SUNLAMPS: ATTENTION DANGER OF SKIN CANCER!

The use of tanning devices doubles the risk for cancer of the skin . That's what dermatologists have recently demonstrated in New Hampshire. This risk is further increased among young people who reported exposure to UV radiation of these devices. Results which must encourage them to limit their use.

Fashionable dyed hauled, prompted people to expose themselves to more sun over the last thirty years. We then saw the increasing number of cancers of the skin leaving assuming the existence of a link between sun exposure and cancers.Today the relationship between cause and effect is widely recognized. But the adverse effects of sunlight as the sun are due to only one component of sunlight, UV radiation. That's why we use UV lamps in beauty salons. The same causes producing the same effects, then there was a safe bet that the use of these devices should also lead to skin cancer, but until now lacked quantitative data to assess risk.

Dermatologists just fill this gap. They are interested in using such material in subjects aged 25 to 74 who had all been hospitalized for skin cancer. These individuals were compared to other living in the same region but with no history of such cancers. It turns out that people, male or female, who used sunlamps at least once in their life, were much more likely to have skin cancer than those who had never been used. Also note that statistically, these people were exposed to the sun more often have skin that is more responsive at shows and had recorded a higher number of severe sunburns. Overall, doctors felt that the use of tanning devices increases the risk of skin cancer by a factor of 2, with a range from 1.5 to 2.5 depending on the types of cancer. The increased risk is similar among men and women. However, it is increased in patients having early exposure to UV in their lives.

The results of this study should therefore urge caution and we can not recommend enough that moderation in the use of this type. Especially girls, particularly attentive to their physical appearance and fashion-conscious, have increasingly used. Their parents must be instructed to temper their excesses.After all, in the 17th century, fashion was in the milky white skin. Trends come and go, so let them pass and preserve our health capital.