<p>What a bizarre question. If it makes you feel better, those around you will be affected by the sun as well, so perhaps the changes in your skin won’t be as noticeable as you fear.</p>
<p>It’s certainly good practice for anyone with sensitive skin to use sunblock and avoid heavy sun exposure, for health reasons.</p>
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<p>Not obviously at all. I was significantly more tan when I lived in the upper midwest than when I lived in California. Why? My midwestern state was very outdoorsy…I was constantly outside. There was also less hype re: sunscreen (when I say “hype”, I don’t mean that there’s anything wrong with it…quite the opposite…but putting sunscreen on in the morning is part of the daily routine for a lot of people I know in California, while I didn’t know that to be true of anyone in my old state). Maybe part of it’s just natural lifestyle change, too, but in any case, it’s not a given.</p>
<p>Unless you radically alter your routine, then odds are that any change in skin tone, whether lighter or darker, will be fairly subtle. I really wouldn’t worry about this. It seems that sunscreen should make it a non-issue.</p>
<p>Yeah, you don’t wanna get too dark. Ever. Dark is ugly.</p>
<p>I think that guys look pretty good dark and that women look better with fair skin. And that’s probably because dark skin is a slight masculine trait (just like dark hair is).</p>
<p>It depends how dark you mean, though. I definitely prefer myself tan, but I wouldn’t want to be as dark as a lot of arabs get, for example.</p>
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<p>Lighter skin in females is most likely a feature that arose from sexual selection; so ceteris paribus, men on average should prefer lighter-skinned girls. That being said, I prefer tan white girls and relatively lighter-skinned non-white girls (black, hispanic, Asian, etc.) for whatever reason. I’m a man of paradox.</p>
<p>I looked into it a long time ago and I think that it’s due to hormonal differences. Male hormones cause slightly darker hair and skin which causes people to perceive lighter features as feminine. Just like smaller features are.</p>
<p>This doesn’t mean that the ultra feminine is preferred on average, though. For example, in the USA, dark hair is preferred in both males and females, on average.</p>
<p>I don’t mind tans, but I HATE them on blonde chicks. Not an appealing contrast, IMO. Overall I just prefer fair skin.</p>
<p>Strange, I am from the south and I’m trying to get as tan as I can before I move up to IL. Can I take yours? :p</p>
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