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>>9906994
picture: photoaging in the face of a trucker. years of sun exposure from the left.

>>9373014
This is a truck driver who has had some decades of exposure on the left side of his face.

UV radiation will wear down your skin, but it will take a pretty long time (of course: depending on exposure and melanin content). There is ultimately a trade-off between skin color and later wrinkles - but it's very possible to use everything in moderation. Use SPF (at least +15), tan carefully, use moisturizer (this could be the SPF itself).

Also, remember that skin tone (and perceived attractiveness) is also related to diet, copy-pasting some old stuff:
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http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0032988

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780675/

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~go10/wp-content/media/Evolutionary-Psych-paper-2012.pdf

The thing is that it's not a matter of a "tan", since that's related to increased skin melanin due to UV* exposure (the browning of the skin). It's therefore nothing you can affect through sun exposure. It's rather a matter of making the skin a bit more red/orange by the use of foodstuff which seems to work as a cue for "healthy person" when people examine faces. This apparently plays into how attracted some people get to others.

It is absolutely possible to change your skin hue, and seems likely that it will impact how others perceive you. +4-7 portions is what recc'd based on the 1st-2nd studies. Carrots! Tomatoes! Pills work as well. Dosage depends on the brand.

Don't worry about carotenosis. Increase your intake gradually. The hue change should take weeks, and will disappear in months.
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