Did you know that the radiation emitted by tanning beds is on the joint list with the radioactive element plutonium and radiation originating from the Sun?
These harmful rays are especially dangerous for young people who start using solariums before the age of 30.
Their risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, increases by as much as 75 percent.
Knowing all this, the World Health Organization classified solariums as the most dangerous risk factors for skin cancer.
Solariums lead to tanning of the skin with the help of ultraviolet A radiation.
And their rays are dangerous because they do not cause burns, but they significantly increase the risk of cancer and accelerate the aging of the skin.
Most people are not even aware of the fact that a tan obtained in a solarium does not protect against burns that can be caused by staying in the sun.
Skin tanned in this way has minimal protection from solar UV radiation. The solarium must not be used for the purpose of "preparing the skin for sunbathing", experts warn, as reported by Novosti.
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