We've talked about how we tan. As to the other side of the coin, how badly do you burn? What's the worst you've ever fried yourself? The worst for me was on my feet and ankles. Had everything else covered but for them. I think I might have had sun poisoning because beside the pain of the burn I felt sick to my stomach and had the chills. Ever since that time, I start at the bottom and work my way up when applying the sun screen.

Worst sunburn I ever had, I was 12 years old and my shoulders burnt so much that the next day all the skin had blistered and peeled off...fortunately it was a very minor burn, no 6 week recovery stuff like when my mom had 3rd degree burns, but I haven't had it that bad since, but then again, since then my shoulders are permanently tanned.

It's been a while since there's been a significant burn. The worst was when I was a kid. Couldn't even let the sheet touch it which made sleeping miserable.

never been sun burnt

Last fourth of July was my worst. I was outside all weekend long except for the couple hours I slept each night. We were at an outdoor pro motocross race in Michigan and it was crazy hot and I burned so bad. Then one night, I (long story) ended up scratching my burns in raspberry bushes, so I was a hurting unit when I came home.

RedBedroom wrote:

Last fourth of July was my worst. I was outside all weekend long except for the couple hours I slept each night. We were at an outdoor pro motocross race in Michigan and it was crazy hot and I burned so bad. Then one night, I (long story) ended up scratching my burns in raspberry bushes, so I was a hurting unit when I came home.

Ooh, ouch!

One of the longest nights of my life was partly due to a sunburn. About 15 years ago we went on one of our rafting trips but since we had kids by then it was really nothing more than a float trip. Despite taking precautions, I still got a little burned. Even on my back, although I wore a t-shirt.

Instead of camping in tents, 10-11 of us slept in a bungalow/cabin. My wife and I and two of our close friends shared one room that had one double bed and bunk bed. For whatever reason, we got the bunk bed and because I'm more than a foot taller than my wife, guess who got the top bunk.

We slept on dorm mattresses with vinyl covers. Well, the only bed linen we had were our damp towels. So I'm lying there, trying to keep my sunburned parts from sticking to my bed while I'm about 6" from the ceiling. And all three of those mother fuckers start to snore. They would have drowned out a chain saw. I swear - if I could have figured a way to dispose of the bodies...

I don't get sunburned.

Once at the beach I fell asleep on my stomach and when I woke up, man was I burned. I remember taking a cool bath with white vinegar in the water and that helped. Peeling time was fun too, itchy, I had to have lotion put on my back constantly. I never did that again.

Its never happened to me.