Uneven skin tone - help... don't laugh please.

[dbnet03]

I need help.
Due to playing lots of tennis under the summer sun, now I have a two-tone skin. The exposed part of my skin (mostly legs and arms) are now darker while the rest is pale. This is most obvious when I wear shorts and slippers. My friends are making fun of me because it looks like I'm wearing socks even tho I'm not. :-(
Well, my girlfriend suggested a couple of things - exposed my pale feet (while not playing tennis) under the sun or for faster results, use some kind of tanning makeup\spray-on to match the darker color legs. Or I can do the other way around - use lighter color stuff on my legs and arms to match the paler hue.
Haven't tried anything yet - just wondering if anybody has better suggestions out there or tried anything else. Thank you in advance.

 

[BeachTennis]

Pale Feet

That The sign of a Pro

I need help.
Due to playing lots of tennis under the summer sun, now I have a two-tone skin. The exposed part of my skin (mostly legs and arms) are now darker while the rest is pale. This is most obvious when I wear shorts and slippers. My friends are making fun of me because it looks like I'm wearing socks even tho I'm not. :-(
Well, my girlfriend suggested a couple of things - exposed my pale feet (while not playing tennis) under the sun or for faster results, use some kind of tanning makeup\spray-on to match the darker color legs. Or I can do the other way around - use lighter color stuff on my legs and arms to match the paler hue.
Haven't tried anything yet - just wondering if anybody has better suggestions out there or tried anything else. Thank you in advance.

 

[drhopz]

LOL, thats nothing, you guys should see my chest and stomach. It's white as snow, and everywhere else is 2shades darker

 

[ubel]

why not just play some tennis without a shirt on? that's what i do and my skin tone is very tan.. the only pasty part of me is my crotchal,,, err my shorts area.

then again, my tan is already kind of aided by the fact that i'm black. contrary to popular belief, we CAN tan/be pasty -_-

 

[J011yroger]

Sock tan is a badge of honor, wear it with pride.

J

 

[Craig Sheppard]

Farmer's tan! w00t! Exactly--be proud! Check out some Tour de France cyclists. Now *that*'s some farmer's tan.

 

[BigServer1]

You could always go tanning...it gets you, uh, everywhere if you know what I mean.

 

[35ft6]

Long sleeve shirts and footy socks.

 

[dave333]

I have such bad farmer's, sock, short tans. Its crazy. Last year was worse: got back from hawaii, I was so dark, almost blackish

 

[superman1]

That's why I prefer to play at night.

And a man does not use tanning creams...

 

[Zets147]

yea who cares lol

"My friends are making fun of me" Yea.. just say something like, "Well, with this tan, I don't even have to wear socks anymore"
Ok, maybe not that line exactly.

 

[Court_Jester]

yea who cares lol

I completely agree. Having a two-toned skin is a sign of hardcore tennis player.
Casual players never get that.

I'm proud of mine, BTW.

 

[Zets147]

I completely agree. Having a two-toned skin is a sign of hardcore tennis player.
Casual players never get that.

I'm proud of mine, BTW.

haha I guess I do wear "socks" with sandals hahaha

 

[dave333]

AHHH I have a farmers tan from my cast too. My left arm goes white, brown tan, white.

 

[Freedom]

When you practice, play shirtless. And go be in the sun without shoes & socks for a while. It'll help even out your tan lines...

 

[dave333]

^^^^ Plz don't do this if you are overweight or have unnaturally hairy chests.

 

[J011yroger]

AHHH I have a farmers tan from my cast too. My left arm goes white, brown tan, white.

Hope your arm is well recovered.

J

 

[CanadianChic]

When you practice, play shirtless. And go be in the sun without shoes & socks for a while. It'll help even out your tan lines...

Exactly what I was going to suggest.

I would not recommend anything in a bottle to correct this - it is makeup and gross to apply to your body. Are you disturbed by this OP or just those around you? Let them laugh, who cares? You are our playing tennis and having fun so I suggest you simply carry on - although footy socks as suggested above are a good option as well. Why do men feel the need to wear knee socks pulled up when playing anyway? An alternative could also be a tinted moisturizer which will even out the tones slowly over your body - much less obvious than a streaky fake tan. IMO.

^^^^ Plz don't do this if you are overweight or have unnaturally hairy chests.

Can we please add man boobs and back hair to the list? Hehe.

 

[dbnet03]

OK folks -thanks for the encouraging words. I'll display my two-tone skin with pride!

 

[ShooterMcMarco]

Can we please add man boobs and back hair to the list? Hehe.

My friend has moobs and hes in the airforce, lol

 

[Shahar26]

I once fell asleep at the beach with my sunglasses, I had marks on my face for over a week.....

I just kept wearing them no matter where I went

 

[Shroud]

Hoodies and sweatpants will fix that

 

[Ronaldo]

Hoodies and sweatpants will fix that

Shirley I posted this before: Will never forget two college swimmers hitting tennis balls on a hardcourt barefootin' and wearing Speedos at 2pm in July.

 

[Shroud]

Shirley I posted this before: Will never forget two college swimmers hitting tennis balls on a hardcourt barefootin' and wearing Speedos at 2pm in July.

No flipflops?

 

[Ronaldo]

No flipflops?

Nuttin' just barefootin'

 

[Shroud]

Nuttin' just barefootin'

Whats the point?

 

[Ronaldo]

Whats the point?

Dunno, the soles of my feet toughened when I spent a semester swimming. But to walk onto a hardcourt on a hot summer day was/is memorable. As bananas as playing a singles match at noon in 106 degree summer heat. Mentioned this to my opponent as we were the only guys on court. Thank goodness there were 50 mph gusts.

 

[Sudacafan]

I need help.
Due to playing lots of tennis under the summer sun, now I have a two-tone skin. The exposed part of my skin (mostly legs and arms) are now darker while the rest is pale. This is most obvious when I wear shorts and slippers. My friends are making fun of me because it looks like I'm wearing socks even tho I'm not. :-(
Well, my girlfriend suggested a couple of things - exposed my pale feet (while not playing tennis) under the sun or for faster results, use some kind of tanning makeup\spray-on to match the darker color legs. Or I can do the other way around - use lighter color stuff on my legs and arms to match the paler hue.
Haven't tried anything yet - just wondering if anybody has better suggestions out there or tried anything else. Thank you in advance.

Play naked.

 

[Ronaldo]

Play naked.

 

[onehandbh]

@dbnet03

Spend some time at Black's Beach in La Jolla.

 

[Sudacafan]

With respect to OP's request in this thread title, I just wanted to know if somebody laughed.

 

[Ronaldo]

Anyone spend time at a Spray Tan Bar? Not just for Pro Wrestlers,

 

[Sudacafan]

Anyone spend time at a Spray Tan Bar? Not just for Pro Wrestlers,

I don't like much either the before or the after, so this is totally neutral.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

With respect to OP's request in this thread title, I just wanted to know if somebody laughed.

Canadian model, Winnie Harlow, is laughing all the way to the bank. She currently has a net worth of $7 million