artmonkforHOF Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 If you do, get ready for a suprise!!!! New study out shows that tanning beds are not nearly as safe as those salon attendants like to tell you. Really is this news to any educated person? And to tie this into the health care thread, should people who use tanning beds pay more for a universal health care system since they willingly exposed themselves to cancer? At least smokers can say they are addicted, mentally and physically to nicotine, which is why they continue to smoke, but what is the excuse for habitual tanning bed clients? Right now I am picturing everyone in North Jersey reading this article with an unhealthy amount of denial. LONDON - International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming both to be as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. --- A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 per cent when people start using tanning beds before age 30. Experts also found that all types of ultraviolet radiation caused worrying mutations in mice, proof the radiation is carcinogenic. Previously, only one type of ultraviolet radiation was thought to be lethal. click link for rest of article. http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_health_news_details.asp?channel_id=131&relation_id=1883&news_channel_id=131&news_id=28645&rid= I got that picture from typing in "guido tan" in google and that was the first picture that popped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Yep. Dangerous long term effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Hell No. Tanning beds are the height of vanity and sillyness. I'm merely pompous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedigroove Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 That's why you shouldn't Fake n Bake. Do the spray on Tans cause cancer too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaydana Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I personally don't understand why any man, unless he's working as a stripper or maybe is a bodybuilder, would EVER use a tanning bed. Leave them for the women guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 never have and probably never will. so are they worse for you then spending a day out by the pool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Thank God I have a permanent sexy tan and if I ever get male pattern baldness I can shave my head and still be too sexy for my hat and shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 My girlfriend used a tanning bad through out much of HS. She had a small case of melanoma about 2 years ago, thankfully nothing serious. I've never used a tanning bed and now I definitely don't plan on using one. My roommates, both guys, use a tanning bed all the time. Why, I have no idea. But I make fun of them all the time for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 My girlfriend used a tanning bad through out much of HS. She had a small case of melanoma about 2 years ago, thankfully nothing serious. I've never used a tanning bed and now I definitely don't plan on using one.My roommates, both guys, use a tanning bed all the time. Why, I have no idea. But I make fun of them all the time for it. Are they going together and holding hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Are they going together and holding hands. Lol they my's well be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbleedBnG83 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I'm not going to lie, I use to tan for about a year when I was single. And I am also not gonna lie and tell you how much more ass I got when I stayed tan 24/7. I wasn't orange or anything, but women commented on my tan all the time and told me how nice it looked. With that said, I knew it was stupid and a waste of money. I would never do it again. EDIT: I never dressed or looked like the guys in the OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Skins_&_'Stons Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Never in a millions years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch89 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 You couldn't pay me to fake n bake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 No. I am already tan. Even when I go to the beach, I only spend a day out under the sun. The rest is under a canopy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 never have and probably never will.so are they worse for you then spending a day out by the pool? Don't know. I've tried tanning beds a couple of times. I last a few seconds before I'm bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I'm white as a sheet and have NEVER been tempted to go to a tanning bed. I'm sorry but anything that so closely resembles a human toaster-oven should be avoided at all costs. IMO tanning beds are proof that marketing could sell anything, rank them next to cigarettes and in 40 years people will laugh at the ads for tanning salons and wonder how people could fall for such utter foolishness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaydana Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 OK, this website isn't new but those opening photos reminded me of some of the content you can find there: http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxBuddy21 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I just use a brown marker....sucks when it rains though since I use the washable kind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 To be fair, most of the guys in those images in the OP didn't go tanning so much as partially paint themselves with cat poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxBuddy21 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 To be fair, most of the guys in those images in the OP didn't go tanning so much as partially paint themselves with cat poop. Maybe I should try cat poop instead of the brown marker. Anyone got a cat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 No, pasty white is the new tan. At least, that's what I keep telling myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoRUSupposed2Be Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 It feels good to have shade to my pigmentation already, so bump a tan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 OK, this website isn't new but those opening photos reminded me of some of the content you can find there: http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/ Where is the hot chick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 And I am also not gonna lie and tell you how much more ass I got when I stayed tan 24/7.... With that said, I knew it was stupid and a waste of money. These two sentences do not compute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I used to go tanning in college. No more tanning beds for me, though I do only use spf 6 at the beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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