Jul 3, 2010
In case you weren't aware of it and you use tanning beds to fake bake your skin, did you know the federal government is going to tax you on your tanning bed use starting today as part of the health care bill?
Find out more here.
Feb 25, 2010
I was flipping through the December 2009 issue of Cosmpolitan and came across an interesting article called Scary Truths Tanning Salons Deny by Stacy Colino. I used a tanning salon a couple times when I was younger (before I knew better) but freckled badly so I stopped. I know of many people who do and do it often (and I have to say that my skin definitely DOES look younger than their skin and they are younger than me).
*Photo from http://www.metrohealth.org/body.cfm?id=1636
I wanted to make a few notes from the article for those interested:
- The International Agency for Research on Cancer has reclassified tanning devices as a definite carcinogen. (The definition of carcinogen is "agent directly involved in the exacerbation of cancer or in the increase of its propagation.") This isn't new news to me. I think it is pretty common knowledge. Knowing that, I don't understand why people would use them (and use them often in a lot of cases). Are there health benefits to using a tanning bed? Not for me personally.
- According to this article..."exposure to UV light can lead to melanoma, especially if you're exposed to it in your teens and/or 20s."
- Melanoma cases are even showing up in the genital area of women. I doubt women are standing on their heads outdoors and getting sunburned there. This is from the tanning bed.
- Is your excuse for using the tanning bed that you get Vitamin D from it? Go stand outside a few times a week and you'll get the same benefit. Find another source for Vitamin D.
- Do you think the tanning bed is safer than the sun? According to this article, the bulbs in the tanning beds are several times stronger than sunlight.
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