Tan Lines

So recently, I've been tanning. I know, I know, I know. You think it isn't healthy. The truth of the matter is, if you do your research and look at the type of bed and know the type of bulbs they are using, you wind up getting the positive UVA rays that help replenish your Vitamin D and though they may lead to pre-mature wrinkling they are "better" for you than the more negative UVB rays. Why? Well, UVA penetrates the skin more deeply. It's not the ray that gives you a sunburn. That's its evil brother, UVB. UVB rays are shorter wave lengths and only reach the top layers of your skin. These rays are the ones that give you sunburns and are among the leading contributors to skin cancer, which occurs mostly in the epidermis. (Want know more about UVA and UVB rays? Try looking here) But enough of the science lesson, let's move on to what you really want to know about...my tan lines.
So I was in the shower this morning and I decided to do a quick touch-up shave (normally, I get my legs waxed...that's another story) as I gently grazed the razor over my legs, I started to notice what I would call a "healthy glow" that covered me from head to toe. Hmm. Nice, I thought. That lotion Kendall gave me really does work. (Side note: Kendall works at a tanning salon. She gave me a great lecture about how I was wasting my minutes if I wasn't using a lotion. Apparently, tanning for ten minutes without lotion was only netting me 3 minutes worth of sun-time) As I turned my upper body to get a look at the back of my leg, I saw it. My tan line.
Now, I am not a skinny girl by any means. There are meat on these bones. And, apparently, when I lay down in the tanning bed, my bum creates these two creases, directly below and above each cheek. That area is completely white.
Thank GAWD no one will be seeing me naked anytime soon...!!

Elsie P

PS - There is an easy fix to this, which I will do in the event that I am planning on anyone seeing me naked: Stand up tan.