A base tan offers only about SPF 3
Intentionally mildly burning yourself in a tanning bed to prevent a worse burn on vacation is spectacularly terrible logic. A supposedly protective base tan mathematically offers the equivalent of an SPF 3, which is basically like wearing a slightly damp napkin into a roaring fire. You are purely front-loading the cellular damage for absolutely no strategic advantage.

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