a tan is where reguler exposure to the sun causes the skin to get darker to protect itself from the UV rays given off by the sun.
a burn is where to much sun at one time burns the skin and turns it red due to damage.
A sunburn is an extreme tan from being in the sun for much too long, usually turning bright red and literally burning a few layers of skin. The best way to take care of it is to smooth aloe into it and give the burn air.
before tanning beds and crap slang...nothying, but since then Id imagine a suntan is from anything (bed/sunshine) but sunscreen tanning is from the sun only.
a tan IS sunburn. you just cooked your skin, basicly.
is a suntan different from the skin damage caused by the sun
No. When the sunburn heals, you should have a tan complection
That is not a tan . . . it is sunburn. Use sunburn cream or lotion on your exposed skin to keep you from getting burned and red.
"Irish tan" is simply a slang term for a sunburn.
A ginger tan is a sunburn with freckles.
An exposure substantial enough to result in a mild sunburn will be followed by melanin producing a tan that may last a few weeks.
A chemical equation for sunburn doesn't exist. Sunburn destroy ADN in the skin cells.
melanin is what controls your skins ability to tan or to sunburn The more melanin, the easier and darker you can tan. Albinos who have an absence of melanin do not tan, but they can sunburn very easily.
To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan., The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.
the suns rays come down and you get a nice tan or sunburn.
why in Miami is tanning in the sun dangerous
Because it is in that person's genes.
Yes, but your skin has to naturally be tan or dark, if you paint your skin tan, it will not prevent sunburn.