They can always give you cancer. You're deadly wrong and you're misguiding people int thinking that it wont make the risk of getting cancer higher. .. Dude, sucks to be you. You should've asked someone.

Tanning beds do give you cancer, just as much as the sun... and there's no way to avoid it, done right or wrong. Unless you only do it like once a month at the most, and even then you run the risk. It's all about the type of skin you have. People with whiter skin run more of a risk...

Any type of burn OR tan increases your risk of skin cancer, including those obtained in a tanning bed. Is it the lady's fault that he got such a bad burn? Yes. I'd report that salon because they should not have let you do that. Could he blame her for skin cancer later? No. Try a spray tan, buddy.

REALLY?! Tanning beds don't give people cancer?! WTF.

Agree with #66. Why did they not tell him he needs to ease into it?

You're a lying bitch. Tanning beds DO cause cancer, used "correctly" or not. They will give you skin cancer much faster than the sun, since you are much closer to the source of the rays. I hope you enjoy causing people to get skin cancer, no matter how treatable it is. To the OP: Enjoy getting skin cancer moles on your balls! Those will be fun to have removed!

you are an ass okay. did you know that DOCTORS are now recommending it... I have had MULTIPLE people walk in with doctor notes say that the need light treatment for a skin disease they have.

doctors give sugar pills and vaccine that makes people sicker. why trust them? xD

Tanning bed doesn't "give" you cancer. It does increase the risk of cancer. It's not like Tanning bed --> CANCER!! It just damages your skin and you may get cancer in the later year, but it may not only be caused by tanning. So I guess what this person wanted to say was that if you don't over do the tanning it may not give you cancer? HAHA Doesn't mean it's perfectly safe.. also for eg.. Hair Dye is really bad for you It increases the risk of cancer to you know We are surrounded with things that "may" contribute to cause cancer in later life

Tanning in a tanning bed ONCE doesn't mean you're going to die of skin cancer. People who tan all the time are the ones who need to worry, but it's totally possible to get skin cancer if you take preventative measures like staying out of the sun as much as possible and wearing sunscreen. Just like it's possible to get lung cancer if you've never smoked. I just hope you don't think that someone with skin cancer "deserves it"... people are heartless on here, and in the real word as well....

Umm, no. Tanning beds increase your chances of skin cancer by a lot. Deeper penetration of the rays, you're closer to the source, and at least outside there is still somewhat of an ozone layer, causing some rays to be reflected back.

You mean seasonal affective disorder? Seems pretty risky to me.

Exactly what qualifications would someone have for this job and how would the place make money except renting as much time on the beds as possible? Tanning is a mostly unregulated industry and it has been shown to cause cancer - it is concentrated UV rays afterall. Hopefully the first bad experience has saved you from repeat custom at the cancer shop

Tanning consultants SHOULD go through training, actually. At the very least, the tanning consultant should have been smart enough to realize he was new and tell him a little bit about it. When I went for my first time ever, the girl said to start at 3 minutes. Biiiiig difference from 15. What an awful salon if the workers don't even assist you.

um, I don't know if you've ever gone tanning, but they do NOT let you do what the OP did anywhere I've ever been. I'm one of those easily-tanned, never-burns people and it still took a few visits for them to let me work up to 15mins. Which, incidentally, was the maximum length allowed in the super bed.

I've seen coin-operated unmanned tanning beds. Kinda like the coin-operated massage chairs they have in airports and malls and the like.