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And we all thought tanning beds were a safe substitute to sunbathing! But in recent years, doctors saw a dramatic rise in the number of young people with skin cancer as the use of tanning beds increased, so scientists combined the results of 20 studies and found a scary trend:
The risk for skin cancer increases by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30. And the risk for skin and eye cancer from using tanning beds is so high that it is now classified into the top cancer risk category, alongside tobacco, arsenic, and mustard gas. Wow. We know arsenic and mustard gas are lethal, but tanning beds?!
Well, one British study found melanoma as the leading type of cancer diagnosed in women in their 20s. And young women are considered the highest risk-group because of their frequent use of tanning beds. A U.S. study found that many children are at risk of skin cancer because they don’t apply sufficient sunscreen and use tanning beds too often.
Based on this report, the American Cancer Society now recommends that people discontinue using tanning beds at all, instead to use bronzing creams. Besides, what’s all the fuss with getting tanned anyway? Who said one’s natural skin tone is less attractive than a tanned look?
via: AFP; Image: Newscom
