According to a study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of WHO, the use of artificial ultraviolet radiation was classified as a "

WHO warned against the use of artificial ultraviolet more than the abuse of sunbathing. Eye disease, cancer and premature aging of the skin were named among the consequences of excessive passion for solariums.. In addition, excessive ultraviolet exposure can weaken the immune system and increase the risk of infectious diseases..

Because tanning beds are as dangerous as cigarettes, alcohol and asbestos.. In addition to the possibility of getting skin cancer, tanning salon visitors show a manic passion, also comparable to the addiction observed in alcoholics, smokers and drug addicts.. In this regard, in a number of European countries and some North American states, at the legislative level, visits to solariums by persons under the age of 18 are prohibited..

Recently, the Federal Constitutional Court (Germany) again returned to this issue, but did not meet the aspirations of young people and did not allow minors to visit solariums. Sunbathing in solariums for young people is also prohibited in other European countries, for example, in France and Spain. However, according to statistics, there are much more lovers of artificial sun in the countries of Northern Europe and the USA, southerners have enough sunny days a year, which are there thanks to the Lord God, and not to manufacturers of equipment that contributes to the development of one of the most lethal types of malignant tumors - melanoma of the skin and melanoma of the eye.

The trade union of German dermatologists welcomed this decision, calling it the right one.. " But in children and young people whose skin has not yet fully formed, such ultraviolet exposure is fraught with the development of skin cancer.. The WHO concluded that according to their data, the risk of developing melanoma increases by 75% if people start sunbathing, taking artificial sunbathing, before the age of 30 years..

Manufacturers of solarium equipment in Germany reacted calmly. According to them, before the ban was introduced, only 5% of tanning bed customers were under 18 years old.. However, in their opinion, limiting the freedom of choice for young people is not justified..

Potential hazard depends on dose. If people visit a tanning bed knowing what type of skin they have, then the danger is minimal..

But supporters of the ban have another argument, in addition to the danger of developing a terrible, deadly disease, which, like a game of Russian roulette, can develop, and can even pardon. In the brains of people who regularly visit the solarium, there are processes similar to those that occur in the brains of people possessed by a painful passion.. Regular tanning activates the pleasure center in the brain, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center believe.

This partly explains why some people, despite the well-known fact about the increased risk of developing skin cancer, continue to take artificial sun tan..

According to medical statistics, melanoma - the most dangerous form of skin cancer - most often affects just such fans of the solarium..

Manic passion leads to the fact that people simply turn a blind eye to the risk of getting skin cancer. Smokers and drug addicts are just as aware of the danger that threatens them, but rely on " It is curious, but a number of studies carried out independently from each other revealed a characteristic feature - tanning bed lovers often had mental abnormalities, in the form of various kinds of phobias or depressions.. They often took drugs and abused alcohol more than their peers..

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