Monday, October 19, 2009

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HTTP:: Woman Risks Blindness After Not Using Goggles While Tanning
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Health experts constantly issue warnings on the dangers of tanning beds and how they considerably increase chances of developing skin cancer even if used in moderation and with all precautions taken. Sam Laing, a 23-year-old woman from the UK, has learned the hard way that cancer is not the only enemy that comes with the use of sunbeds, as she’s currently suffering from a condition that could cost her her eyesight for not using goggles in the ten years she has been a “tanorexic,” as the Daily Mail informs. Laing discovered tanning beds at the age of 13 and, since then, she’s been getting up on one to have brown, “sunkissed” skin for up to three times a week. She’s what is known as a “tanorexic,” and she’s also the first to admit to it. Because she did not want to end up with “panda eyes,” where she’d have more discolored areas around her eyes, she didn’t use goggles once when tanning, despite the fact that all experts warned they were a must, n!
o matter whether one was talking exposure to natural sunlight or UV light from tanning beds. Consequently, Laing needs surgery now to prevent her from going blind and that too will certainly affect her eyesight. She has developed pterygium, defined in the dictionary ...
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