. Im not man enough to admit i read fashion magazines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBatch Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 TAN tan TAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyVin Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Blame those stupid commercials.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammy Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 i USED to have very light skin like a chinese heritage in my blood when i was younger... Untill after graduated 3 years ago. I got many chances to travel to the beach and spent my every weekend by the pool and i've become very tanned after all... Last year, I spent more time in the shade and i thought my skin would turn back to be light like when i was young before. Weird enough, Im still tanned. (Not that dark but still tanned) And all my friends from university and highschool couldnt remember or recognise me in one of our friends wedding a few months ago!!! :? I dont know why either :cry: Plz help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave40 Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Interesting topic when I was young many years ago it was the norm to get a tan if you had fair skin and red hair you burn't really bad. But now we are alot more educated about the dangers of the sun, I in 3 Australians will get some form of skin cancer in their lifetime (we have the highest rate in the world) they say the exposure you get in childhood contribites to this. My dad had a 5 to 6 cancerous moles removed from his back in his 70's I have worked in the sun all my life without sunscreen so I am a person who will probably get it later in life!!! So I say no to a tan but everybody has the right to do what they want!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombiedriven Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 I am very pale for seeing that I am a quarter Native American. I on the other hand will get dark in no time at all pending on the circumstances and weather. I just don't keep the color since my father is British but not British born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aomazon Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 this is a nature of Human Being. You are not satisfied with what you've already had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joz_sling Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 this is a nature of Human Being. You are not satisfied with what you've already had. exactly when i was in University, i relised that this's just a marketing tool from those Cosmetic Companies, not only in Thailand but around the world. they keep saying that Tan(to u guys western)and white(to us, asian) is beautiful and make u look perfect. they use your interiority complex to make money and wow! they do it very well every each year (total market around the world is around..almost 1 billion USD) Those tool sending via Fashion Magazine, MTV, Hollywood etc. it's real Marketing Tool i can tell. i don't care about my skin, only clean and healthy. although sometime i enjoy to lay down under the sun but for fun not for keep my skin tanned. i'm not that crazy to do it every weekend or stuff. be honest, the reason that i lay down on the beach is for looking at the hot guy in pink Speedo :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_thailand Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Anyone who decides to be tanned or whie, that's their choice, good luck to them whatever decide, and wherever they are from. Anyone who judges someone based on their skin colour, "She is very dark, much be a bar girl or farmer", are so shallow, closed minded and stupid it's beyond words. I took a month off work when I was living in Phuket due to an accident, and spent most of each day sitting in my garden reading. Could not do much more else. So, by the end of that month, as you can imagine, I looked like Louis Armstrong. One of the girls in the hotel where I worked, actually said to me, a FARANG, "Khun SAtuart kaaa...You look like Patong tourist now becasue your skin wery dark" - How DARE anyone judge anyone else like that!! People should just be cmfortable with the way they are. For the way we are, there will always be people who dislike us. But also, there will be people who love us for who and what we are. OK. Let's go to the beach:))))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvr_in_Bkk Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 i like to have a tan skin. I look at my skin, i say it already tan...maybe too brown; however, all of my friend say i'm pale...whiter than Western ppl. lol Just something to think about...I personally think I'm abnormal + a bit insane. hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 OK. Let's go to the beach:))))) not if u r wearing ur pink speedos ... Josie might go though !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacanti373 Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Ciaran wears pink speedos! He wore then m at the racetrack on Sunday!!! too bad all the Thai girls weer chasing him around.. :wink: they took off his speedos and i have pics to prove it!!! (i am not posting them, unless you give me 1000 baht) :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyoiy Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Im classed as a white one compare with Thais.. Just I always have to come back darker from holidays else i will feel not satisfied with my holidays.. on any other occasion I like my light skin. I dont mind sunshine, u will never see me walking under umbrella if no rain. I also use some whittening stuff. I think I just like natural thing.. I never dye my hair ever in my life. Some ppl try hard to get what they dont have.. think they love challenging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 I personally like white skin. It looks great on a woman with lovely breasts Actually, white or tanned skin looks good on women with lovely breasts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Ciaran wears pink speedos!He wore then m at the racetrack on Sunday!!! too bad all the Thai girls weer chasing him around.. :wink: they took off his speedos and i have pics to prove it!!! (i am not posting them, unless you give me 1000 baht) :wink: i'll give u 1,000 baht NOT to f**king post them Randy .... now go to f**king bed !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_thailand Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Ciaran wears pink speedos!He wore then m at the racetrack on Sunday!!! too bad all the Thai girls weer chasing him around.. :wink: they took off his speedos and i have pics to prove it!!! (i am not posting them, unless you give me 1000 baht) :wink: i'll give u 1,000 baht NOT to f**king post them Randy .... now go to f**king bed !!!! 1,100 baht, AND a glass of scotch if you Do post them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Ciaran wears pink speedos!He wore then m at the racetrack on Sunday!!! too bad all the Thai girls weer chasing him around.. :wink: they took off his speedos and i have pics to prove it!!! (i am not posting them, unless you give me 1000 baht) :wink: i'll give u 1,000 baht NOT to f**king post them Randy .... now go to f**king bed !!!! 1,100 baht, AND a glass of scotch if you Do post them 1,200 baht and a bottle of scotch if u don't post them !! :shock: what happened to the don't f**king pick on CiaranM idea ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_thailand Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Ciaran wears pink speedos!He wore then m at the racetrack on Sunday!!! too bad all the Thai girls weer chasing him around.. :wink: they took off his speedos and i have pics to prove it!!! (i am not posting them, unless you give me 1000 baht) :wink: i'll give u 1,000 baht NOT to f**king post them Randy .... now go to f**king bed !!!! 1,100 baht, AND a glass of scotch if you Do post them 1,200 baht and a bottle of scotch if u don't post them !! :shock: what happened to the don't f**king pick on CiaranM idea ??? This is a seperate thread LOL 1,300!!!LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna25231980 Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 I'm still prefer white, but i don't care my skin anymore now. I have very bad experience about my skin when i was young. I couldn't be a singer cos my teacher hate my skin!!(my friend told me) he stop to practise every time when i go till i gave up. I couldn't be thai dancer when prime minister( K.Choun) visited our provice becos my teacher siad " Pui, i know you are very good thai dancer but i can't let you go this time cos you have too dark skin" ;( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 i'm not discrimanatory, black or white i'll slip you a length....... ( Applies to Women only, sorry guys ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 i'm not discrimanatory, black or white i'll slip you a length....... ( Applies to Women only, sorry guys ) that would appear to be sexual discrimanation Danny !!! :shock: :arrow: and obviously all us guys r f**king gutted !!! :arrow: :twisted: 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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