Sunbeds, discuss!

dirtychinchilla said:
If it were me, with my pasty skin, I'd look like a beacon of light on the beach, so I can understand!
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I'm quite proud to walk on a beach in white skin and to walk off 2 weeks later still white.
I go on lots of sun holidays but do my best to stay out of it.
I really don't give a **** what other people think of the colour of my skin.
 
Have used a sunbed now and again after the a workout at the gym, prevents me from looking pale (;.. Good for your skin as long as your not overdoing it. I think something like 12 times a year is considered safe / actually has some health benefits as we live in a country with hardly any sun for most of the year :p.
 
Boomstick777 said:
Have used a sunbed now and again after the a workout at the gym, prevents me from looking pale (;.. Good for your skin as long as your not overdoing it. I think something like 12 times a year is considered safe / actually has some health benefits as we live in a country with hardly any sun for most of the year :p.
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You might want to read the link posted earlier... there isn't anything safe about it at all.
 
dowie said:
You might want to read the link posted earlier... there isn't anything safe about it at all.
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That's strange, my bro's GP (My bro has had cancer) Recommended he use a sunbed a few times a year as it's good for the skin?

Maybe seeking a new GP might be better idea :p.

I very rarely use them, every few months if that.. I'm sure Coke and Haribo is far worse for people, everybody is on that though lol.
 
Boomstick777 said:
That's strange, my bro's GP (My bro has had cancer) Recommended he use a sunbed a few times a year as it's good for the skin?

Maybe seeking a new GP might be better idea :p.
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Were you with him at the time? Perhaps he's easily confused... Otherwise maybe a new GP is in order.

I very rarely use them, every few months if that.. I'm sure Coke and Haribo is far worse for people, everybody is on that though lol.
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As far as I'm aware there isn't a link between either of those and cancer... or at least not as strong a link as there is between sunbed use and skin cancer.
 
dowie said:
Were you with him at the time? Perhaps he's easily confused... Otherwise maybe a new GP is in order.
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Ha, very possibly.


dowie said:
As far as I'm aware there isn't a link between either of those and cancer... or at least not as strong a link as there is between sunbed use and skin cancer.
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Maybe not cancer specifically, although artificial sweetner in soda drinks can cause cancer, but obesity through terrible diet is a real problem now. People are so unhealthy now in there diet and lifestyle, being overweight brings a ton of other problems with it..

Here about that woman, blending MacDonalds for her baby? Yeah it's that bad..

Everyone has one or two habits that aren't healthy, sun bed, smoking, eating crap, they all lead to problems. One isn't better than the other..
 
Never used one but have thought about it.

Im from the Med originally and go back in the Summer ever year and get a natural tan..I look a lot better tanned I think. Just a shame for the other 11 months of the year Im here with no sun so when I do go on holiday I get burnt if Im not too careful.

I hope to one day live somewhere where it's sunnier all year round so I can just have a natural tan as I don't fancy using sunbeds at all.
 
Mr-White said:
Are sunbeds more of a cancer risk than the sun ?

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In terms of the same exposure time, yes. In terms of lifetime risk, that depends on how much UV you get from each source. Spending all day every day outdoors near the equator gives you a very different degree of risk to living a mostly indoor life in the UK.

It's worth bearing in mind that suntan is a defensive mechanism in response to exposure to harmful energy. It's not a sign of health.
 
Fuzz said:
I'm off to Malta in two weeks and I'm that white I'm see through, so yes I'll be using them.
A certain amount of sunlight is good for you and I'd suggest that the "rays" from a portable sun are a lot more controlled than they used to be (UVa vs UVb) so I don't see the use of them to put a bit of colour back into my skin any worse than having been somewhere sunny for the whole winter.
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In 2009, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified the whole ultraviolet spectrum and indoor tanning devices as carcinogenic to humans [..]

Powerful ultraviolet tanning units may be 10-15 times stronger than the midday sunlight on the Mediterranean Sea, and repeated exposure to large amounts of ultraviolet A delivered to the skin in relatively short periods (typically 10-20 minutes) constitutes a new experience for humans.
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http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4757

If you consider your skin to be the wrong colour and feel badly enough about it to accept the risks, that's up to you. But don't fool yourself - there are risks.
 
I have been using them before going on Holiday, its just common sense to do that really as you don't want to arrive and get totally sun burnt.
 
If you enjoy having anything other than your own fingers up your bum, go ahead and get that tan. Just dont expect not to be treated like a marmite miner cause you will.
 
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