altyfcJoined: 27 Jul 2004
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Fri May 13, 2005 4:01 pm Reply with quote
A schoolgirl who has used sunbeds since she was 12 years old has been warned she is at serious risk of developing skin cancer by the time she reaches 30. Hayley Barlow, 14, from West Derby in Liverpool, used to sneak to the solarium after telling her mother she was going out to the cinema.
The teenager, who has been labelled a "tanorexic" as she uses sunbeds so often, says being brown "suits her".
More here.
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Fri May 13, 2005 4:02 pm Reply with quote
If she's that bothered, you would think she might use fake tan, no? Some of the fake tans these days I would imagine (I don't know) are pretty realistic.
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Fri May 13, 2005 10:36 pm Reply with quote
I think it's appropriate that we let consumers know about the danger of sun tanning.
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Fri May 13, 2005 10:37 pm Reply with quote
altyfc wrote:
If she's that bothered, you would think she might use fake tan, no? Some of the fake tans these days I would imagine (I don't know) are pretty realistic.
Aaron
There is a difference between real and fake, and I can understand why she prefers anything real other than fake.
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Mon May 16, 2005 8:05 am Reply with quote
I have never heard of it, but I know someone who might suffer from it. She has a sunbed in her home and has used since she was 16. I have lost contact with her, but I wonder if she looks as good now as when she was young, but alot of radiation in young age can make you age fast.
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Mon May 16, 2005 8:16 am Reply with quote
Arura wrote:
... but alot of radiation in young age can make you age fast.
I've heard this many times, but how does this happen scientifically?
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Mon May 16, 2005 2:08 pm Reply with quote
With aging, all skin cells begin to produce excess amounts of free radicals--unstable oxygen molecules that, under ideal circumstances, are removed by naturally occurring antioxidants within the skin's cells. In aging skin cells, antioxidants are in short supply. The free radicals generated are left unchecked and cause damage to cell membranes, proteins, and DNA. These free radicals eventually break down a protein substance in connective tissue (collagen) and release chemicals that cause inflammation in the skin. It is a combination of these cellular and molecular events that leads to skin aging and the formation of wrinkles, the AAD says.
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http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/204_beauty.html
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Tue May 17, 2005 8:49 am Reply with quote
There are alot of scientific proof for skin damaging effect of radiation.
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Tue May 17, 2005 9:02 am Reply with quote
Sun tanning is not necessarily a bad thing, but you need to get sun tan with moderation.
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Tue May 17, 2005 3:10 pm Reply with quote
Isn't all tanning actually bad? It might make us look and feel healthy but, at the end of the day, the pigmentation is showing skin damage.
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Tue May 17, 2005 10:31 pm Reply with quote
altyfc wrote:
Isn't all tanning actually bad? It might make us look and feel healthy but, at the end of the day, the pigmentation is showing skin damage.
Aaron
Sun tanning actually facilitates you to produce Vitamin D (or something), so sun tanning with moderation is actually recommended.
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Wed May 18, 2005 10:29 pm Reply with quote
Really? Have a look at what the second poster over at
http://forums.govteen.com/showthread.php?t=34160 is saying.
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Wed May 18, 2005 11:25 pm Reply with quote
This article points out the importance of Vitamin D and how you can obtain it from sun tanning; however, ...
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4. In your article you mention "the time required in the sun [for optimal vitamin D] is probably 15 to 30 minutes per day with at least hands and face exposed in the mid-latitudes during summer." What do you recommend for people who cannot get outside to achieve this exposure, or who live in areas that make it difficult to make vitamin D from the sun?
First, note that the 15 to 30 minutes per day generally applies to fair-skinned, thin, younger individuals, with the more of the body exposed, the better. Darker-skinned individuals may require several hours per day. For those unable to derive sufficient vitamin D from solar UVB, artificial UVB lamps are a viable option, as are vitamin D supplements.
So, I guess you shouldn't be spending hours under the sun if you have light skin.
