Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 0 Comments
By Samantha Goss, RD, LD/N
eDiets Nutrition Specialist
It seems the sun rays may not be the only thing to blame when it comes to melanoma. Teenagers always seem to want the best of everything, which sometimes include the perfect tan. So they sometimes spend hours each week baking under UV radiation in tanning beds. With skin cancer on the rise, why are parents allowing their teenagers to place themselves at risk to look darker for a prom or beauty pageant? I think parents need to educate themselves more on this issue because studies done by the Academy of American Dermatology suggests that people who frequent tanning parlors before age 35 have a 75 percent higher chance of getting melanoma.
eDiets Nutrition Specialist
It seems the sun rays may not be the only thing to blame when it comes to melanoma. Teenagers always seem to want the best of everything, which sometimes include the perfect tan. So they sometimes spend hours each week baking under UV radiation in tanning beds. With skin cancer on the rise, why are parents allowing their teenagers to place themselves at risk to look darker for a prom or beauty pageant? I think parents need to educate themselves more on this issue because studies done by the Academy of American Dermatology suggests that people who frequent tanning parlors before age 35 have a 75 percent higher chance of getting melanoma.
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