2008 Woodie Awards
Tanning might be cool, but cancer is not
Body: Darker skin does not mean cancer-free
Wendalyn Lazarte
Issue date: 5/27/04 Section: Features
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"I had to have a couple of surgeries to remove spots on my back that were developing into cancer," he said.
However, some people choose not to worry about the consequences that tanning can bring.
"I am not worried about getting skin cancer," Vanessa Mangan, undecided major, said.
"If it happens, it happens; I just like the way I look better when I'm tanned than when I'm not," she said.
Linda Gibson, anthropology major, said she thinks that going to tanning booths is healthy in moderation.
"I think it is great to go out and get a tan first at a tanning booth first before going out in the sun," Gibson said.
"There are so many different forms of cancer that if I lived my life scared, I wouldn't have any fun in my life," Mangan said.
Stated in a flier from the Skin Cancer Foundation, several ways of avoiding damage of skin from the sun are to avoid sun exposure between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., examine skin from head to toe at least once every three months, do not sunbathe or use artificial tanning devices.
More information on skin cancer and the prevention for it may be obtained at The Skin Cancer Foundation at (212) 725-5176 and The American Academy of Dermatology at (708) 330-0230.
"I still live in Manhattan Beach but I'm a lot more wiser when I go out into the sun," Featherstone said.
"I wear a ton of sunscreen, and I refuse to let my daughters make the same mistakes I've made," he said.
However, some people choose not to worry about the consequences that tanning can bring.
"I am not worried about getting skin cancer," Vanessa Mangan, undecided major, said.
"If it happens, it happens; I just like the way I look better when I'm tanned than when I'm not," she said.
Linda Gibson, anthropology major, said she thinks that going to tanning booths is healthy in moderation.
"I think it is great to go out and get a tan first at a tanning booth first before going out in the sun," Gibson said.
"There are so many different forms of cancer that if I lived my life scared, I wouldn't have any fun in my life," Mangan said.
Stated in a flier from the Skin Cancer Foundation, several ways of avoiding damage of skin from the sun are to avoid sun exposure between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., examine skin from head to toe at least once every three months, do not sunbathe or use artificial tanning devices.
More information on skin cancer and the prevention for it may be obtained at The Skin Cancer Foundation at (212) 725-5176 and The American Academy of Dermatology at (708) 330-0230.
"I still live in Manhattan Beach but I'm a lot more wiser when I go out into the sun," Featherstone said.
"I wear a ton of sunscreen, and I refuse to let my daughters make the same mistakes I've made," he said.