Posted by: Michelle Kolada, BSN, RN, DNC on Aug 12, 2024


I remember the first time I used a tanning bed. I was fourteen years old and wholly unaware of the risk I was taking. I was suddenly conscious of the obvious tan lines I had naturally developed over the summer. Insistent on correcting the imperfections, off I went to the tanning salon.

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