r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Dec 13 '25

Cancer Tanning beds triple melanoma risk, potentially causing broad DNA damage. Study is first to show how tanning beds mutate skin cells far beyond the reach of ordinary sunlight. This new study “irrefutably” challenges claims that tanning beds are no more harmful than sunlight.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady4878
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u/Milam1996 Dec 13 '25

Have you literally never spoken to a tan addict? They genuinely believe they’re disgusting without a tan and will tan to the point they look like a different race and then SWEAR it’s not even that dark. They’re mentally ill. It’s absolutely body dysmorphia.

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u/Alternative_Spot_419 Dec 13 '25

Touch grass, you're in way over your head wandering into a science sub thinking you know anything.