i have a client who is travelling to south africa at the beginning of feb and she asked me if it would prevent her from burning when shes there if she has some sunbed sessions before she goes.

i know nowt about this, but i bet some of you do, so what do you think?

I am really Fair skinned & have to use factor 50 etc the same as kids - i went on the sunbeds before going to Greece one year & i still burned!!

I think it depends on your skin. I burn very easily but this year as I had booked to go to egpyt I was determined to help myself any way I can. I went on the sunbed for about 2 months before I went away, not every day or anything, a couple of times a week, and then I started off with factor 35 for the 1st 3 days and then went down to 15 and I didnt burn or peel and this was the 1st time in my life I havent burned or peeled!

my brain is a bit frazzled at the moment, but I'm sure I read somewhere that it wouldn't stop you from burning. If I can find where I got that from, I'll post it for you.

No sunbeds dont stop you burning, you still need sunscreen. I just found personally it stopped the normal burning i get in the 1st few days as my pale skin needs to be exposed gradually so I found building it up on the sunbed worked for me, going to somewhere as hot as egypt.

They will not stop you from burning,but depending on your skin, you can build ap a base colour for your tan. but if you are fair skinned i would avoid sunbeds altogether and use a high skin factor sunscreen.