Tikeyas-Mom ignorance is not bliss, no matter what you are told, one thing you have to know is that skin cancer does not often present itself in your young years, but that is when the damage is done, if you continue to get sun-burned over the years whilst you are young, also you are still at risk even if you donot burn but tan, however your skin type does play a role in this, to some degree, but no-one is 100 per cent safe.

So if you still continue to think tan beds are safe, go ahead, they are no different to baking in the sun, and having a tan may look healthy but it is not.

Our rays are much more harmful today , than say in my young day's especially down under, because of the depletion of our ozone layer.

So if you are still happy to risk skin cancer and getting like a wrinkled old prune, go for it.

Hopefully a cure will not be far away, but until then everyone should be cautious.

I know of people also that have had half their faces chopped away to get rid of the cancer, it is NOT NICE.