TikTok Tan line trend sparks health concerns • FRANCE 24 English

Keep telling yourself ain’t the [ __ ] [ __ ] share some insights into the trend as well as provide some strategies perhaps for parents or perhaps you’re a caregiver. It’s our digital parenting expert is joining us, Elizabeth Milovidov. Thanks very much for being with us, Elizabeth. Um I can’t quite believe this. I’ve got slightly older uh children, but I can’t believe them doing this really. Tell us what it’s all about. Yeah, well you know it’s teens, right? And so this whole idea is that they are glamorizing uh this sort of glow up uh which is not the first time we’ve heard this expression where they change who they are. It’s a social media aesthetic. Uh it’s kind of a before and after. So by glamorizing tans and tanning uh uh uh procedures and and and everything that they’re doing, their little routines, well, they’re being seen. And so you see things like hashtags uh like sunburnt tan lines. I mean, this has been seen over 200 million times. Um, and this has been going on for months. So, we’re just now hearing about it in France or or in the UK, but Australia had problems earlier this year. So, these teens, they are sharing risky UV information. I don’t know about you, but I like to avoid those peak hours. And these teens are actually going out uh at this uh peak time when the sun is at its most dangerous. we have seen a rise of sunbed use and even as crazy as it may sound olive oil hacks uh to get a darker deeper tan and usually I know that you’re thinking it might just only be uh girls but there are some boys who are engaging in this as well um and so but usually with the girls we’re seeing um bikini tops and halter tops with very dramatic sunburnt lines hence hence the name oh it’s incredible isn’t it I mean despite the dangers and the risks of what the teenagers are doing here. Why are these videos that you’re talking about that we saw gaining just so much momentum as well? Well, teens want to be seen, right? And don’t forget, social media can bring some fabulous and positive and uh beneficial opportunities to teens, but there can also be some risk. And something like this, a trend that just takes off uh where these teens want to be seen, they want the validation, the engagement, the likes. Well, it’s just it it’s really just a recipe for a little bit of a disaster. And the algorithms don’t help because of course the more you could see these types of videos, the more they get pushed to you. And I asked my own boys if they had seen them. They had not, but they asked their friends and they had and just, you know, pushed out tons of videos that I was able to look at myself. So once you start seeing some, then you start seeing more. And again, teens not any different than you and I uh just a few short years ago when we were teens, they are looking for validation. They are looking for visibility. And unfortunately, um social media when used incorrectly, this can spread misinformation and fast tax. And so that is the why uh that this trend is just taking off. I just know that there are some parents perhaps even grandparents who are watching this. Uh what do you do if you witness your teenager perhaps you already have doing this do you think? Yes. Well I think you know for parents caregivers you know you mentioned grandparents aunts and uncles anyone who’s hanging around with with young people you know don’t panic. That’s the first thing I always say. If you’re here to parent we have to realize it’s the same sort of crazy stuff that we did. It’s just that it’s amplified by internet and social media. Um they are trying to fit in. So, show some curiosity, have some conversations with them. You know, it’s the same thing about not being judgmental. Um, you can counter with facts. You can go online yourself and look up things like dermatologists talking about the Tik Tok um sunburnt trend. You will find all sorts of reputable information. Do it with your teen and and again, show them in a very non-judgmental manner. Um because this whole idea is that we are trying to increase some body positivity, some body confidence, some self-esteem while uh giving them a bit of critical thinking which hopefully they will use not only for this trend and for the next one because it’s not over. Wonderful advice as ever. Thank you very much Elizabeth joining us there from digitalparitingcoach.com. digital parentingcoach.com. Thanks very much.

A growing number of TikTok videos depict young girls giving tips on how to get halterneck tan lines, or “burn lines,” primarily through sun exposure. Digital Parenting Coach, Elizabeth Milovidov, joins us to tells us more about this new trend and how it can be highly dangerous for the health.
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10 comments

  8. Teens cosplaying as rich people is bizarre. Sun tans = able to spend a long vacation without having to work. That's something only upper class can afford. It's so weird seeing working class teens faking this.

  9. Oh please. Sun tan lines have went in and out of still probably since the 50's. I'm not that old, so I only know about the 70's on up.

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