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Using a tanning bed, even just once, increases a person’s risk for developing skin cancer, and this association becomes stronger the younger people are when they first begin using them.
Frequent tanning bed use triples the risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, according to a 2010 study. The study suggests that the melanoma risk is linked more closely to total exposure than it is to the age at which an individual first uses a tanning bed. [23]
Overall, tanning bed use fell from 5.5 percent of American adults in 2010 to 4.2 percent in 2013, About 1.6 million fewer women and 400,000 fewer men used tanning beds in 2013 compared to 2010 ...
Horizontal low-pressure tanning bed. Indoor tanning involves using a device that emits ultraviolet radiation to produce a cosmetic tan. [a] Typically found in tanning salons, gyms, spas, hotels, and sporting facilities, and less often in private residences, the most common device is a horizontal tanning bed, also known as a sunbed or solarium.
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Tanning dependence or tanorexia (a portmanteau of tanning and anorexia) [1] is a syndrome where an individual appears to have a physical or psychological dependence on sunbathing or the use of ultraviolet (UV) tanning beds to darken the complexion of the skin. [2] Compulsive tanning may satisfy the definition of a behavioral addiction as well ...
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It is believed that tanning beds are the cause of hundreds of thousands of basal and squamous-cell skin cancer. [33] The World Health Organization now places people who use artificial tanning beds in its highest risk category for skin cancer. [34] Alcohol consumption, specifically excessive drinking increase the risk of sunburns. [35] The use ...