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Zvan you get herpes form a tanning bed?
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Don't do it!: First of all, as a dermatologist, i would like to discourage tanning bed use. More than 170, 000 cases of non-melanoma skin cancer in the us each year are associated with indoor tanning. One indoor uv tanning session increases users’ risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma by 67 percent and basal cell carcinoma by 29 percent. Herpes would be the least of your risks.
Answered 1/6/2014
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