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Bleeding/ spotting after tanning?

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Dr. Arthur Balin answered

Specializes in Dermatology

Bleeding / Tanning: No relationship.... However it is really a bad idea to deliberately tan. When ultraviolet light hits the skin it damages the dna in the cells breaking it up into fragments. It is these fragments of dna that cause the tanning response. So if you get tan it means you have damaged your dna in order to turn on the tanning response. Skin cancers and aged skin follows years later.

Answered 3/27/2017

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