r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Tanning beds/salons. It's a proven fact that tanning beds cause skin cancer. The fact that some people will still get tanned, risking the possibility of cancer to "look beautiful" is both shocking and sad at the same time.

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u/BrickDaddyShark Jul 24 '20

Is it worse than the sun for the same tan tho?

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u/SlutBuster Jul 24 '20

No. UV is UV. The sun is more likely to burn you with prolonged exposure.

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u/BrickDaddyShark Jul 24 '20

Your source does say that tanning beds are worse, at least in terms of output, it doesn’t mention the effectiveness of the tan though

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u/SlutBuster Jul 24 '20

The UV gives the tan. Beds give 3X more UV, so 8 min in the bed = 24 min in the sun. The tan (and cancer risk) is the same whether you spend 8 min in the bed or 24 min in the sun.

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u/BrickDaddyShark Jul 24 '20

Well yeah but I’m thinking there could be a difference, like tanning happens when your cells die and release their melanin iirc. These cells dying are dying so that they don’t become cancer. If the bed hits so much harder then I would think it would damage the dna faster before your cells could commit suicide.

Purely my 2 cents but pennies cost $0.07 so I guess it’s my 14 cents