Which is safer??

[buttercup132]

Hey guys this is a young person asking for advice, she is smart enough to ask us so hey whats with the rolley eyes?

Ya, and if she is like most other teens I'm sure she is care free and dosent really care to think abuot getting cancers right now. So whats the point in saying that. We are all well aware that you can get cancer from tanning.

[Karen]

Just because she is a teenager doesn't mean she shouldn't think about it, whether or not she wants to. One of the lifeguards at my town pond got skin cancer when he was 17. And Paul's aunt died of skin cancer - it's not all "easily removed."

[Lady's Human]

If everyone was well aware that you can get cancer and other skin problems from tanning salons I doubt there would be as many in business as there are.

[buttercup132]

If everyone was well aware that you can get cancer and other skin problems from tanning salons I doubt there would be as many in business as there are.

Most people just dont care, they care more about their looks for the now then the later on.

[DrKym]

Coco-bean works for a salon and has alot of good information both positive and negative. PM her and ask.

[Catty1]

My dad flew smaller aircraft and worked in the garden - without a brimmed hat, just a peaked cap.

He got skin cancer - malignant melanoma. We were told that he could have had heavy exposure to sun 20 years before (we were in New Zealand and Fiji at that time, go figure), and it erupted years, even decades later.

By the time this type appears, it is already through your system. Thank God he had a really good life - but it went to his liver, and took him from us when he was only 67.

I still see some really tanned people - the leathery look - and I can honestly say I feel repelled and sick at the sight. Not trendy or 'healthy' looking at all.

(packs up soapbox and walks away....)

[wombat2u2004]

My dad flew smaller aircraft and worked in the garden - without a brimmed hat, just a peaked cap.

He got skin cancer - malignant melanoma. We were told that he could have had heavy exposure to sun 20 years before (we were in New Zealand and Fiji at that time, go figure), and it erupted years, even decades later.

By the time this type appears, it is already through your system. Thank God he had a really good life - but it went to his liver, and took him from us when he was only 67.

I still see some really tanned people - the leathery look - and I can honestly say I feel repelled and sick at the sight. Not trendy or 'healthy' looking at all.

(packs up soapbox and walks away....)

Exactly the same happened to my dad. He used to always wear shorts and his legs were always quite suntanned....and where did the melanoma start ??? On the side of his leg. He left us when he was 73. But yeah....the sun downunder is particularly harsh.
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