Today's Article is by Staywell Custom Communications, as Featured on Caring.com
FRIDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Young women say they flock to tanning salons to gain a healthy glow that adds to their natural beauty, protects them from the sun's rays and fills them with self-confidence.
Except none of it is true or lasting.
A deep tan may help project beauty and confidence for a while, but health experts stress that it will eventually give way to permanent skin damage caused by the ultraviolet rays emitted by a tanning bed -- damage up to and including potentially deadly skin cancer.
"We're seeing more young women with melanoma," said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society. "Based on recent research, we believe it is linked to use of tanning beds."
"There is no such thing as a safe tan," Lichtenfeld said. "A tan is the body's attempt to protect itself from something harmful."
And though most people spend more time in the sun during the summer months, exposure to ultraviolet light has become increasingly a year-round danger.
"The bottom line is excessive UV exposure increases your risk of skin cancer, whether you are indoors or outdoors," said Dr. James Spencer, a dermatologist in St. Petersburg, Fla., who's on the board of directors of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Tanning beds have become a particular hazard. The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified the devices as within its highest cancer risk category -- basically as potentially carcinogenic as cigarettes.
I suggest this should be published in journals and news papers. There are still a lot of women who are ignorant of this findings.
Posted by: Banners | July 26, 2011 at 07:54 PM
A deep tan may help venture beauty and assurance for a while, but health experts stress that it will gradually give way to lasting harm due to the sun light produced by a getting brownish naturally harm up to and such as possibly dangerous melanoma.
Posted by: כספות מפתח | April 03, 2012 at 02:36 AM
you should be carefully with tanning to much
Posted by: תיקון מסך | May 10, 2012 at 05:29 AM
too much tan is wrong
Posted by: תיקון | May 10, 2012 at 05:34 AM