Tanning Bed

American culture tells us that healthy skin and beauty comes with tan skins. It is hard to get away from the messages, TV ads, magazines, and larger than life billboards all tell us that “healthy skin” is “bronze” and “glowing.” So, many people, the majority of which are women and young ladies tan partly so they feel pretty and healthy as well as so they are seen by others to be healthy and attractive. While the sun and its warm rays do provide us many things, some of those are warmth, vitamin D, energy, and even hope on some days. UV rays whether they be from sunlight or the lamps of a tanning bed can do more than just tan us. UV rays are harmful and dangerous, and as dangerous goes they can cause cancers. Developing cancer from an activity should be deterrent enough to stop people from purposefully tanning in tanning beds. So, where to begin. Tanning salons advertise that tanning

Similarly, BCC in the United Kindom jumped 145% between 1981 and 2006. A report from the American Academy of Dermatology reports that “researchers estimate that indoor tanning may cause upwards of 400,000 cases of skin cancer in the United States each year. They also state that as little as one indoor tanning session increases your risk of developing skin cancer by SCC by 67% and BCC by 29%. Both of these agencies have fought hard to educate the public about the harmful effects of indoor tanning. They played a large part in getting federal and state legislation put in place providing some guide lines for tanning as well as having an age restriction put in place in 33