'Sunburn Art' is an Instagram trend so painful you'll immediately want to slather on as much SPF as possible

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A growing Instagram phenomenon has users feeling the burn ... the sunburn. 

Instagrammers are sharing pictures of intentional sunburns using the hashtag #sunburnart, Time reports

The trend is similar to popular hashtags #tantatoo and #suntatoo.

Looking up these hashtags will yields thousands of similarly sunburned images. 

The burns are created by intentionally covering a section of skin with sunscreen, Sharpie marker, fabric, or even a temporary tatoo, and then spending time in the sun. 

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Some of the posts seem less like creative artwork and more like your average sunburn, but either way the results look painful and potentially hazardous to long-term health

Grab some sunscreen and check out these 20 Instagram photos of #sunburnart.