Topic: indoor tanning

Tanning Salons Prevent Sunburn, Say Tanning Salons In Missouri

If you’re planning a trip to Mexico in the dead of winter, you should hit up a tanning salon to put down a “base” so that you can lounge on the beach while on vacation without getting a sunburn–at least, that was the logic once used to use to justify exposing ourselves to harmful UV rays in indoor tanning beds. Now we know better, right? Wrong, according to a new study that says 80% of tanning salons in Missouri spout this exact myth to their customers.
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“Everything Causes Cancer,” And Other Ways Indoor Tanners Justify Their Behavior

A few weeks ago, I white whined about how much I miss indoor tanning, but how I don’t go anymore because I know it is bad for me. Apparently, according to a new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, so does everyone else who goes–they’re just better at rationalizing the risks. It seems that indoor tanners are Olympic-level deniers when it comes to the known dangers of tanning beds. More »

Gen Y Women Love Indoor Tanning (Especially In The Midwest And South), CDC Reports

Today, more surprising news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Gen Y women are going indoor tanning almost twice a month on average. It’s especially common among white women, those ages 18-21 and in the Midwest and South. More »

At Least ‘Tan Mom’ Inspired Something Good: Anti-Tanning Laws For Teens

Remember Patricia Krentcil, a.k.a. “tan mom”? Of course you do. Well, amidst all of the controversy and backlash over her arrest for taking her 5-year-old tanning with her, there is something good that actually came out of this: a revived push for anti-tanning laws for minors. More »

Mom’s Disturbing Face Makes Us Wonder: Does Excessive Tanning Mean Mental Health Issues?

Yesterday’s story about the New Jersey mom who was accused of taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth had a lot of you enraged. Aside from questioning what type of parent Patricia Krentcil must be, some questioned her state of mind–just look at her, right? She’s only 44, but could easily pass for decades older. Clearly she is not taking good care of her skin–and possibly her daughter’s, but does excessive tanning mean she must have mental health issues? You tell us. More »

Mom Taking 5-Year-Old Tanning Is Disturbing, But Her Tanned Face Is Even More Disturbing

OK, this is clearly disturbing. A New Jersey mom has been accused of taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth and burning the girl’s skin–something she denies. But just one look at this woman makes it hard to believe she could be innocent. More »

The Indoor Tanning Association Would Like You To Ignore That Study Linking Tanning To Melanoma

Last week, the Mayo Clinic released a startling study about the increase of melanoma rates in young women in a Midwestern county. According to the findings, in Olmstead County, Minnesota, rates of cutaneous melanoma in women aged 18 to 39 had “increased by 8-fold.” And, the researchers theorized, it’s due in large part to indoor tanning, a practice that has been consistently linked with premature aging and skin cancer. But that didn’t stop the Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) from responding with a snippy press release, that tries to debunk the study and tout the benefits of vitamin D.

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Indoor Tanning is Bad For You: Duh. TIME Magazine reports that there’s actually very little research on the topic, but thankfully, a new study provides fresh proof that indoor tanning increases skin cancer risk.