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 UVB rays from tanning beds can lead to sunburn
The UVA an UVB rays from tanning beds can lead to sunburn, severe skin damage, and even skin cancer. The fairer your skin is, the more likely you are to suffer from such issues when you decide to use tanning beds. At least 1 million people each year are diagnosed with the different types of skin cancer, so the risk is something that you really need to take into consideration. These harmful side effects from using tanning beds can result from just a couple of uses. You don’t have to be a long term tanning bed user to suffer from severe sunburns, skin damage, and various degrees of skin cancer. The problem with skin damage as a result of tanning beds is that the damage generally doesn’t show up immediately. Since many of the people who use tanning beds are young teenagers or young adults, they won’t see the effects until they are older. However, when they are 30 they may look 40 and at 40 they may look 55. This is because the UV rays damage the DNA in the skin cells. This results in the skin losing its elasticity and for wrinkles to form. Anyone who is taking prescription drugs runs the risk of harmful side effects when using tanning beds. This is because the use of them may cause the medications to not work as intended. This could lead to high blood pressure, heart problems, seizures, or any other medical issue that is managed with prescription medications. Tanning beds have been linked with eye damage of varying natures. Some people even suffer such eye damage when they are wearing protective goggles. This damage can include harming the retina or the cornea. In some cases the eyes will heal on their own, but it can be a very painful process. Many individuals who use tanning beds frequently end up with cataracts. Surgery can help to remove them, but it isn’t always successful. Cataracts will cause a person’s vision to get worse and worse over time. This can even result in blindness. Other people suffer from night blindness due to using tanning beds. This means they are a risk driving after the sun goes down. Think about all the activities you enjoy in the evening. How you will attend them if you can’t safely drive? Macula degeneration can also result over time due to the whites of the eyes being exposed to UV rays. Depending on who you ask, there are definitely some harmful side effects to using tanning beds. They can adversely affect your health, your skin, and your vision. Many people take the approach that if tanning beds were as back as some would like us to think, they would be illegal to use. The demand for tanning beds continues to rise as people are living busy lives, but they still want to look great. In fact, our society places such a high focus on how a person looks that people are willing to take a risk to their health tomorrow as long as they can look good today. This has lead to males starting to use tanning beds when they used to be reserved for only women. In the end, all medical and health professionals can do is put the information out there, and hope consumers will take notice of the harmful side effects of tanning beds. Until then, the number of people who suffer from such side effects will continue to increase.
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