Woman killed by excessive sunbed use
Categories: Diet & Weight Loss
At 29-years-old, Zita Farrelly died of skin cancer. But she wasn't at the beach 6 times a week, or outside all summer without ever using sunblock. Ms. Farrely's cancer was due entirely to her excessive use of tanning beds.
From age 14 to 21, the mother of two used sunbeds twice a day -- hundreds and hundreds of times -- then stopped, when she learned of the negative impact tanning could have on her health. It was already too late, however, as last year she found a mole on her leg, which was later diagnosed as melanoma.
Her family is now working to warn others of the dangers of using sunbeds -- hoping to prevent similar tragedies.
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top weight loss site 7-05-2007 @ 8:03PM
This does not surprize me as I also believe tanning beds were bad for you.
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Maegan 8-02-2007 @ 11:32PM
A fair warning to all those out there. Go ahead, get that ultra-dark skin and think you look so pretty. Even if you don't get cancer from it, you'll look 80 when you're 40. It's worse if you smoke. Worse if you drink. Women, young and old, think they are beautifying everytime they lie down in that tanning bed, but they are destroying their health.
And don't try the line about Vitamin D. You only need about 15 minutes of sunlight a day to get enough, and you get that by walking to classes, or to your car, or to work, to get the mail, etc, while wearing an SPF 15.
Too much of a good thing isn't good. Take care of yourself now. You've only got one body, so take care of it. It will take care of you later on.
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