Dermaterrorism Alert: NBC NEWS: 'Tan-orexics' Experience 'High' From Tanning.

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'Tan-orexics' Experience 'High' From Tanning

Doctors Say Addiction Real Problem


POSTED: 5:19 pm EDT May 16, 2007

They are called "tan-orexics" or obsessive tanners.



Video: 'Tan-Orexics' Experience 'High' From Tanning



They are people who become addicted to the way they feel while getting that bronze glow.


NBC10 reported that people can become addicted to the tanning bed and can experience a "high" much like a drug addiction.


Some doctors have said it's a real problem and victims have said withdrawal is much like stopping heroin.


The addiction is not just because of the way they look with a tan, but they simply must tan a lot, despite being aware of the danger.


Tara Burtonis was stuck inside all day at work and her only sun exposure was fake. She spent 30 minutes, three times a week in a tanning bed.


"I was addicted to tanning," she said. "I think it physically makes me look better, but it's mostly for the feeling that it gives me."


A feeling that dermatologist Steven Feldman said people could get addicted to.


"Their skin looks terrible and it's wrinkled and I ask them why are they doing it? And they say things like, 'Oh, it just makes me feel so good,'" he said.


Feldman said people who are addicted experience a high much like drug addiction.


"The skin releases endorphins, feel good molecules, from skin cells when they're hit by ultraviolet light," he said.


When frequent tanners stop it's like taking their drugs away, Feldman said.


"They get the shakes; they get sweaty," he said.


Burtonis felt withdrawal symptoms when she stopped tanning.


"I had nausea, vomiting, I felt jittery," she said.


It made her realize she no longer wanted to be tan -- she needed to tan.


"I definitely don’t feel as good," she said.


Unlike alcohol or drug addiction, tanning won't kill you, but it is the leading cause of melanoma, which kills 8,000 Americans each year.


Doctors said there is no easy cure for tanning addiction. The only thing tanners can do is spend more time in natural sunlight to feel better.


And use self-tanning lotions to safely get the look you want.

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[blondjuls]

Oh for cryin out loud....that was the most ridiculous thing I have ever read.

I dont think endorphins naturally released by your body (much like working out) is similar to heroin addiction. Have they lost their minds?

Im really sad for the Dermaterrorists and the media...seems they are losing their grip on reality. This looks like some crap that should be on the tab mags next to "Man cuts off his own head with chainsaw...AND LIVES!!!"

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There is a place for comments. http://video.nbc10.com/player/?id=104836

[blondjuls]

Oh goodie...I will leave a reply.

[blondjuls]

I love how the doc says "Their skin is all wrinkly and looks terrible" yet I've been tanning year round in tanning beds for well over a decade, grew up in a beach house on the Texas Gulf Coast spending years running around on the beach and his skin looks way worse than mine. Perhaps he should get a little sunshine once in awhile...

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Absurd. Whatever "feel good" thing happens from tanning bed UV would be exactly the same in mother nature's sun for ~3-4 times more minutes exposure.

These IDIOT derms are trying to put people in unnatural cave environments slathered with sunscreen Big Pharma pays them to promote. Both are guilty of depriving people of natural vitamin D.

Who will they have to answer to someday? Nobody has the balls (or money) to sue their collective asses. The FTC should do it in the name of ending their "false advertizing" disguised as invalid "scientific" studies.

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dermatologist Steven Feldman, AssHat

Feldman said people who are addicted experience a high much like drug addiction.

When frequent tanners stop it's like taking their drugs away, Feldman said.

[blondjuls]

Just looking at him...it looks like he has a bit of a tan. He doesn't look ethnic and has a tint of red in his hair...I call BS on that is natural color and he doesn't get outdoors (or indoors for that matter).

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"medical reporter" Cherie Bank, AssHat.

Originally Posted by Cherie Bank

"Doctors said there is no easy cure for tanning addiction. The only thing tanners can do is spend more time in natural sunlight to feel better."

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One has to wonder which AssHat salon owner allowed NBC10 to tape this story in their salon.

The Unknown Tanning Salon Owner, AssHat

[blondjuls]

lmao...its an ETS Sunstar behind asshat dermo and in the video of the tanner starting the bed.

What city is NBC10?

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