Aibu to use sunbeds instead of fake tan?

[Wantachangefor2024]

As a way of focusing on myself, I’m losing weight and making myself a better version of me. Due to getting so large I have bad stretchmarks. Am I unreasonable to use sunbeds as they actually blend the stretch marks more. I find fake tan doesn’t stain the skin the same and makes them stand out more! Really trying to make an effort. Get a colour. Lose weight. Dye my hair. I’m on a mission to regain my confidence through my appearance I’m thinking once I’ve lost the weight in a year to reward myself with veneers and a breast uplift with implants. So yes to fake boobs, tanned and blonde or no stay natural, brunette and pale

I’ve had a malignant melanoma & was under the hospitals care for 10 years as I ended up having others removed & pre-cancerous cells. It not a nice cloud to live under. Stick with fake.

I was a very healthy weight and looked great, until I was diagnosed with melanoma and gained lots of weight with the resulting depression triggered by a cancer diagnosis, not to mention the ugly scarring on my arm.
Seriously just use the fake tan.

@Wantachangefor2024 probably not at all
It's like if you're anaemic and you have iron tablets. Everyone should take vitamin D in winter anyway, I take it year round as I was severely deficient so high dose every day

Australia has a different climate and much more intense sun. That's the reason.

Congrats on all the positive work you've been doing on yourself! It's a great achievement.

But just no to sunbeds. I had a 5mm mole that became cancerous. It lead to a huge chunk of flesh being removed from my arm and I have a hearty 10cm scar and an arm that looks like a banana. I also have a chunk out of my armpit because these surgeons only want to see you once and take anything resembling cancer out. The hardest part was putting on a brave face for my DD when I was in a huge amount of pain post op. I know that all sounds too dramatic but I wouldn't wish melanoma on anyone.

Would you take up smoking to lose weight? This makes about as much sense. Melanoma survivor here who's never used a sunbed. Don't be a twat.

The reason is they increase the risk of melanoma.

Just because the UK has a different climate does not mean they are safe to use.

As everyone’s pointed out about sunbeds etc it looks like ( hopefully) you are going to choose a different path away from sunbeds.I have pet scans every 3 months and have terrible holes in my leg from the scarring where melanoma tumours were dug out of my leg and foot.I have severe nerve damage and pain 24/7 -I’ve also had every treatment I can and even though it has been successful for now -I’m out of options for any future treatment I’m living on a knife edge waiting gif it to reappear-which it did do only weeks after my first melanoma surgery.It took only six weeks to spread up my leg to my pelvis

i just hope that everyone understands the risks they take sunbathing or using a tanning salon..Melanoma is on the rise.

congratulations though on doing so well with getting fitter and Lodi g weight etc.

I do. I live in Australia. I have fair skin. I wear hats and long sleeves in summer. Being tanned is just a fashion thing that's been pushed since the 1920s, why risk skin cancer for that?

We're not even the only, or the first, country to ban those beds. Roasting in the sun, or on a tanning bed, is insane. Even if you (general you) don't get cancer, you can look forward to looking like old leather as you age - no thanks!

They do increase the risk of melanoma. I agree. But that risk is far higher in Australia to begin with. That's why they are banned there.

Yes and …. ?

Should also be banned here in the UK too.

No they shouldn't.

Over to you.

Whatever you say Gary 😂😂

The best version of yourself definitely won’t be the one with skin cancer.

Honesty, no one else will care about/even notice your stretch marks.

My psoriasis says thanks, Paps.

6 pages of people saying don't risk it, and you're still trying to justify it.

So, go for it hun! Get your boobs done and your teeth and cover up those icky stretchmarks! You will look so hot hun! All these bitches are just jealous!

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Exactly - who cares about stretch marks???

What has the climate got to do with sunbeds? If you think melanoma doesn't exist in the UK then maybe read some of the posts on this thread.

I think you will find they are banned because they are considered dangerous. Nothing whatsoever to do with the climate. I'm in NZ and our risk of sunburn is extremely high and yet they aren't banned here (they should be).

I guess you can, it’s just like smoking isn’t it, it’s your life it’s your cancer (it’s your reconstructed face post operation, as a few people have explained)
it’s a shame it’s not banned though to protect people who think like this. ‘Oh but it’s pretty’

While I'm pale/brunette, I could definitely develop a nice tan over a few weeks, and would feel great, definitely suited me. Unfortunately, in my mid 20s - knowing I have sensitive skin but being an idiot - had a single tanning bed session and developed Polymorphic Light Eruption Syndrome. Meaning I had given myself a life long allergy to UVB rays, coming out in red angry bumps/rash on any skin exposed to the sun after a long time without it, e.g Spring/early Summer. It generally recedes in severity over the summer, but it is a yearly occurrence and I can never quite tell how little of some generally not very hot sun will affect me. I'm now in my 50s and it's still a total PAIN IN THE ARSE honestly, wish I had listened to the angel on my shoulder that day

Why would you want to risk your health that way? Same with surgery, it’s so obvious when someone’s had surgery and it never looks good.

It's not just the tan, either. A hefty dose of UV improves my sense of well-being no end. I was a MUCH happier, more easy-going, more outgoing person when I lived in the tropics and was on the beach for a few hours every day.

I've got SAD lamps - two huge ones and a small one! They're better than nothing, but nowhere near as uplifting as the sun or a sunbed.

It's a trade-off between potential melanoma and better mental health. Tough call, ime.

Don't 'focus on yourself' by putting your health at risk.

It never ceases to amaze me that when people want to look better they do things which are actively bad for them instead of nurturing their bodies and making themselves healthier.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be well aware that using sun beds increases your risk of skin cancer (and, like all sun damage, will prematurely age the appearance of your skin). So if you’re happy with that, you’re a grown woman and can do what you like.

Bizarre way of ‘focusing on yourself’ though if you ask me. For most people that would mean making choices that protect their health and well-being, not doing things that increase their risk of developing cancer…