I get that tanning is bad, but this is freaky

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www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/20/159366234/on-chinese-beaches-the-face-kini-is-in-fashion?utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20120820

I think sunblock is good enough for me.

[pepino627]

yup..thats a bit odd and crazy.

[lostarz]

Has anyone ever seen Enemy Mine?



Sorry for the giant pics.

[firechiefsbride]

I can see that for someone who cannot go in the sun, like for their medications or something.

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That is weird, but I am really horrified by the pictures at the two links in that article of crowded Chinese and Japanese swimming pools. WTF. How is this fun???

[fashionx]

I saw this, I think it's a little much. It makes sense if your skin is ultra sensitive, but I wouldn't voluntarily wear something like this ever.

Dawgs -- that is INSANE. I don't think I could ever go to a public pool if it were like this!

[cransplash]

Wow, that picture! I grew up in Japan (in the summers) and I've never seen anything like that.

[vampsterdam]

Yeah, definitely looks scary.

But a lot of these countries are the same ones where women put on scary chemicals to bleach their skin so they can look white (like the article mentions). Almost as crazy as women in the states who spray themselves pure orange, ha.

It's crazy to think tans were considered "ugly" in the U.S. years and years ago. I wonder what will be considered "beautiful" even 50 years from now...

[pixy0stix]

The pool pictures are making me hyperventilate.