Skin Cancer from Tanning

A must read before you head off to the Tanning Salons. Try to convince your teenagers not to use tanning salons.

Skin Cancer from Tanning – UNL student diagnosed with melanoma shares the truth about skin cancer.

Antona Beckman, a junior textile design and journalism major at UNL was diagnosed with melanoma at age 19. Tanning prior to her diagnosis is a likely cause to the cancer.

Indoor tanning is a $2 billion a year business, luring millions of Americans to tanning salons, and often to cancer.

I am one of those Americans. I knew tanning was dangerous, but I never thought I would be the person who actually got skin cancer. But last year, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 malignant melanoma, and my life stopped—or at least it felt that way…

Even after being warned about the dangers of tanning, college students continue to pay for this cancer-causing process. Perhaps students tan because they don’t know what the risks are, or maybe, they don’t have a grasp on what having skin cancer actually means…

The Skin Cancer Foundation said that the high-pressure sunlamps in tanning beds emit doses of UVR that can be as much as 15 times that of the sun, and even occasional use of tanning beds almost triples the chances of developing melanoma…

Be smart! You can prevent skin cancer. Wear SPF 30 or higher. Reduce the hours you spend outside between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Do not tan. Most importantly, visit a dermatologist if you have any concerns.

Source: Read the complete article here – News Net Nebraska – Skin Cancer from Tanning