Tanning beds use only the UVA light, which, according to Dr. Am

onette in Fake and Bake, “[tanning beds’ light rays] attack the blood vessels deeper in the skin, making them change color instead of the skin’s pigment cells” . When the deeper blood vessels change color, that causes harm to the underlying tissue and can lead to melanoma, which is the most serious type of skin cancer (Munson, Yeykal ).Other types of cancer caused by tanning beds are basal cell and squamous cell. Both can be fatal if not detected and treated early. The UVA light rays cause the cancer cells to reproduce even faster than they normally would. Because of the rapid change in the tissue due to the tanning bed, one’s immune system is weakened and is less likely to fight off any infection. The tanner then most always feels sick, it takes longer for him or her to get over an infection, and he or she most always feels tired.

Tanning in tanning beds also makes the skin leathery, wrinkled, and saggy, this process is known as photo-aging. This means that when a person is about 30 years old he or she will look as if they are much older. Most tanners say that the number one reason to tan is to have that golden look that they see on television and see in magazines and to be beautiful, but the dangers that one subjects his or herself to is not worth the dark color of skin. Gutfeld and Sangiorgio have compared tanning to smoking cigarettes in their article Fake and Bake, the only difference is that tanning effects the entire body and not just in the lungs and mouth.

Furthermore, tanning is also illogical. Not only is it unhealthy, it is expensive, and it is not the same as a natural tan. Here in Tennessee at a local tanning booth, it costs $30 a month, and that is the most inexpensive indoor tanning parlor around. The prices range all over the country; it even gets into the hundreds of dollars to tan just for one month. Some tanners say that they are just tanning to get a good ‘base’ tan for the summer time so they do not burn as badly. A base tan would best be described as the golden skin color that one gets from tanning in general. Well, getting a base tan from the tanning bed does not prevent sunburns because the tans are not the same. Dr. Amonette states, “Natural sunlight activates the melanin in your skin. Tanning beds attack the vessels deeper in the skin . . .” (Gutfeld and Sangiorio ).

So the ridiculous aspect of tanning is the price one pays for minutes in the deathbed are not worth the price

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