Over the years I have heard from countless sources that tanning (indoor especially) is incredibly dangerous. I know that it increases your risk of skin cancers and other skin damage, early aging, etc but I am having trouble explaining to my partner the severity of the damage. I am bad with words. Can someone please eli5 the reality of it so I can get him to stop tanning? Thank you!
In: Chemistry
The best demonstration of the effects I can think of is if you do an image search for “truck driver face”
The damage it does to cells is basically the same as radiation poisoning, but most of it gets absorbed by the skin. UVA(from tanning beds) penetrates more deeply into the skin than UVB.
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