I've been told the same thing, kinda. I don't like to go to the beach, where there are lots of people, but... however, I like to swim, and I love to sunbathe. haha. this summer in Greece I got burned and looked like a shrimp. (but I can get darker teint, the burnings become nicely dark.) there is one thing, how to get a great teint by sunbathing and not have heavy, bad consequences. drink a lot of beer and wine, and sleep in the sun... at noon. and all day long. LOL I'll never do it again. I looked like a Turk, but WTF, I had to be drunk to achieve that. 10 days in a row. again