# Cancer V. Tanning beds **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254 "2009-07-28T18:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/1 "2009-07-28T18:01:00Z")
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32187497/ns/health-cancer/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32187497/ns/health-cancer/) > A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30. Experts also found that all types of ultraviolet radiation caused worrying mutations in mice, proof the radiation is carcinogenic. No one ever believes me when I tell them that my sister developed melanoma from frequently using tanning beds. I can’t even count how many teenage girls I have told that to tried to explain to me that medical studies have disproved the tanning-cancer “rumor.” ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/2 "2009-07-28T18:10:59Z")
> [@Penfold"](#): > > [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32187497/ns/health-cancer/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32187497/ns/health-cancer/) > > **No one ever believes me** when I tell them that my sister developed melanoma from frequently using tanning beds. I can’t even count how many **_teenage girls I have told that to_** tried to explain to me that medical studies have disproved the tanning-cancer “rumor.” No surprise there. ---
**Author:** ![AfXtc777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@AfXtc777](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AfXtc777)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/3 "2009-07-28T19:14:10Z")
It is true that anything done in more than moderation can/will be harmful. However a few 10 minute trips before a vacation/prom etc is not going to kill you. ---
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/4 "2009-07-28T20:19:26Z")
The tanning obsession is such Buffalo thing. Every single one of my friends from high school looks like a damn Oompa Loompa. And I can’t even begin to count the number of people I know who have tanning beds in their homes. Here in Pittsburgh, we keep it pasty. ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/5 "2009-07-28T20:52:07Z")
I’d rather be pasty as fuck than have cancer/wrinkles/moles/be tan. I did the whole tanning thing when I was 15, for like a month. Ugh. I was red, not tan. How stupid. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/6 "2009-07-28T21:16:42Z")
> [@dawn](#): > > I’d rather be pasty as fuck than have cancer/wrinkles/moles/be tan. I did the whole tanning thing when I was 15, for like a month. Ugh. I was red, not tan. How stupid. Let’s sum it up: fat pasty hates thongs ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/7 "2009-07-28T21:22:23Z")
Dude, you’re a creep. Stop following me in threads. PM me if you really have issues with me. Or just put me on ignore already. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/8 "2009-07-28T21:34:52Z")
> [@dawn](#): > > Dude, you’re a creep. Stop following me in threads. PM me if you really have issues with me. Or just put me on ignore already. lawl okies, like you’re important enough to be stalked. on topic: is treating sunburned skin with aloe vera and lotion at all preventative to skin cancers? or just to external skin blemishes? ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/9 "2009-07-28T21:43:27Z")
Pretty sure aloe vera just promotes healing. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/10 "2009-07-28T21:54:32Z")
I just got into a discussion (not brought up by me) about this. A girl I know was hating on some chick who clearly tans. But… She is a dirty, dirty smoker calling out this perfectley bronzed broad. “OMG CANCER!” Too funny. Fucking smokers. The ironing. On topic: This is news? ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cancer-v-tanning-beds/71254/11 "2009-07-28T23:38:29Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > Let’s sum it up: > > fat > pasty > hates thongs