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Jagermeister
05-04-2012, 08:52 AM
:biggrin: WTF?


The bizarre case of "Tanning Mom" Patricia Krentcil, a New Jersey parent who allegedly put her 5-year-old daughter in a tanning booth where she sustained burns, comes only weeks after the Mayo Clinic announced that over the last 40 years melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, has increased eightfold for young women. The study attributes the dramatic rise to an increase in the use of indoor tanning beds.
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"People who use tanning indoor tanning beds frequently are 74 percent more likely to develop melanoma," says lead investigator, Jerry Brewer, MD. "The results of this study emphasize the importance of active interventions to decrease risk factors for skin cancer, and in particular, to continue to alert young women that indoor tanning has carcinogenic effects that increase the risk of melanoma." Tanning beds are also associated with squamous cell carcinoma.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that the Mayo Clinic's findings reflect what many dermatologists are seeing in their practices. "People know they should wear sunscreen and should not get burned, but there is a disconnect between that and tanning bed use," says Dr. Kavita Mariwalla, director of Mohs and Dermatological Surgery at Beth Israel Hospital. "Tans are also being glamorized on reality shows like "Jersey Shore."
Related: Snooki Calls "Too Tan Mom" "Crazy" for Taking Daughter Tanning
Prom season and the beginning of summer cause a spike in teens' visits to tanning salons, USA Today reports. "It's really hard to fight against fashion," Douglas Horan, a dermatologist with Affinity Medical Group told the newspaper. "If they're getting ready for their wedding or their prom or the beach, they don't want to be the one with really pale skin. It's really hard to fight against that tide."
The carcinogenic effects of UV rays are cumulative which makes tanning beds particularly dangerous for young people. The Food and Drug administration (FDA) estimates that people who begin using indoor tanning before the age of 35 increase their melanoma risk by 75%. Tanning beds emit mainly UVA rays which penetrate deep into the skin where they damage connective tissue and suppress the immune system. "Indoor tanning is like smoking for your skin," Dr. Doris Day, a dermatologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City told USA Today. "It's the single worst thing you can do in terms of skin cancer and premature aging." She added that she supports an FDA ban on tanning beds.
Although UV radiation from tanning beds is classified as a human carcinogen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the World Health Organization, only 36 states regulate their use by minors (though most states ban their use by kids under 14). California is the only state with an all out ban for those under the age of 18. The American Academy of Pediatrics supports a nationwide law prohibiting people under the age of 18 from using tanning beds.
The Mayo Clinic offers these basic guidelines for reducing your risk of melanoma and other forms of skin cancer: Avoid the sun during the middle of the day. Wear a broad-spectrum sunscreen year-round. Wear protective clothing. Avoid tanning beds. Alert your physician if you notice any changes to moles, birthmarks or freckles.

jhale667
05-04-2012, 10:39 AM
You know when SNOOKIE is capping on you for over-tanning, you've got problems...

sadaist
05-04-2012, 12:32 PM
Even Binnie wouldn't hit it.

ELVIS
05-04-2012, 12:42 PM
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/961joyfm.com/files/2012/05/tan-mom-nbc-today1.jpg


:elvis:

ELVIS
05-04-2012, 12:44 PM
http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tanning-new-jersey-mom.jpg


:biggrin:

Sensible Shoes
05-04-2012, 12:53 PM
I had a young friend who went tanning with her friends a couple of times a week. She ended up with a stage for malignant melanoma on her head. The cancer had spread into her lymph nodes, so this model pretty girl had to have her scalp stretched together and sewn and had a jagged scar that went from her head down to her collerbone. She beat it, but will never look the same again. She teamed up with one of the senators from NYS and became a spokesperson against the tanning industry.

jhale667
05-04-2012, 12:59 PM
Anyone dare to speculate how long it'll be before ol' Leatherface here is eventually stricken with melanoma as well...? :headlights:

sadaist
05-04-2012, 01:03 PM
Hard to believe she is 44. Must be using a dog calender.

ELVIS
05-04-2012, 01:14 PM
Tanning beds also cause immune system disorders as well as damage to DNA...

They emit more UV radiation than tanning in the sun...

jhale667
05-04-2012, 01:20 PM
Tanning beds also cause immune system disorders as well as damage to DNA...

They emit more UV radiation than tanning in the sun...


Which is likely why no one believes her kid's burns were caused by being outside in the sun...the kid saying "Mommy lets me tan with her" isn't helping either...

ELVIS
05-04-2012, 01:22 PM
She's toast...

Pun intended...


:biggrin:

BITEYOASS
05-04-2012, 01:36 PM
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/961joyfm.com/files/2012/05/tan-mom-nbc-today1.jpg


:elvis:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAHHHH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! :yikes::yikes::yikes:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkRe_K-EjHU

Unchainme
05-04-2012, 01:43 PM
She looks like a mummified corpse.

clarathecarrot
05-04-2012, 01:46 PM
I used one once, to prepare myself for a Carribean vacation,.. cause as you all well know nothing is stupider than going to the tropics and getting a burn the first day and spending your vacation in the room on ice. As a daily beauty treatment I don't get it... some chicks and dudes (huh humm).. like the deep tan that is just the way they are.


So, like most things they have thier uses and can be ruined by idiots.

I had 5 major burn issues every summer as a kid I didn't even wear shoes hardly until I was 17 or so . I have lost most of the protective layer of skin on my face that is the one that does all the safety work the top layer..so be it,,, ugly, old... c'mom.

My feet were so tough I didn't need shoes when riding my metal cleated motorcross bike foot pegs...good times.

Sensible Shoes
05-04-2012, 03:12 PM
Don't lie Clara, you're just orange from those self tanning creams.

SilvioDante
05-04-2012, 04:03 PM
I have a friend that has melanoma right now. She didn't get it from tanning beds, but she has it. It's an awful form of cancer. Now she just sits and waits for it to spread from her skin to her organs. Good times.

I could care less if this woman dies or not. But someone should call DCS on her and have the kid taken away. Ask any oncologist or dermatologist, the majority of damage done to the skin that ends up causing melanoma is done when your a kid.

clarathecarrot
05-04-2012, 04:46 PM
Don't lie Clara, you're just orange from those self tanning creams.

Metro,... carrot..?

xoxo...shoes..lol

Coyote
05-04-2012, 05:50 PM
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/961joyfm.com/files/2012/05/tan-mom-nbc-today1.jpg

"Mammy!"

jhale667
05-04-2012, 05:57 PM
"Mammy!"


:lmao: SERIOUS Al Jolsen vibe, yes...


















Racist bitch! j/k :hee:

Dan
05-04-2012, 05:59 PM
How Dare You.:D

jhale667
05-04-2012, 06:00 PM
How Dare You.:D

I know, how rude! :D

sadaist
05-04-2012, 06:27 PM
"Mammy!"


You called for me?

http://www.antiqueathlete.com/antique-baseball-glove/crescent-padded-catchers-mitt-2.jpg

Sensible Shoes
05-04-2012, 06:31 PM
I could care less if this woman dies or not. But someone should call DCS on her and have the kid taken away. Ask any oncologist or dermatologist, the majority of damage done to the skin that ends up causing melanoma is done when your a kid.

Did you see this kid's fair skin? Yes, get the child out of there.

Coyote
05-04-2012, 06:41 PM
You called for me?

http://www.antiqueathlete.com/antique-baseball-glove/crescent-padded-catchers-mitt-2.jpg

Huh? Kind lost me on that one...

sadaist
05-04-2012, 06:54 PM
Huh? Kind lost me on that one...



......she looks like an old catchers mitt. All leathery & worn the fuck out. Man, I'd hate to see her naked. But I'd look.

NIN1211
05-04-2012, 07:01 PM
......she looks like an old catchers mitt. All leathery & worn the fuck out. Man, I'd hate to see her naked. But I'd look.
:bigwink:

With extra Pine Tar!

Hardrock69
05-04-2012, 07:48 PM
That fucking bitch is a retarded moron.

The day they announce in the media that she has melanoma (and you know they will), I will laugh my fucking ass off.

Little Texan
05-04-2012, 08:29 PM
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/961joyfm.com/files/2012/05/tan-mom-nbc-today1.jpg


:elvis:

I figured out who she looks like...the woman that played Roseanne's mom on Roseanne, except for being a little overcooked.

http://vincentpricenut2.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/HPIM1226.23422036_std.jpg

Little Texan
05-04-2012, 08:36 PM
Also...

http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/961joyfm.com/files/2012/05/tan-mom-nbc-today1.jpg

http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/Pictures/Pictures/PlanetApes27.jpg

sadaist
05-04-2012, 09:08 PM
The resemblance is uncanny here as well....


http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/9508999.jpg

DLR Bridge
05-04-2012, 09:19 PM
Figures she's from my home state. No short supply of fricken looneys here. I miss the good old days when the craziest person from New Jersey was Joe Pesci.

ELVIS
05-04-2012, 10:25 PM
the majority of damage done to the skin that ends up causing melanoma is done when your a kid.

And also when you're a kid...

ELVIS
05-04-2012, 10:27 PM
Mrs Hankey the too tan pooh...


:elvis:

Little Texan
05-09-2012, 12:54 PM
Now this goofy bitch has her own doll...

http://www.wtsp.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/photogallery/254450/Still0508_00018.jpg

chefcraig
05-09-2012, 01:08 PM
Now this goofy bitch has her own doll...


Swell, it looks like somebody finally found a use for all of those unsold Dolph Lundgren dolls left over from Rocky IV.


http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p67/Kazuma2025/ivan-drago.jpg

Jagermeister
05-09-2012, 02:54 PM
I have been wanting to ask Mr. Walker why his neighbors are so tan. :biggrin:

Mr Walker
05-09-2012, 05:17 PM
I have been wanting to ask Mr. Walker why his neighbors are so tan. :biggrin:

Because 95% of them are fucking regards.

CROWBAR
05-10-2012, 08:27 AM
Hazel, the roasted nut.

Mr Walker
05-10-2012, 09:20 AM
Because 95% of them are fucking regards.

Damn you auto correct!

Retards! I meant to say "fucking retards"!

jhale667
05-10-2012, 10:36 AM
Damn you auto correct!

Retards! I meant to say "fucking retards"!

:lmao:

JenniferM
05-11-2012, 12:07 AM
:lol:




The resemblance is uncanny here as well....


http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/9508999.jpg