Tanning Bed Caution!

Did you know that tanning is a $5 billion dollar-a-year industry?  Research suggests that tanning can be addictive, since it releases mood-enhancing endorphins.   One study of Scandinavian women showed that those who used tanning beds more than once a month were 55% more likely to develop melanoma ~ and that’s just ONCE A MONTH!  Dermatologists are seeing people in their 20′s who already have basal-cell cancer from tanning parlors.

It’s for good reason that tanning beds are being called “tanning coffins”.  Those lambent, blue-lit capsules are directly and absolutely linked to higher rates of skin cancer — even if the tanning salons claim they are “safe”. 

Many young people tan because they believe that tanning clears acne.  Leslie Baumann, Director of the University of Miami Division of Cosmetic Dermatology dispels the myth and says “acne actually gets worse in summer months and is worsened by UV exposure”.   Not only that, you trade looking good for 3 days for looking terrible at 40!  Not such a good trade-off when you think about it.

Allure 2007/May ~ Just Ask Bri!