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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Helena Vesty

Sunbed addict who tanned five times a week issues warning after getting cancer at 21

A sunbed addict who started tanning at 16 - often for 18 minutes in one session - was given a devastating diagnosis at just 21 after a mole started bleeding on his back.

Jak Howell, now 23, from Swansea, makes TikTok videos about his experience of melanoma, a type of skin cancer often caused by too much sun exposure, after he was using sunbeds five times a week by the age of 18.

He is now campaigning for caution after his terrifying diagnosis.

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