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

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. 

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.