The report of a congressional investigation into tanning salons has just been released and the results are not pretty. Like over-tanned not pretty.
The investigation uncovered that the industry was lying every which way when it came to convincing new clientele to join in the craze. Investigators called posing as a fair-skinned teen interested in tanning and were routinely given misleading information. 90% of the salons called told the caller that tanning posed no health risks. 58% actually went so far as to tell the potential client that indoor tanning actually improved one's health. And 51% claimed that tanning did not increase the risk of skin cancer. 100% of those lying to teens are acting like huge a-holes. That's my own completely unscientific but 100% accurate opinion.
It would be kind of amusing that people would believe such obvious lies, if the results of those lies weren't so friggin' dangerous. The fact is the risk of getting skin cancer goes up 75% when tanning bed use starts before you turn 30. In fact since the 80's when tanning bed popularity really exploded, the rate of melanoma among young women has increased by 50%. GTL? More like GCL. They clean these things in between clients, right? Cause I'm think using one could increase the risk of a bunch of diseases if they don't!
A lot of states have banned indoor tanning for those under the age of 18. Even more states require that minors be accompanied by their parents when getting baked in a cancer machine. Good parenting, y'all! The better choice is probably doing the old stand-by spray tan. Probably nothing dangerous about spraying yourself with golden colored chemicals that tint your skin. Although it does have the potential to leak down your leg and look super-icky. I'll just stick to being a pale white living ghost. YIKES!
What do you think of tanning salons and the whole tanning craze? Let me know @desijedeikin or in the comments below!
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