Sunbeds, discuss!

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Ahleckz

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A fair few of my colleagues (male and female) swear by sunbeds, they reckon they make them feel & look better and it's a worthwhile pursuit. There is absolute no concern about the potential health risks that there obviously is as they feel the benefits outweigh the risks.

So, my question is. Who uses sunbeds? Why do you do it? Who doesn't use them, and why not?

I've never used one and never really thought that I would. However, in the interest of fairness I'm going tomorrow to give it a bash.

I've also been offered tanning injections from one guy at work but definitely not going down that route!
 
Surely 'cooking' your skin can only end up having one effect and that is your skin ages quicker?

Sunbeds aren't for me at all. My feel good and look better feeling comes from cardio and resistance exercise. Each to their own though. As for injections to get a tan?? OK.....
 
Tanning injections?? What the hell!!

I've never been in one. It'd be nice to have a tan, but they're not really worth it for the health risks.

It always shocks me how few people are really aware of the affects.
 
I don't use them because I don't enjoy the idea of lying under a cancer machine.

Also I live in a country that gets very little in the way of "tanning weather", all being tanned does in the UK is make you look like you use sun beds.

Oh and if this isn't a good enough reason not to I don't know what is:

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A bloke i use to know regularly had tanning injections and he now walks around all year looking like he has been BBQ'd. He looks funny as hell :D

I'm surprised tanning beds are still allowed given the obvious health risks. Still if people want to do that to themselves then its fine with me.
 
I use a sunbed once a week, after exercise.

I don't 'tan' and I am pale skinned (Scottish)

this is done purely for the Vitamin D production in my body, and I feel much better for it
 
Objective To estimate the burden of melanoma resulting from sunbed use in western Europe.

Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources PubMed, ISI Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded), Embase, Pascal, Cochrane Library, LILACS, and MedCarib, along with published surveys reporting prevalence of sunbed use at national level in Europe.

Study selection Observational studies reporting a measure of risk for skin cancer (cutaneous melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma) associated with ever use of sunbeds.

Results Based on 27 studies ever use of sunbeds was associated with a summary relative risk of 1.20 (95% confidence interval 1.08 to 1.34). Publication bias was not evident. Restricting the analysis to cohorts and population based studies, the summary relative risk was 1.25 (1.09 to 1.43). Calculations for dose-response showed a 1.8% (95% confidence interval 0% to 3.8%) increase in risk of melanoma for each additional session of sunbed use per year. Based on 13 informative studies, first use of sunbeds before age 35 years was associated with a summary relative risk of 1.87 (1.41 to 2.48), with no indication of heterogeneity between studies. By using prevalence data from surveys and data from GLOBOCAN 2008, in 2008 in the 15 original member countries of the European Community plus three countries that were members of the European Free Trade Association, an estimated 3438 cases of melanoma could be attributable to sunbed use, most (n=2341) occurring among women.

Conclusions Sunbed use is associated with a significant increase in risk of melanoma. This risk increases with number of sunbed sessions and with initial usage at a young age (<35 years). The cancerous damage associated with sunbed use is substantial and could be avoided by strict regulations.

http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4757

That's why I don't use sunbeds.
 
Skeptic said:
Objective To estimate the burden of melanoma resulting from sunbed use in western Europe.

Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources PubMed, ISI Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded), Embase, Pascal, Cochrane Library, LILACS, and MedCarib, along with published surveys reporting prevalence of sunbed use at national level in Europe.

Study selection Observational studies reporting a measure of risk for skin cancer (cutaneous melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma) associated with ever use of sunbeds.

Results Based on 27 studies ever use of sunbeds was associated with a summary relative risk of 1.20 (95% confidence interval 1.08 to 1.34). Publication bias was not evident. Restricting the analysis to cohorts and population based studies, the summary relative risk was 1.25 (1.09 to 1.43). Calculations for dose-response showed a 1.8% (95% confidence interval 0% to 3.8%) increase in risk of melanoma for each additional session of sunbed use per year. Based on 13 informative studies, first use of sunbeds before age 35 years was associated with a summary relative risk of 1.87 (1.41 to 2.48), with no indication of heterogeneity between studies. By using prevalence data from surveys and data from GLOBOCAN 2008, in 2008 in the 15 original member countries of the European Community plus three countries that were members of the European Free Trade Association, an estimated 3438 cases of melanoma could be attributable to sunbed use, most (n=2341) occurring among women.

Conclusions Sunbed use is associated with a significant increase in risk of melanoma. This risk increases with number of sunbed sessions and with initial usage at a young age (<35 years). The cancerous damage associated with sunbed use is substantial and could be avoided by strict regulations.

http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4757

That's why I don't use sunbeds.
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Woah a Cochrane review in GD.......I sense a disturbance in the force.
 
Surely you're just going to look like an alcoholic Scotsman that stayed out on the sun lounger too long in Lanzarote? If you want to look and feel better, step 1 would be drinking less :p.
 
soundood said:
I use a sunbed once a week, after exercise.

I don't 'tan' and I am pale skinned (Scottish)

this is done purely for the Vitamin D production in my body, and I feel much better for it
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Sounds like you're onto a good thing there... can't see any flaws in your reasoning at all....

I was thinking about taking up smoking recently I've heard it has a relaxing effect and you feel much better for it.

Can you think of any massive drawbacks to that idea that would outweigh the benefits?
 
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