For me tanned skin is the best of all! I have never liked pale men (the same applies to fair-haired men) but it is a matter of taste I think because every skin color has its own beauty....again , tanned is the best for me çok güzel !

I pick up a tan or dark man rather than a pale one, put not like it to be because of the sun or bed tanning, more natural.. Black men are sexier than white ones.. Leaving in an island I am always tan, and try to hide from the sun, put it always gets me.. I have a natural tan all year.

me, i prefer tanned skin. my skin type is pretty olive and come summer time, i can get really tanned and really quickly too, no matter how much sunscreen i put on.

sometimes during the winter months i may use a sunbed every now and then to add some colour, but not that often.

on guys, i'm not too fussed, either fair skinned or tanned...but not too pale though!

I am a natural redhead with a lot of freckles. I get burned immediately when I am (too long) in the sun, no cream, oil or pre-solarium can avoid that. My choices are: milky-white and creme (very slight beige) and I can tell you: it looks good!

As a turkish man, I can say I have no preference. Some people look better with tan, some look better with pale skin. I personally do not have choice;I always try to escape the sun, since I got sun tan easily, and don't like to be darkish brown.

I used to sunbathe alot on holiday, and get quite tanned, but now I prefer to sit in the shade or use a high factor suncream. I've seen tourists lying out in the sun all day with hardly any suncream on practically cooking themselves, but personally I really don't think it's worth it. If you have really pale skin, then your skin is prone to damage from the sun, so using sunbeds, and sunbathing too much probably isnt such a good idea.

Last year someone I knew died of skin cancer, and he was only 20, so for me this puts a whole new perspective on the idea of 'tanning'. I don't have a problem with using fake tan in the summer, there are alot of effective fake tans which if applied properly look quite realistic. Not only is there the risk of skin cancer, but it also causes premature ageing, if you saw a middle aged woman/man who had used sunbeds/sunbathed on a regular basis, you would never sunbathe again!

Me too! I have been slapping on the factor 30 for a couple of years now (after years of frying myself) and have noticed that not only do the wrinkles stay away, but my tan actually lasts for longer

Absolutely !
Maybe we should change the name of this thread.... to tanned and wrinkled or pale and smooth Maybe we will have a different answer then