WHY do people perceive tanning beds to be HORRIBLE??

Question

OK, EVERYONE knows tanning beds are bad for your skin, i know....premature aging, skin cancer yeah yeah yeah. But what we dont get is all a tanning bed is, is UV rays on the surface of your skin causeing it creat a tan colored pigment that protects the UV rays from damaging under your skin, and thats obviously why fair skinned people burn easier than tan people! But what we dont get is our sun does the exact same thing!!!! Teens lay out in direct sunlight without sunscreen for hours on end, and think about it....about 30 mins in a bed = one day without sunscreen in direct sunlight..and people do that all the time, so why is extended direct sunlight "no so bad" but tan beds are?

Answer 1

It's not that it's HORRIBLE for you, it's that it looks HORRIBLE. I can't stand when a girl who has nice fair skin goes and gets a f*cking orange tan at the beauty parlor. Ack, gross. People should just like their skin for what it is, and stop trying to be Black, or Mexican, or whatever the f*ck it is they want to accomplish.

Answer 2

Tanning bed have only artificial UV radiations ,direct UV rays,sun on the other hand is a natural source .

Answer 3

they can give you skin cancer

Answer 4

What people do is not relevant.

Any UV rays without protection can cause skin Cancer.