Sunbeds are proven to cause skin cancer and using sunbeds in pregnancy is particularly dangerous, but as searches for ‘Are sunbeds safe in pregnancy?’ rise online, Dr Ross Perry explains why using sunbeds whilst pregnant is even more dangerous.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the use of sunbeds accounts for about half a million new cancer diagnoses each year and in a publication about artificial tanning devices they state, “Evidence of an association between artificial tanning and risk of skin cancer clearly shows that the risk is highest in those exposed to artificial tanning in early life.”
