A sunbed user who became addicted to tanning at just 16, thought he was going to die after he was diagnosed with skin cancer at the age of 21. Jak Howell admitted to lying under the UV lights for well over an hour a week, and is now campaigning for caution after a bleeding mole that appeared on his body resulted in a life-changing cancer diagnosis.
The now 23-year-old said for the past five years, he found himself using the beds up to five times a week tanning for 18 minutes at a time, and said he played down his sunbed addiction to his mum after she voiced concern about it.
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