Sunbeds, discuss!

[bgcb]REPO_MAN;23961033 said:
Supplements??

Whats wrong with actually eating food as a way to get more vitamins. We must have gone so wrong as a society that we are ready to pop pills and take powders than actually eat natural ingredients.

This makes me sad.
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Basically nothing you eat has the levels needed. The best way is for your skin to make it from cholesterol. In the UK only in the high of summer if you are lucky do we get the right type of rays for this. You also get a nitre oxide release from this which relaxes blood vessels lowering blood pressure so placing less stress on the heart.

I totally agree with you that food is best but this is one of the times supplements are useful even for healthy people getting a good balanced diet. In an ideal world you would have blood levels tested and match dose too it.
 
Rossi~ said:
So long as they're used safely, regulated and supervised then i see no problem. However, it's far too easy for the average moron to slap themselves in them for far too long on whatever settings they like.
It should (IMO) only be allowed in a restricted and controlled environment.
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There is no "safely" when it comes to exposure to harmful radiation. There's only "varying degrees of risk". The controls you advocate would reduce the risk and I agree that they should be put in place, but they wouldn't make it safe.

I think the bigger issue is that of some natural skin colours being seen as being wrong. I have very pale skin. That's a result of my genes. It's not unhealthy. There's nothing wrong with it. Anyone who disagrees can go away and play with the other racists.

We've been here before. In the past, the perception was that the "right" colour was as pale as possible and people risked their health or even their life to conform (e.g. lead-based makeup). They had some excuse, since they didn't know anywhere near as much about biology and chemistry. We don't have that excuse of ignorance.
 
Jesus wept. Sunbeds are dangerous and not healthy, full stop. Artificial sweetener doesn't cause cancer. We landed on the moon. Barack O isn't a reptilian and so on.
 
Hatter The Mad said:
My so my mother/girlfriend/friend-of-a-friend/hairdresser/ahem uses those moisturisers with a hint of tan, like Dove. They seem to give a natural subtle tan and none of the awful orange or build up (because it is so gradual). With safe creams like this I have no idea why people regularly burn themselves and substantially risk cancer.
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dunno why people don't just do this... or even get a light spray tan done professionally... can't see how it would be any more or less 'gay' than going on a sunbed at the gym before you go on holiday... at least it isn't going to damage your skin. Small amount of colour, should last for the first few days of the holiday and then you'll have developed some colour naturally in the sun anyway.
 
No I wouldn't use them. I think the minor health benefits wouldn't be enough to outweigh the potential health risks for me.

As for the vanity purpose, I think I'd feel better having a tan all year round but it's not enough to justify me going out and spending time, money and risk of getting it done.
 
Of course not, I'm not that vain.

Didn't know so many "men" use sunbeds... Is there a male equivalent of the vajazzle? Wondering if that's popular around here too. :p
 
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