Nien-Ken Alec Lu for HuffPost Experts say it's a bad idea to use beer to tan faster. You’ve probably heard of people using baby oil or tanning oil to get a faster, darker tan . (Just a reminder: This is dangerous.
) Now folks on TikTok are turning to a different liquid to help them get a summer glow — beer . Yes, you read that right. People are pouring cheap beer on their skin and lying in the sun to get a tan.
Some say that the hops in beer can make you tan faster — but is that legit? Advertisement “Anytime summer comes about, people have different ideas on how to get a perfect tan — and, unfortunately, this one seems wrong for many reasons,” said Dr. Zakia Rahman , a clinical professor of dermatology at Stanford University in California. Here’s what experts want you to know about this trend: First, tanning is never safe.
Regardless of whether you use tanning oil, sunscreen or beer, experts don’t recommend tanning, said Dr. Kritika Joshi , a primary care provider at One Medical in Florida. “I always say no tan is a safe tan,” Joshi told HuffPost.
“Your body produces melanin naturally based off your skin type and your ethnicity, and a tan is your body’s natural defense mechanism to protect [against] DNA damage in the skin,” Joshi added. “You don’t want to purposely be out there trying to tan. .
.. You always want to wear sunscreen to protect yourself against the harmful UVA [and] UVB rays that can cause skin cancers and DNA damage down the line.
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