The custom of tanning one’s skin has received a lot of publicity in the recent times. Since of its supposed link with cancer, tanning and its effects has become a major subject of discuss amongst scientists, beauticians and even the women who would like to know all the facts about tanning before deciding on whether to go or not to go for tanning.
Though it is normally believed that tanning habitually leads to skin cancer, current studies have shown that tanning may be a defensive device against certain types of cancers. The risk of colon and breast cancer is reduced by exposure to tanning conditions as the sun retards the growth of cancerous cells that reason these conditions of cancer. By retarding its growth cancer rates come down. This is proved by the fact that cancer of the breast and colon is more common in countries that are sun deprived.
By establishing the benefits of exposure to the sun from tanning is a scientific fact. One can also counter the belief that tanning should be stopped because it is one of the causes of skin cancer. But tanning need not be stopped in general since of this risk. After all it is a known fact that deaths from melanoma, the variety of skin cancer that is the risk factor from tanning, is the least death risk as only 0.3% of cases of death have been linked with this form of cancer.
Then again, in the early stages, there can be a cure from surgery also. On the other hand, colon and breast cancer is a far bigger killer as the number of affected cases is approximately 20% to 65%. The lack of sun on the skin that is the chief advan