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Do Tanning Beds Give You Skin Cancer Due To UV Radiation?
Question: Do tanning beds ACTUALLY give you skin cancer? I read that its more XXXXXXX to XXXXXXX outside than inside because the UV rays are controlled in a tanning bed. Also, I've gone tanning once and it really cleared up my eczema!
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Both sunlight and tanning beds increase the risk of malignant melanoma and all the other skin cancers. Direct sunlight is worse than short spells in a sun bed. The real no-no is getting a bad sunburn or chronic unprotected sun exposure over a lifetime.
If you find that a short spell on a sun bed helps clear up your eczema, then probably the risk / benefit ratio makes sense. Just be sensible.
I hope that I have answered your questions fully and been of some help. If you have any more questions please contact me again anytime.
Dr Andrew Rynne .
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Both sunlight and tanning beds increase the risk of malignant melanoma and all the other skin cancers. Direct sunlight is worse than short spells in a sun bed. The real no-no is getting a bad sunburn or chronic unprotected sun exposure over a lifetime.
If you find that a short spell on a sun bed helps clear up your eczema, then probably the risk / benefit ratio makes sense. Just be sensible.
I hope that I have answered your questions fully and been of some help. If you have any more questions please contact me again anytime.
Dr Andrew Rynne .
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