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Glamorised tanning angers cancer victim

Gina Savage, who has advanced melanoma, is a vocal advocate against the glamorisation of tanning. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

The glamorisation of tanning on social media is like a "kick in the guts" for a Brisbane woman fighting advanced skin cancer and she says the narrative urgently needs to be flipped.

"Watching people glamorise a tan across social media is honestly a kick in the guts, when myself and so many others are fighting for our lives," advanced melanoma patient Gina Savage told AAP.

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