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Originally Posted by Thetagirl218
A healthy tan is one thing, but orange is quite another. I am an alumna of another Florida school, and we were also requested to have tans for recruitment. I never got a tan! I am very pale, so pale my dermatologist calls me "her pale person".  I cannot get a tan because of some scares with Melanoma. I just addressed this to my VP of membership and it was never a problem.
As a PNM, I would try to get your skin to look as healthy as possible and be yourself. It is unrealistic to think that every PNM is going to have tanned skin. Everyone's skin tone is different and some people have a naturally pale or darker skin. |
Thank-you for saying this!
I'm over fifty and my skin is completely smooth and in great shape (no surgery as yet, though I'm not opposed to it.) I regularly get carded when I go out, in an area of the country that doesn't card everyone.
I use sunscreen every day of my life (in a range of SPF 8-40+, though 15-30 is my norm.) I often wear a hat, but never lie out in the sun. I'm active in sports, but I just slosh the sunscreen on and try not to be out at the height of midday. I use bronzers, etc. to add a little extra glow. This time of year I'm usually sporting a very, very light tan from my sporting activities, but my skin is pale in the winter months.
I've seen girls in their mid-to-late twenties with wrinkles (they are usually from sunny locales such as California or Florida.)
I don't think that sororities should be in the business of encouraging tanning, but that's me.
To the OP -- give it another shot, stay open, be prepared to take a few lumps...and good luck!