BRONZED LOOK is greatly in fashion among young women in UK but it is becoming a health risk for them.

Sunbathing could help them to gain the bronzed looks but that facility is not available on regular basis due to weather conditions, therefore the best alternative could be sunbeds

Young girls started using sunbeds. But it was quite late when they realized that their delicate skin could easily be damaged by the sun. The intensity of UV rays in some sunbeds can be 10 times stronger than the midday sun. It was harming their skin and putting them to the risk of skin cancer, leading to malignant melanoma.

Jenna Gurney was just 21 when she discovered she had a malignant melanoma.

“I had this mole on my stomach and it just looked a little bit different and a bit flaky.
“I went to my GP and he advised I had it removed. I was later told it was a malignant melanoma.”
Doctors also tested Jenna’s lymph nodes, but luckily the cancer had not spread.
“On average I used a sunbed twice a week. I wanted a tan all year round. It was just what we did. All my friends did it.”
Jenna, who is 28 now, says she uses false tan if she wants to look brown.
“My message to young girls is ‘don’t use sunbeds at all, and stay safe in the sun - use your suncream.”

Excessive exposure to UV damages the DNA in skin cells which increases the risk of skin cancer and makes skin age faster.

Deadly skin cancer is the third most common cancer after that of the breast and cervix among the grown up ladies.

Cancer Research UK has advised everybody to stay away from sunbeds and use a high factor sun lotion in the sun.

Adopted from an article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7989214.stm