Information on Tanning
and Sunburns
Due to the link between sunburns and melanoma
development, people in the indoor tanning industry have implied that if people
obtain a tan, they would reduce their risk
of melanoma since they wouldn't get sunburned.
However, this isn't true.
First of all, it is not medically proven that
the “sunburns-only” hypothesis
of melanoma development is true. A person can
still easily sunburn, even when they use an
indoor tanning bed. The theory of using an
indoor tanning bed to reduce the risk of sunburn
isn't valid as both a tanning bed and the sun
emits UV radiation, which is the main proponent
in getting a tan. It has also been proven that fair-skinned
people are at the highest
risk for developing skin cancers. Fair-skinned
people can burn whether they are at the beach or
at the tanning parlor, especially if they're
trying to get a tan as it's hard for such skin
types to do so. The debate between burn versus
tan does not even apply to these high-risk group
of people.
Research has proven that ultraviolet light may
cause all three types of skin
cancer. However, it is not definitely
established whether burning or tanning
is more carcinogenic is cases of melanoma and
basal cell carcinoma.
If, in fact, burns are more carcinogenic than
tanning (although we know this
isn't true for squamous cell carcinoma), it
still would not be reasonable to
promote tanning in order to avoid carcinogenic
sunburns. People have often
been burned at indoor tanning parlors, sometimes
severely. Indoor tanning
certainly does not provide adequate, if any,
protection against burns from
the sun. And, of course, you need to remember
that the process of tanning
itself injures the skin, even if it does not
result in a sunburn.
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