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While taking medicine, levothyroxine, is it safe to lay in tanning beds?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Tanning beds are a: risk to your health whether you are taking levothyroxine or not. It can significantly increase risk of skin cancer.

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 4/7/2017

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Dr. Steven Harris answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Never safe!: Sorry but I spend a good part of every day treating wrinkles and skin cancer caused by tanning beds and so I can only answer this one way: It is never safe to lay in a tanning bed!!

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/27/2016

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