Is it normal my skin doesn't hold a tan well

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I guess your body is more efficient with dispersing melanin.

A tan is skin's reaction to sun exposure. You'd have to be living in a cave not to know that sun damages your skin. "Not holding a tan well" is actually your skin repairing itself quickly from what is, essentially, damage.

You should actually feel kind of good about this, because it means that long after the rest of your sun worshipping buddies' skin has turned into old leather handbags, you'll still look fresh because your skin deals with sun damage better than theirs.

i don't tan, i burn! so i guess your situation is normal.

I also don't tan and just burn

^^same. But it's weird cuz I still have a bikini tan on my back from when I went to the beach a week ago, my tans usually NEVER last!

Same here but I sparkle when I get sunlight on my skin.

are you a ginger? if yes thats your problem you cant get tanned. if your white you might wanna go to a skin doctor.

Your black you don't need a tan .

keep doing that and you will be "tanned" with skin cancer.