People who seek a glamorous tan using sun lamps may double their risk of developing some common types of skin cancer, according to a new study that found the risk was highest for those who start at a young age.
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Plus, they are cheap : A visit to any of Reykjavik's thermal swimming pools costs only around $ 2, including the price of saunas, Jacuzzis, and at some spas, sun lamps and a curious attraction billed as a " muscle-tenderizing pot ."
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About 25 years ago I had a deep tan from both using sun lamps and the sun, and recently I had a mole removed which was found to have pre-cancerous cells-the sort that would have developed to the worst sort of deadly skin cancer.
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When all is said and done, the Stock Show life of a heifer or goat, a llama, mule or homing pigeon is all about great eats, staying toasty under a sun lamp, and getting lots of siestas with some good country pedal steel in the background.
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"As dermatologists, we are all too familiar with the rising incidence of melanoma in the U . S . and the increased risks directly linked to the use of sun beds and sun lamps, " said Dr . June Robinson of the AMA and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.
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And as early as 1930, in the same magazine, sun worshiper Anne Pierce foretold the future of bronzing gels and tanning booths when she wrote that " we talk about Vitamin D and spend money for irradiated food and terrible tasting cod liver oil and sun lamps, when the violet rays of the sun are to be had at their prime, free ."
