I don’t do either. I just use high spf and stay pale ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm 52.

So I lived through the 70s-90s which had a tan culture. Tans were considered healthy!!

My god did we tan. Baby oil, laying out on roofs, at the pool from 11am-4pm. There were contests on 'the tannest'. I'm not proud to say--I won that hands down every time.

I also was on a soccer field in hot boiling sun from the time I was 5-18. Then I was a runner.

I developed melasma on my face at 24 and then shunned the sun.

I have to say. I have no sunspots on my chest or face or hands. My skin is not crepey or wrinkled. My face is virtually wrinkle free--no horizontal forehead lines (never botox there) just some crow's feet (not even bad--but a bit of dysport).

I am really surprised my chest doesn't even have a freckle because it would literally peel off with the first sunburn of the season to prep for the tan (god the 80s!). Did I mention some tanning beds too?

Genetics really matter. I have olive skin and I still get complimented on it. I wish to hell the Sunscreen/Sun safety was known when I was a child/teen. I imagine how much more my skin would even be now.

In the summer I try to get at least 20 minutes of sun exposure twice a week to help the skin condition on my back and to help with depression and Vitamin D levels.

I don't care about being tan, and never use a self tanner. If I could get the sun I need on my back without tanning, I would definitely do so.