Am I going to get skin cancer from using a tanning salon 11 years ago?
Posted on Mar 09, 2010 under skin cancer |I’m 25 years old. When I was 14, I went to a tanning salon about 4-5 times, a few times, and that was it. I’ve never gone to a tanning salon since then. Two of my family members were recently talking about tanning salons and skin cancer and then they asked me if I ever went I told them yes then they started jinxing me saying I’m gonna get skin cancer and what not. That was 11 years ago and I didn’t even do that frequently, I only did it a few times and that was it. Do I have anything to worry about?
March 9th, 2010 at 6:37 am
heh Getting a Tan period under 21 dramatically increases your chance of Skin cancer. With or without the tanning salon.
Though some people are immune to skin cancer and will never get it. Easiest way is check your family history on your fathers side mostly, somewhat your mother side, for skin cancer. If they got it and you sun tanned a lot then your chances are higher. Especially if you ever got a sun burn (the more sun burns the worse).
If not then your safe don’t worry ^_^. The tanning salon won’t effect you any (well unless you fell asleep in it and got burned).
March 9th, 2010 at 6:37 am
Only going 4-5 times shouldn’t really increase your chances of cancer much, if at all. Now if you had gone continuously for a 5 yrs, that’s dangerous. You should be fine, if you get skin cancer ever(hope you dont), I wouldn’t attribute it to those few times you went to the tanning bed. Just continue to stay away, crazy to think they are more dangerous than the sun
March 9th, 2010 at 6:37 am
If you only did it a few times then it’s not likely that you will get cancer from the tanning bed. You are probably more likely to get skin cancer from just having played outside as a kid and teen over the years than a few times in a tanning bed. Don’t worry about it… other than examining your skin for changes in moles.. as everyone should, whether they went to tanning salons or not.