14 DAY TRIAL // A recent paper in the journal Pediatrics says that, according to evidence at hand, the regular use of tanning beds or other indoor tanning devices to get the perfect skin color need be linked to an increased skin cancer risk.
Thus, specialists argue that, after monitoring and questioning a total of 1,109 volunteers between the ages of 20 of 50, they found that people who opt for indoor tanning are 60% more likely to be diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma before or at the age of 50.
Interestingly enough, the Dartmouth College in the United States scientists behind this research project say that, when compared to folks who never use tanning devices, those who turn to them before they are 20 years old have a 100% higher basal cell carcinoma risk.
As detailed by Live Science, it is believed that indoor tanning devices up skin cancer risk due to the fact that they produce much more ultraviolet radiation than the sun, and because they can cause people to develop serious and painful burns.
Commenting on the outcome of this investigation, the researchers have wished to stress the fact that “[These results] underscore the importance of counseling adolescents and young adults about the risks of indoor tanning, and for discouraging parents from consenting minors to this practice.”