Comments on: Should Indoor Tanning Be Illegal?

By: jordan

jordan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:01:40 +0000

and indoor tanning now compared to what it was years ago has improved dramatically !

By: jordan

jordan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:58:43 +0000

Hello Everyone,
We wouldnt have these problems if you were tanning properly !!! when i grew i burnt all the time in the sun !!! indoor tanning i never burn!!! the problem is ppl dont understand tht if yes mayb e if you abused or overexposed yourself to uv then possibly u could have problems but if its controlled there should be no problem and tanning is one of the best ways to recieve vitamin d!! everything is hear say on hear and no facts really!! so like all things like smoking or alcohol or the pollution in the air can all create problems but is any of it illegal??? no and one thing smoking lung cancer, gum cancer, tongue cancer but yet its still legal? and that makes sense to you right?? if someone chooses to tan then they should be able there shouldnt be any law on it its tht persons choice!!!!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:42:21 +0000

I used to tan ALL the time! I tanned in high school, in junior high, ALL the time! I’m only 23 years old, and I know so many people who I graduated with who have gotten skin cancer, from avid indoor tanning. I’ve read books on the subject just to see for myself. 10 minutes in a tanning bed is equivalent to 3 hours in the sun. Humans are only required 10-30 minutes (depending on natural skin color) in the sun to get the recommended amount of vitamin D. And that’s all. So, if you are going in the sun for 10 minutes a day, for a whole week, that’s still only an hour and 10 minutes of natural sunlight a week. Tan for 10 minutes in a bed for one day….and you are already maxed out on your sunlight. Tanning companies try to advertise their “new” beds that block out the UVB rays. Well great. UVB rays are the rays that cause your skin to burn. UVA rays are the “aging” and cancer causing rays. So basically, they filter out the rays that cause you to burn, so you’ll tan longer, and more. Crazy. I believe it’s a personal opinion to tan or not, and I choose not to. I do feel more attractive when I tan, but I try to look at Dita Von Teese or Audry Hepburn, who are both very attractive woman, just as they are. Funny thing about our country is that we try to tan as much as we possibly can, as often as we can. You go to other countries, and they try to reverse all the sun damage they can. People pay thousand of dollars a year getting cosmetic surgery to reverse the effects of sun damage. The whole vitamin D deficiency things gets me. It’s supposed to help with osteoporosis?? We have millions of women in our country alone who suffer from osteoporosis. Then you look at Africa. They have about 250,000. That makes no sense. We tan as much as we possibly can, and they’re in natural sunlight. People who have more melanin in their skin can block out more sunlight. Asians are obviously more sensitive to sunlight. That goes WAY back in time..depending on where people are from. Naturally….if there is more sunlight…you are darker. African Americans have the least amount of people suffering from skin cancer. Our skin is an organ. It is designed to protect our bodies from foreign entities. Our skin naturally produces more melanin when in sunlight, to protect us from UVA rays. So, people who keep tanning, and getting darker…are only making their skin work harder to try and protect them. I’m honestly afraid that i’ll tan to be more attractive, POSSIBLY get skin cancer, and have scars all over my body. Google “sun damage” “skin cancer” “skin cancer scars”, ect. It’s scary. I bet everyone in this world can name AT LEAST one person they know who have been diagnosed with skin cancer or who has passed away from it. But vitamin D deaths? Never heard of anyone.

By: GATORGIRL8900

GATORGIRL8900 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:47:48 +0000

THAT IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS QUESTION; “SHOULD INDOOR TANNING BE ILLEGAL” i WOULD LEAVE THIS COUNTRY, NOT BECAUSE I AM A TANNING ADVOCATE, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS AUTHORITARIAN ATTITUDE IS DRIVING ME NUTS. FIRST, WE WANT TO CONTROL THE SMOKERS, NOW WE WANT TO CONTROL THOSE WHO ENJOY TANNING, WHAT ABOUT FAT PEOPLE? MEDICAL PEOPLE HAVE TO LIFT THEM WHEN THEY ARE SICK, FAT PEOPLE GENERALLY SMELL OFFENSIVE

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