Tanning Salons

So, today in the news this woman took her child to a tanning salon... The lady herself is a white woman... but she's tanned so much to the point that she looks like she was spray painted black.... OK it's very obvious that she has NO common sense.. for anyone to let themselves get that burnt says one thing.. to take your child tanning with you says another...
http://gma.yahoo.com/photos/mom-arrested-taking-young-daughter-photo-110013428.html
<Exhibit A

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/02/11500434-new-jersey-mom-arrested-after-allegedly-taking-daughter-5-into-tanning-booth?lite
< Exhibit B

No only is tanning dangerous for adults.. you DO NOT allow your child to tan...
Sure tanning beds allow you some benefits... Like helping the body create a natural supply of Vitamin D....Convenience....establishing and maintaining a golden tan.....

Then you have the darker side of tanning beds.... obviously you loose common sense (See Exhibit A).....tanning beds can cause eye damage such as  pterygium, which is tissue growth on the white part of the eye, and macula degeneration, which is damage to the retina, cataracts...sure cataracts can be removed by surgery.. but who wants to go through a surgery that maybe could have been prevented... Regular use of tanning beds triples or even quadruples the risk of developing melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, new research finds.The American Cancer Society predicted that in 2009, nearly 70,000 Americans would be diagnosed with melanoma and more than 8,500 people would die of the disease.

Melanoma is one of the fastest-growing cancers among whites, increasing by about 2% a year between 1997 and 2006.  Melanoma is the second most common cancer among women!  Tanning beds make your skin age quicker....can burn the skin... 

http://www.fda.gov/radiation-emittingproducts/radiationemittingproductsandprocedures/tanning/default.htm

So, why in the world would you submit a child to that?  Obviously Tanning Salons are only concerned with money not the appearance of a person (See Exhibit B)  But, honestly what does that say about any company that would allow a customer, client, etc... Walk out of their business looking like the crypt keeper? 

A little common sense goes a long way!   My personal opinion is that both any parent and any tanning salon should be ashamed to allow children into the salons.. I look at tanning salons as not a kid friendly place.. kinda like a bar, or sex shop....They are not kid friendly... Seriously people STOP taking your kids to tanning salons... SMH!!!!!!!

(SMH= Shake My Head)

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