WEBVTT - MINI: Why the TikTok tan-line trend is SO dangerous 

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I want to take a little bit more of

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<v Speaker 1>a serious turn. Now. I am not believe it or

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<v Speaker 1>not a TikToker. I'm not in that world. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>love TikTok. I can ruse it very occasionally.

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<v Speaker 2>You started an account and I think you posted one

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<v Speaker 2>thing and then never came back.

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<v Speaker 1>I started an account too old. Yeah. Someone was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you need to keep up with the trends, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, I don't want to anyway. Speaking of trends,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a trend on TikTok at the moment where

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<v Speaker 1>these gen zs are trying to bring back and make

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<v Speaker 1>it cool, cool and attractive and sexy to have tan

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<v Speaker 1>lines like they are. They are actively going out into

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<v Speaker 1>the burning sun to get a tan line from like swimmers,

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<v Speaker 1>like a triangle mark for example, for the women, so

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<v Speaker 1>that when they wear their clothes you can see that

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<v Speaker 1>they've got these huge like the white triangle and then

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<v Speaker 1>basically like burnt hand skin.

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<v Speaker 2>I just feel like for all of the efforts that

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<v Speaker 2>has has been done to try and change people's perceptions

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<v Speaker 2>around tanning, I don't understand how you could do a

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<v Speaker 2>one eighty on this, Like the whole slip stop slap

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<v Speaker 2>thing how that's gone out the window.

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<v Speaker 1>But before we get into the dane of actually what

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<v Speaker 1>having a tan means, it's dumb. It doesn't look good.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand. Like, like we have gone over the years,

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<v Speaker 1>we used to do the opposite, right, if you had

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<v Speaker 1>a tan, you'd be like, damn it, look at this

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<v Speaker 1>tan line. I need to try and cover it uniform.

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<v Speaker 1>And now it's changed to be sexy. It doesn't look good.

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<v Speaker 1>If anyone's in the car right now thinking that a

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<v Speaker 1>tan line looks hot, it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I also don't know. I don't know if this is

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<v Speaker 2>just jen z. It's like I know that this is

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<v Speaker 2>taking of TikTok. I've seen it as well. But I

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<v Speaker 2>do sometimes feel like I don't want to be the

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<v Speaker 2>ageist in here. That's like it's that generation.

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<v Speaker 1>We are nearly forty.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, But also it's when you think about the

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<v Speaker 2>stats when it comes to skin cancer, and like specifically

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<v Speaker 2>here in Australia, it is really really scary stuff. So

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<v Speaker 2>two out of every three Australians will be diagnosed with

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<v Speaker 2>skin cancer. One Australian dies from melanoma every six hours.

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<v Speaker 2>Like when you think about the prevalence of it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>crazy to me that this could ever make a comeback.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think about when I was young, in our

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<v Speaker 2>family and in our household as kids, sun's safety was

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<v Speaker 2>just not a thing. Like my mum would be like,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a pimple, go out and get some sun

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<v Speaker 2>on it. Clear your skin right up. I got burnt

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<v Speaker 2>so much as a kid, and now I'm paying for it.

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<v Speaker 2>The amount of lasers, the amount of like different creams

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<v Speaker 2>and things that I've tried to use to get rid

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<v Speaker 2>of the pigmentation that I have. Even I have pigmentation

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<v Speaker 2>all over my arm, which I would say daily. I

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<v Speaker 2>have people message me on Instagram being like, why have

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<v Speaker 2>you got bruises all over yourself? But actually it's sun damage.

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<v Speaker 2>And it has totally changed the way that I parent

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<v Speaker 2>in comparison to how I was parented. It like, my

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<v Speaker 2>kids are five and three and they have never ever

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<v Speaker 2>been sunburned, and I think that it's so that's so achievable.

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<v Speaker 2>But when I was a kid, I used to think

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<v Speaker 2>like it's just crazy, Like everyone gets sunburn, it's normal.

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<v Speaker 1>I put sun cream. Now now that I know the

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<v Speaker 1>stats around Australia, I put sun cream on my dog's nose.

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<v Speaker 2>I know I do the same.

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<v Speaker 1>Also, it's sort of like counterintuitive, right when you think

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<v Speaker 1>of the youngsters, the young'ins that are so proactive in

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<v Speaker 1>their appearance in terms of wanting to look good and

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<v Speaker 1>they're anti aging, but then they say, hey, let's get

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<v Speaker 1>a turn line. The quickest way to age and to

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<v Speaker 1>show aging is from the sun. So it sort of

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<v Speaker 1>goes against each other.

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<v Speaker 2>There's so much information about that now, Like I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not like that that's a new piece of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>info is that the more sun exposure and sun damage

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<v Speaker 2>you have, the worse it's going to be for your

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<v Speaker 2>skin in the long run. But the thing is, I

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<v Speaker 2>think that when and you remember what it was like, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't think about the long term, right, You don't think

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<v Speaker 2>about what is that going to do to you when

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<v Speaker 2>you're forty or fifty or sixty. And I look at

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<v Speaker 2>my skin now and I just think, God, I wish

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<v Speaker 2>I had done it differently when I was younger. And

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<v Speaker 2>every time I'm at the beach and I'm putting sunscreen

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<v Speaker 2>on my kids and they're like, man a bit, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>you will when you are at nineteen, when you are

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five, You're going to thank me for this.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my point, Laura. This generation do think that they're using,

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<v Speaker 1>like seventeen eighteen, nineteen year olds are wanting to use

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<v Speaker 1>active skincare, all of the top makeup, they're getting botox

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<v Speaker 1>at that age, like they care a lot about what

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<v Speaker 1>they look like compared to our generation because of things

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<v Speaker 1>like social media. So then it just seems so backwards

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<v Speaker 1>for me to be like, Hey, I'm twenty and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to pay for all this money to make myself

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<v Speaker 1>look young, but I'm gonna go and burn my skin

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<v Speaker 1>to get the tan line, which is going to age me.

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<v Speaker 1>Like it just for me is silly. So I just

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<v Speaker 1>think anyone listening right now that thinks this is cool,

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<v Speaker 1>you will probably most likely stats wise, get skin cancer

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<v Speaker 1>from that. So he's doing everything you want. Especially in Australia,

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<v Speaker 1>we have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, it's a really, really scary statistic. The

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<v Speaker 2>good thing though, is that trends don't last long. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>the planking trend. I still blank, you don't you idiot?

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<v Speaker 2>Or like, speaking of kids, I did something very stupid.

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<v Speaker 2>My daughter she's just started well, she's just had a

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<v Speaker 2>vacation care for school, and I it's good to be

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<v Speaker 2>a kid these days, aren't you got a vacation every day. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like it's like before schoolcare, arfter school care, vacation care.

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<v Speaker 2>And I got a call from the teachers because I

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<v Speaker 2>am doing a really bad job of this parenting thing.

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<v Speaker 1>So it would seem, oh, here we go.