‘Just Getting A Base Tan’
There’s this popular belief that after you get your base tan (meaning the first time you get a sunburn), your skin won’t be affected by the sun for the rest of the summer. The Centers for Disease Control can only say that any tan of any kind is an injury to the skin – and it only takes a small step until you really are affected.
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