| Show Fry No Pay Now Pay w-Pay Later 4 Tanning Beds Beds' J 1 Customers Get Burned In Denas Dena's L ii Opinion By Dena Gatherum ii Opinion Editorial Edi Editor tor We all know the scenario Summer Summer Summer Sum Sum- mer has just begun and its it's the first outing of the summer You pull on your shorts and look lookdown lookdown lookdown down at your sun-starved sun legs only to be blinded by the brightest white you have ever seen So you run and grab the phone and call the nearest tanning salon Youve You've heard all of the warnings about the dangers involved and yet you feel invincible Its not going to hurt me you say Well let me just remind you of some of the dangers Commercial tanning devices may increase the risk of skin cancer cancer cancer can can- especially with prolonged ex ex- ex- ex And several studies suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest an association between sun sunlamp sunlamp sunlamp lamp exposure and malignant melanoma which is the deadliest form of skin cancer There was also a study of tanning facilities in the eastern US U.S. which uncovered lax compliance with safety regulations The tanning industries estimate that two million people a day use tanning beds and that many have fair complexions that are mostly incapable of tanning and usually m. m It is completely obvious to me when I see a fake baker Their skin looks old and has an ugly orange tint to toil it Tanning beds can also dry out your hair and cause severe damage to your eyes without the use of safety goggles What I want to know is who said that having a suntan is more acceptable acceptable acceptable accept accept- able than having fair skin When you consider the long term effects of a tan fair skin is much more My suggestion is to be happy with your skin color whatever color your skin happens to be When you are forced to display more of your arms and legs in these hot summer months display them with pride Tanning beds are not your friends They might give you a great tan for the summer of 1995 but before before before be be- fore you know it you'll look like an anold anold anold old piece of leather And also remember to use sunscreen sun sunscreen sunscreen screen when you go out into natural sunlight Although it takes a little longer to get burned in the sun than it does in a tanning bed the result can still be deadly |
