If you get a tan is your skin already damaged

Question: If you get a tan is your skin already damaged
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  damaged,
  skin,
  skin damage,
  sun,
  tan
Asked by jessmort to Katherine on 14 Mar 2012.
- Katherine Haxton answered on 14 Mar 2012:
  
  Yes! A tan is your skin producing more melanin and is a sign its trying to protect itself from UV light. Often your skin gets a bit red at first and that’s damage. Really severe sun burn causes blisters and the risk of skin cancers gets greater the more times you get burned.
  Fake tan it is then!

Question: If you get a tan is your skin already damaged