Tannin Tanning Research Paper

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What drives a mother to take her daughter to a tanning salon? Patricia Krentcil, also known as “tanning mom”, was accused of taking her five year old daughter to a tanning salon. When a concerned teacher saw the young child with a sunburn, she contacted the authorities. Krentcil was dumbfounded when she learned of this accusation. Although Krentcil did take her daughter to the salon she claimed that she never actually took her into a tanning bed. "She never went in," Krentcil told the [“Today”] show. "It was beautiful out, and they went into the kiddie pool. She's a redhead. She got sunburnt" (Moye). It’s news headlines like this that make people reflect back on their own habits. Is tanning really worth all the harm and trouble? Tanning causes premature aging, discoloration of the skin, blisters, and even eye problems such as cataracts and blindness. Tanning is unhealthy and addictive; the risk of dying is not worth a golden glow.
Tanning causes serious eye problems.
Exposure to UV radiation, which is utilized in tanning booths, damages dermal tissue and the lens of the eye (“Ultraviolet Radiation”). The dangers of tanning beds is not widely known because the public is not educated on the problems that may occur from overexposure to UV radiation. Turns out the UV rays are much more damaging to your eyes than to your skin, and in a tanning bed, not even closing your eyes can protect your vision (Wallace). Frequent tanners do not realize how dangerous ultraviolet radiation is for their eyes. In a tanning bed, your eyes have direct exposure to the radiation emitted from the tanning bulbs. So far, only 15 states in the United States require goggle use while inside a
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Hagadorn 2 bed. Long term exposure to radiation from tanning beds can cause photokeratitis, cataracts, and in severe cases, even cancer. In general, people would make better choices to protect their eye health if the dangers were more widely known. Salon owners need to make an effort to educate their clients of the danger from overexposing their eyes to the radiation of tanning beds. Tanning is unhealthy mentally and physically. Extreme tanners may suffer from a form of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and perceive their skin as unacceptably pale no matter how tan they get (“Preface to College”). The newest fad with young people nowadays is to have a beautiful golden tan. As many as one in five teenagers, mostly girls, have used a tanning bed over the past year (“Not-So Healthy-Glow”). Rates of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, are growing fastest among younger women. Some of the addiction may be caused by the release of endorphins that are produced within the brain from exposure to UV radiation. Tanorexia is a term used to describe the desperate need to tan regardless of how tan the person already is. Many tanning salons claim there are positive side effects of tanning. Exposure to either the sun’s or a tanning booth’s UV rays helps your body produce vitamin D (Danish). Tanning salons claim the production of vitamin D within your skin can prevent diseases such as depression, high blood pressure, arthritis, and diabetes. Tanning is a great option for folks who’ve had cosmetic or invasive surgery of any kind (Danish). The UV radiation has a drying effect on the skin, so oil is less produced in skin. This drying of skin oils leads tanning salons to claim that tanning helps with acne and overly oily skin. Tanning is unhealthy and addictive; the risk of dying is not worth a golden glow. Tanning causes serious eye problems. The radiation from a tanning bed can cause cataracts and cancer within the eye. Tanning has become so popular young teenage girls feel pressured to fry themselves inside a tanning booth. Indoor ultraviolet (UV) tanners are 74 percent more likely to
Hagadorn 3 develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors (“Skin Cancer Foundation”). Tanning has long term effects on the skin, such as wrinkles, discoloration of the skin, and even blisters. Tan really is not beautiful; it is a walking advertisement for skin cancer (Evans).