Does water help you tan

Question

like when your swimming do you get tanner then just sitting there

and if it does..how and why

Answer 1

yes, the water reflects on your skin which makes you tan.

ocean water if even better for that because the salt water helps. but ppol water its fine too.

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Answer 2

yea you do get tanner when you are in the water or if water is on you. The reason is that the sunlight is attracted to the water. So if there's water on you, you get a better tan.

Answer 3

Yes, water magnifies the sun onto your skin.  

Answer 4

yes i have a inground pool in my backyard and i get a float and every like 2 to 4 mins i splash some water on to my body

the sun is atracted to it like sun is atracted to black

and if your just going to lay out like at the beach then if you put baby oil on  it helps you get tanner

both work for me

Answer 5

yes. the sun reflects of water on to you.

Answer 6

yes its like a mirror

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Answer 7

yes. b.c of the reflction

Answer 8

the sun reflects of the water and on to your skin- it does make you tanner if you're in the water

Answer 9

Yes because the water reflects the light onto your skin.

Answer 10

The surface of the water acts as a reflector - it bounces off the uva and uvb rays from the sun causing you to tan.

I suggest you please do not sit outside deliberately next to the water with dangerous sun rays bouncing onto your skin. You could get deadly skin cancer and most likely you'll have early wrinkling and as you get older, your wrinkles will be more intense compared to some one who doesn't tan.  But bottom line is that your risk of skin cancer will increase if you sit out and tan. Try a self tanner instead - they look natural without the harmful effects of the sun. When you go outside, make sure you are protected with spf 30 or higher.