These days, it seems that people will go to some fairly extreme lengths in order to achieve what they believe to be a perfect body. Some folks go the healthy route, sticking to a sensible diet and a regular exercise routine, while others splash out on surgery, extreme food fads, and top dollar lotions and potions which claim to make you look 10 years younger.

Unsurprisingly, a lot of these alternative methods of staying in shape and looking sharp can leave people will some potentially nasty damage. Tanning beds, in particular, are notorious for causing damage to people's skin, and have been known to cause cancer before.

And nobody knows that better than Mallory Lubbock.

Lubbock had been using tanning beds since she was just 16 years old, sometimes going in for sessions every single day. Unfortunately, after years of subjecting herself to the ultraviolet rays, she developed skin cancer.

"So, today I got my first cancerous spot removed," said Mallory in an honest Facebook post. "I now get to go back for suture removal/wound check, an appointment to get my WHOLE body checked out, VERY routine check ups for a long while, and then routine check ups for life, and almost 100% certainly many more painful ass appointments of getting skin cancer taken off my body."

She went on:

"Damn it 16 year old Mallory that went tanning every single day for two years. I will try like hell to make sure my daughter will not be laying in a single tanning bed while she is under my roof and I hope her just hearing about and seeing Mama go through this will be enough.

 

"You guys. Get your daughters out of tanning beds. Get your 16 year old sister out of them. Hell, get out of them yourselves! It’s so not worth it. Is tan skin REALLY worth it? This sh*t will scar and this sh*t HURT. I am now the mom at the beach with the umbrella and my spf 100 HEAVILY applied. Never ever ever did I think this would happen to me (who does?)"

Not only does Lubbock now have a gnarly scar on her upper lip, then, she also has to worry about recurring skin cancer for the rest of her life.

Since she was so young when she started the treatments, she had no idea of the risk she was putting herself under. In fact, what many people haven't been told is that many sunbeds actually give out stronger UV rays than a midday sun in a tropical location. Plus, as people obviously don't put on any sun cream before they climb into one of the beds (whereas they probably would if they were heading for a day at the beach), they receive a much higher concentration of radiation than they usually would.

All in all, tanning beds seem to do basically the opposite of what they're intended to do. Sure, they might give you a natural-looking glow for a little while, but excessive use can cause cancer, premature aging, and damage to the eyes.

So, if you're really desperate for that bronzed look, perhaps consider going for the bottled option.

These days, it seems that people will go to some fairly extreme lengths in order to achieve what they believe to be a perfect body. Some folks go the healthy route, sticking to a sensible diet and a regular exercise routine, while others splash out on surgery, extreme food fads, and top dollar lotions and potions which claim to make you look 10 years younger.

Unsurprisingly, a lot of these alternative methods of staying in shape and looking sharp can leave people will some potentially nasty damage. Tanning beds, in particular, are notorious for causing damage to people's skin, and have been known to cause cancer before.

And nobody knows that better than Mallory Lubbock.

Lubbock had been using tanning beds since she was just 16 years old, sometimes going in for sessions every single day. Unfortunately, after years of subjecting herself to the ultraviolet rays, she developed skin cancer.

"So, today I got my first cancerous spot removed," said Mallory in an honest Facebook post. "I now get to go back for suture removal/wound check, an appointment to get my WHOLE body checked out, VERY routine check ups for a long while, and then routine check ups for life, and almost 100% certainly many more painful ass appointments of getting skin cancer taken off my body."

She went on:

"Damn it 16 year old Mallory that went tanning every single day for two years. I will try like hell to make sure my daughter will not be laying in a single tanning bed while she is under my roof and I hope her just hearing about and seeing Mama go through this will be enough.

 

"You guys. Get your daughters out of tanning beds. Get your 16 year old sister out of them. Hell, get out of them yourselves! It’s so not worth it. Is tan skin REALLY worth it? This sh*t will scar and this sh*t HURT. I am now the mom at the beach with the umbrella and my spf 100 HEAVILY applied. Never ever ever did I think this would happen to me (who does?)"

Not only does Lubbock now have a gnarly scar on her upper lip, then, she also has to worry about recurring skin cancer for the rest of her life.

Since she was so young when she started the treatments, she had no idea of the risk she was putting herself under. In fact, what many people haven't been told is that many sunbeds actually give out stronger UV rays than a midday sun in a tropical location. Plus, as people obviously don't put on any sun cream before they climb into one of the beds (whereas they probably would if they were heading for a day at the beach), they receive a much higher concentration of radiation than they usually would.

All in all, tanning beds seem to do basically the opposite of what they're intended to do. Sure, they might give you a natural-looking glow for a little while, but excessive use can cause cancer, premature aging, and damage to the eyes.

So, if you're really desperate for that bronzed look, perhaps consider going for the bottled option.