Tanners, your day has come. California has become the first state to ban persons under the age of 18 from using UV-tanning devices. This means no more sun-beds or indoor tanning. The law used to allow minors (between the age of 14 to 18) to tan with the consent of an adult, but not any more. The dangers of tanning by UV exposure include increased aging (even more fine lines and wrinkles around your eyes!), and a high risk of skin cancer through exposure to carcinogens. It's even caused the death of one young woman! "If you want to look years older than your true age, have deep wrinkles in places you never expected, and ruin the texture and the color of your skin, then a tanning salon is the place for you," says dermatologist Debra Jaliman, M.D. It's even caused the death of one young woman! Now when you want a tan, it's going to have to come straight from a bottle.
The law will mean the death of some businesses, but we hope it won't mean an increase in tanning the natural way!
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Oct 11, 2011
Amanda L.
This is great to hear! I use to go to a tanning salon when I was 17-20, I always felt pressured to be tan and it was silly...not to mention a waste of my time/money because I never achieved the tan I dreamed of anyways. I'm much happier now that I've accepted my pale skin and no longer feel the need to be tan :)
Oct 11, 2011
Shelly T.
I disagree with the end of the last sentence.
IMO, it *is* better to tan the natural way if you want some colour to your skin. (Just be sure to use a good sunscreen, obviously, and do it gradually.) I've found most sunless tanning products don't look natural; I just end up looking like an oompa-loompa. Even orange-based bronzers can do that.
Not to mention the sun is a natural source of Vitamin D.
Oct 12, 2011
Maya W.
Oct 11, 2011
Jani M.
Thank goodness! Rather than going out and frying our skin, we should embrace our color. Tanning booths are never a healthy option to give yourself a glow. If you are a bit insecure about your skin tone, check out some good sunless tanner. Tanning naturally isn't healthy either, and with more information about UVB/UVA rays, it's scary to think what could happen to our skin in the future. I never leave my house without slathering on some sunscreen.
Oct 11, 2011
LauraJane N.
Woo hoo!
Oct 10, 2011
Stephanie v.
Good job! Tanning is bad for your skin, it's even wors when you're still growing and have such young glowy and healthy skin.
Oct 10, 2011
Ashley G.
Good! Skin cancer runs in my family, so I'm very anti-tanning...when I was 16 I went in the tanning beds, my mom thought it was fine if I went pretty much once a month, I never ever got any colour so I didn't want to waste my money and stopped going after 2 months. I recently learned that very minimal time in a tanning bed is equivalent to a good 6 hours in the sun... the UV rays are so strong in the beds! It's not healthy at all!
Oct 10, 2011
Brenda B.
Amen!