tanning machines: safe or not

AndreTheGiant · 2004-02-16T21:40:08

I keep hearing mixed things about whether tanning machines are safe or not. Ok I understand that its probably safest to not tan at all, but are tanning machines safer than, as safe as, or less safe than tanning in the Sun itself? Its hard to find a definitive answer. Ive searched google, and every site seems to have their own opinion. Some are extremely in favor of the machines being completely safe. Some are the opposite and guarantee horrible shit will happen to you if you use them; everything from skin cancer to your internal organs start to cook. I dont know much about tanning machines, but I know of 3 different kinds. The lay down beds, the stand up ''beds'', and the kind where they just spray you with some crap that turns your skin dark (somehow). Im not interested in this spray crap. The way I see it: 1) The only thing I ever hear about being bad from the sun is "harmful uv rays". 2) They make sunglasses that block nearly 100% of the sun''s uv rays 3) Therefore they should be able to make the beds out of whatever materieal they need to in order to block out the bad and let though the good. Its probably not this simple though, otherwise there wouldnt be so much controversy over the whole issue. Does anyone have any personal experience with tanning machines? How safe are they? ---- As a side note, assuming theyre safe, how often do you need to go? How much money does it end up costing per month to keep a medium tan going all year round?

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Started by AndreTheGiant February 16, 2004 11:35 AM

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capn_midnight

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February 16, 2004 07:33 PM

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Zorodius

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February 16, 2004 07:52 PM

quote:Original post by haro
Actually the stinking breath from fried organs was a myth, not the possibility of dying from tanning. There have been numerous cases of death from organ failure related to tanning. A 17 year old girl checked into the hospital, where a family member of mine works, with a terrible stomach ache. She had tanned at several tanning booths per day ( tanning places limit your exposure per day, but there is nothing stopping you from signing up at several) for several days before her birthday. She ended up dying about a week later from organ failure.

This sounds exactly like the myth, with a very small variation in the aesthetic details.

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haro

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February 16, 2004 09:40 PM

quote:Original post by Zorodius
This sounds exactly like the myth, with a very small variation in the aesthetic details.

Except that it actually happened. I really have no way to prove this to you unfortunately. I pinky swear?

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