Skye Wheatley has been criticized by her followers for promoting the use of collared sunbeds.
The former Big Brother star, 28, posted a photo of a tanning bed to her Instagram story with the caption, “Found a collarium,” and tagged an Instagram page called Body Bronze.
Her followers were quick to point out the dangers of tanning beds and their link to skin cancer.
One person wrote: “You absolutely do not understand how skin cancer develops. There is no such thing as “safe tanning”.
“Not only do you share what you do, you reach a lot of impressionable people.”
Skye Wheatley (pictured) has been criticized by her supporters for promoting the use of collared sunbeds
However, Skye responded to these comments when she claimed that while tanning beds were harmful and illegal, collar tanning beds were not.
The influencer posted a selfie with an annoyed expression on her face and wrote: “Guys please understand what I used today. WASH NO SOLARIUM HONEST how many times do I have to say this.
“Contact whoever made it legal if it’s such a problem why the hell would I post a Solly it’s so stupid like they’re illegal and dangerous I get it!”
Skye claimed that tanning beds were harmful and illegal, but collarium tanning beds were not
Her followers were quick to point out the dangers of tanning beds and their link to skin cancer
She continued: “It looks like a Solly, but it’s not a Solly. IT WASN’T EASY, I’M NOT PROMOTING SKIN CANCER.”
In 2015, Solraium tanning beds were banned for commercial use in Australia due to the risk of melanoma among users, but they can still be purchased for personal use.
Body Bronze, the company that promoted Skye, does not appear to have a website, only an Instagram page.
The account is private, but asks followers to DM it before following it.
Instagram account Influencer Updates AU posted a screenshot that appears to be from this Instagram account’s story.
The former Big Brother star, 28, posted a photo of a tanning bed on her Instagram story with the caption “Collar found” and tagged an Instagram page called Body Bronze
Body Bronze, the company that promoted Skye, does not appear to have a website, only an Instagram page
It read: “Just a friendly reminder that Body Bronze doesn’t sell ‘sessions’, we sell lotion.”
‘Use of the Collarium is free and at your own discretion’.
Companies that offer collarium tanning beds claim it is the “safer way to tan” because it stimulates collagen and provides a UVA tan without the burning effects of UVB.
According to The Mayo Clinic, “there is no such thing as a safe tanning bed,” and Jorden, the skin therapist at Geelong Veins Skin & Laser, said the irony of collar tanning beds is that UVA exposure actually denatures and breaks down collagen.
“The easiest way to think about the different effects of UVA and UVB is: UVA ages the skin and UVB burns the skin,” the therapist, who holds a Bachelor of Dermal Sciences, said in a blog post for the clinic’s website .
She added that there is “not a single benefit” from these tanning beds, clinically or otherwise proven.
As she encouraged her followers to check their skin, Skye asked what the difference was between using a collared tanning bed and sitting in the sun.
While encouraging her followers to get their skin checked, Skye asked what the difference is between using a tanning bed and sitting in the sun
“Okay guys if you want to live please don’t do what I do,” she wrote on her Instagram story.
Get your skin checked too! I am someone who has had a melanoma removed, so I get my skin checked regularly.
“But please tell me how it differs from someone lying in the sun or outside in the sun?”
She then claimed that the sun has the “strongest UV rays and nobody says s**t.”
However, according to The Skin Cancer Foundation, the claim that tanning in a tanning salon is safer than tanning outside in the natural sun is a myth.
She then claimed that the sun has the “strongest UV rays and nobody says shit”
While it was previously believed that UVA light used in tanning beds usually only caused skin aging, it is now known that the longer wavelength penetrates deeper into the skin and is strongly linked to melanoma.
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, using a tanning bed before age 20 can increase your chances of developing melanoma by 47 percent, and it increases with each session.
Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world, and more than two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime, according to Cancer Council Australia, and around 2,000 Australians die from skin cancer each year.
Skye said she knows how harmful the sun is because it’s “pale OFF.”
Source: Daily Mail
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