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Merely Me

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More Scientific Evidence Linking Tanning Bed Use with Melanoma

My Skin Care Connection has been telling you all along about the dangers of using tanning beds. It may be difficult to know what to believe since the tanning bed industry is keen upon protecting its financial interests and routinely creates public diversions to sway the public to thinking that indoor tanning is safe. One such myth being... Read more Chevron

posted 10/31/2010, comment (1)|

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I am a mom to a son who has chronic skin allergies and eczema

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Could you be “Tanorexic”?

In a July 12th issue of InTouch Weekly there was a special report entitled “Addicted to Tanning” where images of orange toned celebrities graced the magazine pages. Extremely tanned examples from Hollywood included the likes of Donatella Versace, George Hamilton, and Paris Hilton. Reality star from the Jersey Shore,... Read more Chevron

posted 07/31/2010, comments (0)|

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Three Skin Cancer Myths

There are a lot of misconceptions about skin cancer and skin cancer prevention that we would like to put to rest. We will talk about three of these skin cancer myths today. Myth # 1: Sunscreen will give you 100% protection from sun damage and skin cancer The reality is that nothing can protect you 100% of the time from... Read more Chevron

posted 05/10/2010, comments (0)|

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Indoor Tanning is Out

The Indoor Tanning Association is mounting a print and TV campaign in 7 major cities claiming that there is no "conclusive evidence" that links tanning to melanomas. The Association represents indoor tanning salons and the maker of tanning beds and they are citing studies that show that sun exposure actually elevates levels of vitamin D... Read more Chevron

posted 08/14/2008, comment (1)|

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Melanoma Rates Increasing in Young Women

A new study hot off the presses reveals that the rate of skin melanoma cases is on the rise among young women. In fact, it jumped 50% from 1973 to 2004 in young women but not in young men. So why the disparity?? Well for one the study suspects (and so do I) that tanning salons may be one reason. Vanity and the desire to be... Read more Chevron

posted 07/22/2008, comments (0)|

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