State laws fail to curb teens' indoor tanning

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 11:14 AM EST

Article Source: msnbc.com

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State laws meant to keep teens out of indoor tanning booths haven't made a dent, a new study has found, disappointing doctors hoping to reduce deadly skin cancers.

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Elle-515328

There needs to be far more awareness raised about WHY tanning is dangerous - telling kids that they just aren't allowed to do it is not solving anything.

If the "prolonged sun exposure can kill you" approach doesn't work, try for the cosmetic argument - sun spots, dried wrinkled skin, splotches of different coloured skin where cancers have been cut out or burned off... not the most attractive outcomes of that tan.

I rock the porcelain look proudly.

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#1 - Mon Dec 8, 2008 2:21 PM EST

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Holly-348328

This message is for all indoor tanning enthusiasts. Six years ago, my doctor recommended I go to a dermatologist for a large mole inspection. I had not spent much time with tanning until I turned 21. After that, I went daily. My whole body was cocoa-brown. I loved it and thought I looked great. The doctor inspected every mole on my body, and took six moles to biopsy. When they take off a mole for biopsy, they burn it off with a laser knife. You can smell your skin burning when they do it. Then there is a lot of pain while the wound heals. The very worst part was when the doctor called back to say one of the moles had come back abnormal. This entailed me going back and having the entire piece of skin sort of "punched out", leaving no trace of the diseased flesh. I received two stitches and instructions to never go near a tanning booth again and to always have sunscreen on, even indoors or on cloudy days. Please, don't let this be your future! Stay away from prolonged tanning booth or sun exposure! A nice tan today is going to cost you down the road. Yeah, I didn't believe it either until the day I had the procedure done and I went home and looked at my baby girl. I never, ever want someone to tell my kids their mommy died for a nice tan.

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#2 - Mon Dec 8, 2008 2:44 PM EST

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