Sunbed use... The new Smoking?

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I was quite shocked by this article


www.theguardian.com

Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning

Nasal sprays, injections and sunbeds – for many people, the yearning for a tan now outweighs the risks. But why?
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

43 percent of 18-25 year old are using sun beds.

As I have never really been one to "fit in" or want to, I find it surprising that this is so popular.

The article talks about the much elevated risk of melanoma from using sunbeds. I thought with all the information about cancer, the drop in alcohol consumption in the young (cost and health) and the cost of living crisis this would not be a thing?

I don't know anyone personally that uses sunbeds.. But if the numbers are right there must be a huge number of people who do.

Me? Can't think of anything worse. Lying in a box, damaging my skin, and having no fun doing it.


Anyone on here use them? Or knows anyone? Or more likely ... Have kids that do?
 
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WE don't even have to pay to get burnt here.

interwebs said:
New Zealand has a reputation for high UV levels, meaning people are prone to sunburn, especially during summer. This is due to a combination of factors, including the Earth's orbit, relatively clean air, and a thinner ozone layer. Sun protection is crucial in New Zealand, even on cloudy days or in the shade.
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I bought some sun cream by accident once and it was one of those ones that had fake tan stuff in it. I only noticed after I'd done one of my arms.
 
I don't get the sun worshipping thing at all. We recently went abroad and at the hotel pool all you could see was lots of Brits in various states of crispyness. White - pink - ER red - tan - brown etc. Doing absolutely FA but rotisserie themselves in the sun. There was more fat gammon on show than the local butchers. I just don't get it.

I knew a lass who hired a sunbed regularly. It really aged her as at 38 she looked more like 58, California raisin style.
 
Mysterae_ said:
I don't get the sun worshipping thing at all. We recently went abroad and at the hotel pool all you could see was lots of Brits in various states of crispyness. White - pink - ER red - tan - brown etc. Doing absolutely FA but rotisserie themselves in the sun. There was more fat gammon on show than the local butchers. I just don't get it.

I knew a lass who hired a sunbed regularly. It really aged her as at 38 she looked more like 58, California raisin style.
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I used to work outside all year round and got really really brown in the summers.
 
Local town has a couple, with one owned by a giant of a woman that mostly stands outside, half dressed, chain smoking and looking like that first attempt at using a BBQ.

Obviously cannot tag all people at a certain age, but...Botox, Lip fillers, Sunbeds, vapes and an addiction to energy **** drinks is sure making some gens stand out.
 
Iirc sunbeds were banned in Australia a few years ago. Probably due to number of melanoma cases.
 
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Gen Z? Young girls have been over-using sun beds for decades.
 
[FnG]magnolia said:
WE don't even have to pay to get burnt here.
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With climate change places like NZ will become really tough places to live in the not so distant future. Working outdoors in summer must already be a horrible experience.

As for sunbeds, it seems to be a vanity thing mostly so I have little sympathy when people have been clearly warned it can cause Cancer.
 
People STILL don't realise that tan = damaged skin. (unless you are naturally that shade).

At least there is no such a thing as passive sun bed, if people are dying to get early stage of skin cancer, let them have it.
 
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alfalavala said:
At least there's no passive radiation from someone who's been roasting themselves.
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True but then I don't think the sunbed industry contributes more in tax than it'll cost to treat them.

Personally I've always actively avoided the sun. Never understood the laying about and cooking yourself.
 
[FnG]magnolia said:
WE don't even have to pay to get burnt here.
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I was talking to my brother in law just a few minutes ago about sunbed use and UV exposure and it occurred to me how much the attitude to the Sun in NZ/Aus changed in what seemed like about 10-20 years, as I was remembering one of my cousins mentioning that her kids all have mandatory sun hats etc at school, but when she went to school they didn't (I think she mentioned she'd had several suspicious bits checked/removed and that everyone she knew seemed to be extremely aware of the skin cancer risk now).
Basically it feels like between the 90's and the early 00's (at least from what I've seen from the UK), the attitude went from "got to get out in the sun and get a tan" to "be careful, cover up and wear sunscream" pretty much all the time.

413x said:
I was quite shocked by this article


www.theguardian.com

Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning

Nasal sprays, injections and sunbeds – for many people, the yearning for a tan now outweighs the risks. But why?
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

43 percent of 18-25 year old are using sun beds.

As I have never really been one to "fit in" or want to, I find it surprising that this is so popular.

The article talks about the much elevated risk of melanoma from using sunbeds. I thought with all the information about cancer, the drop in alcohol consumption in the young (cost and health) and the cost of living crisis this would not be a thing?

I don't know anyone personally that uses sunbeds.. But if the numbers are right there must be a huge number of people who do.

Me? Can't think of anything worse. Lying in a box, damaging my skin, and having no fun doing it.


Anyone on here use them? Or knows anyone? Or more likely ... Have kids that do?
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My sister used to use sun beds a lot, she's ginger so it was doubly silly.
She's now wondering why she's got a bunch of skin problems.

I remember one of my sisters friends (16 at the time, so going back ~30 years) had a sun bed in her bedroom and she used it daily.


It's nuts that people are still actively seeking to damage their skin and increase the cancer risk now, 30 years on when we've increasingly known the risks involved.
 
The vanity of younger people these days is quite something to behold. A number of men are like women of my time (I'm 55), with creams and lotions, sunbed use and whiffy, expensive fragrances. It seems metrosexual is often the norm and I get quite staggered by the effort my partner's son, makes to "beautify" himself. If I didn't know better, I would think he was a bit girly.

It seems that fake looks are all the rage, what with those duck bills loads of younger girls have and poison injected into their faces. The only part of 28 years later I thought was good was the kid taking the micky out of the soldier's girlfriend's duck face look.
 
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