Ripped jeans may be your fashionable friend during the cooler months, but here’s your annual reminder that, when it comes to summer, they are decidedly your foe.
Because here’s the thing: when you forget to wear sunscreen and you put on your trendy ripped pants, you end up with some weird-ass sunburns.
Lol s/o to me for wearing ripped jeans in the sun for 6 hours last weekend and still having a pure burn a week later pic.twitter.com/6QtqLzEiPZ
— felic (@felicidyyh) May 11, 2015
Don’t believe me? Just wait and see. You’ll end up with painful little sun whiskers all over your knees!
Note to self : do not wear ripped jeans while horseback riding because you will end up with a funky sunburn pic.twitter.com/7EnP7CgyiH
— Casper (@erikanicole_06) April 9, 2018
Do you really want red stripes across your thighs?
Ive worn ripped jeans all day and now i have sunburn marks like this on my knees pic.twitter.com/cabJVMRRtb
— emily (@emilychxrlie) June 19, 2016
No? Then put on your damn SPF before partaking in outdoor summer activities, y’all!
the ripped jeans burn lines are real ? pic.twitter.com/pNw0Fd1wAZ
— megan (@_meggomyeggos) July 12, 2016
Otherwise, you may end up with the silliest excuse for a tan ever.
*do not* go sit in the sun for 2+ hours wearing ripped jeans…..i learned my lesson today pic.twitter.com/FtHMNdjDWo
— tay (@taylerrcoxx) May 14, 2018
Or worse: GLOWING RED KNEECAPS! (Which isn’t cool unless you’re some kind of superhero.)
never wearing ripped jeans in the sun again pic.twitter.com/6T9BNl9wkd
— morgan (@ultjimint) June 10, 2016
Take it from me, fam: purchase some spray-on sunscreen before you slip on those raggedy jeans. Why should your skin have to pay the price for your style?