what happens to you in direct sunlight?

Hi jb, i try and avoid direct sunlight and only venture into it when walking between shops and whilst in the sea, always with high factor on. Just from that it makes my hair blonder and my shoulders tan but the dangers of burning are all around me with the scarlet tourists so I just have more sense. I would burn though, whilst my son goes as brown as a nut.

Nothing too interesting, I tan and if I get too much sun I burn. I get a few freckles too. Nothing happens with my hair that I've ever noticed.

I am English born, with very fair skin and bright red hair (OK so it has faded somewhat now, but I'm still a redhead!). When we arrived in Australia I was 11 years old and I lapped up all the sunshine. Back then there were no warnings about the dangers and no such thing as sunscreens. Because I wouldn't spend any more time at "home" than I had to, I would be out cycling the streets from sun up to sun down, apart from the time in school. As soon as I was old enough I bought myself a motorbike to replace the pushbike. I had sunburn on sunburn, blisters on blisters. Now, so many years later, I can't understand WHY I still have my English complexion. It should have been frazzled. The only consequence of my stupidity was one melanoma on my left inside leg, just below the knee. It was removed in time, but a piece 13cm diameter and 3cm deep was cut out. Because the blood vessels, muscles etc were interrupted that leg gives me a little trouble sometimes. Now, I almost never go in the sun - and in Queensland, Australia that isn't easy!

I have olive toned skin, so I take forever to tan, but when I do, I morph into different nationalities with a quick color job (which is EASY since i have 2 hairdressing kids!). Blonde makes me look like an old beach bag, golds are better, auburns & brunettes are bestest for me and black is to extreme. I get "reverse" freckles on my arms, most go away, but I have two permanent RF's that stay year round. No regular freckles here.... Sunlight makes me happy...get all warm n fuzzy...kinda like a rabbit....

Hello, Judith. I have Lupus, which means my face is sensitive to light and sun, so I have to wear Factor 40 sunscreen all the time. This could be a real problem living in Spain, but I still manage to get a really great tan. I have a sprinkling of freckles on my arms, but they look quite good with the tan as it happens. I also get fair streaks in my hair, but not a lovely tangerine shade like you. The main thing that happens to me in the sun is that my poor arthritic joints don't hurt any more, which is wonderful.

yup!!...i am just one of those 'boring people'..... so i will have to wait till the ozone layer depletes to become 'interesting people'..... your hair getting tangerine streaks may as well mean keratin deficiency.....you should seriously consider to start eating carrots......

That's lovely, actually. Freckles.. I don't have it. Worst come to worst, I'll go bronzed. And then when the weather cools down for some periods of time, the bronze will lose some of its color. Here in my country, it's mostly tropical, and beach activities are quite common. My idea of a fine relaxation. Sun block must always be there..

hi jb blue bunny oh I burn red all over any exposed area, and am so uncomfortable I am just grouchy as sin. I do try to keep sunscreen on now,but its too late, got the freckles all over my arms. I am very fair complected and burn very easily.wonder if red goes very well with blue green eyes and silver hair, as in sunburned to a crisp. he he.

I turn to dust I burn easily and my hair lightens from dark blond to really light and I do experience freckles on my face.

I am a vampire(creature of the night) and I am not in the daylight much. In the Winter months that is. My hair gets lighter in the summer months if I am in the sun alot. I used to freckle. Not so much anymore since I am ancient now and my skin is also. I cover my head and most of my body and use tanner. I am sorry to hear you don't get direct sunlight where you are. I hope you take a Vitamin D supplement so your health doesn't suffer. Do you have any mood changes due to the lack of light? I have S.A.D. so that is why I ask. I used to burn but since one year I took some pigment tablets I don't anymore. Weird,huh? This is the only thing I can contribute to this phenomena.

In my case, my long distant aboriginal blood comes racing to the fore and I turn a deep chocolate brown. When I was young I also developed a shock of vivid white blonde hair, and my parents could always find me in the surf by looking for the Mars Bar with white icing. In later years my hair went truly white, and when wearing my mystical black faux satin cloak with my long hair unrestrained, from behind I look like a pint of Guinness. Nowt wrong wi' freckles, lass. Lash

my friends call me a vampire and not just because I like my steaks extra rare and I get excited by the sight of blood but because if I am in the sun for more than 5-10 minutes I burn to a crisp I mean lobster red and blistery kind of burn I have never tanned I have two skin shades - pale and burnt LOL

Well, I get the urge to grab a blanket-thing and put it in the ground then I drop myself with a big bang on the blanket-thing and well yeah, my hair turns blonde... well that's about it...

Hi jb, nor troll, nor vampire, nor a creature from the sea, nor a freckle I can see, but sunlight does affect me. (I'm testing out rhyming poetry.) Anyway, when I was younger, and playing out in the sun for hours, my siblings and I would just tan, never burn. My mom was not a sun worshipper, she wore hats, sun glasses and carried an umbrella, not when it rained but when it was sunny to stay out of the sun. So, she sort of instilled that "do not broil yourself in sun on purpose" mantra into my head. I put on the highest sunblock possible if I am going to be in direct sunlight. Now that I am older I have also developed rosacea and it gets worse in the sun (my face, particularly nose area gets really red and bumpy, I look like Rudolph the red nose reindeer) so, if I were to be in direct sunlight, without sunblock, I do not burn and everywhere the sun's rays would reach, but my nose, would tan. My nose would belong with the rest of the marine life as a lobster. Nothing happens to my hair that I am aware of.

OMG this discussion started out so funny Now that I have sobered down, well I am Indian so born and bred in the tropics and hot temperate regions so the sun is my all time friend. We are genetically brown so it hardly makes any difference to our complexion and its not really compulsory to use a sunscreen in the summer (your skin would not really burn to ashes, though the cosmetics companies would have you believe so). But I really dislike the sea beach tan…you can very well understand that with our brown complexion, if it gets darkened further at patches, how hideous we look!

I first turn black and then I start melting bit by bit. Someone who loves me must collect the droplets and save them in a safe spot till the weather turns cooler. If they don't do that, they will lose me forever because I will flow down to the sea. :) Hope that is not boring. Cheers and happy Mylotting

Well, I love the sun and it doesn't show itself often enough here in England! At the height of the summer though I do cycle on a regular basis and I pick up the sun quite well! My arms get very brown and surprisingly I don't burn! I'm one of those people that do pick up the sun quite well. When summer disappears and we start entering the winter months once more my tan fades and I became pale once more! Andrew

I get blond streaks in my brown hair, and a few freckles. Too long out, and I burn and then peel...ugly. Just the right amount and I get tan.

I dont like direct sunlight.In winters I can still bear it but I hate them on summers. My skin is very sensitive so it easily get tanned in direct sunlight and then i took lots of tome to improve my skin tone.I dont forget to apply sunscreen once I am out in direct sunlight.

I have photophobia, I can't go out into the sunlight without sunglasses, even sometimes inside my house I have to wear them if there is too much light