Dieing For The Perfect Tan
How can something that makes you look and feel so healthy...be so bad for you? There is no such thing as a "safe tan" Facts taken from the Skin Cancer foundation: Skin Cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. More than 90% of all skin cancers are caused by the sun. The risk for skin cancer doubles after 5 or more sun burns. Approximately 59,940 melanomas will be diagnosed this year alone, over 8,110 will result in death. Despite these alarming hard core facts, sun tanning is on the rise among teenagers and older 30's to 50 year olds alike. The quest for a healthy glow and a bronzed body has become a national past time. Whether it's from the sun or a tanning bed, these sun worshipers are slathering on the expensive sun tan oil with blatant disregard to the long term damaging effects of UVA and UVB Rays. Unbelievable as it may be, these self proclaimed sun lovers admit to using little to no sun protection at all. Baking your skin in the sun or ta...