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Just stop you burning or stop you tanning altogether?
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sunscreen just increases your skin's natural protection, but you will still burn if you stay out too long.
If I fancy a tan, then I'll do it in small controlled bursts, such as short sessions in the sun, or on a sunbed, then use a high factor cream or sunblock when I'm out in the sun for any length of time.
That's what I always get told, but the longer I can stay out in the sun for what? Before I tan? Before I burn?
U will still tan at whatever factor you use. But the higher the factor the longer you can leave your skin exposed to the sun before it begins to burn. i.e you would have to keep slapping on factor 8 for example more times than u would have to slap on factor 25.
Basically you can stay out longer with a higher factor before you start to burn than with a lower factor. But whateva you use you have to keep putting more on regularly to prevent burning.:)