i will argue that tanning in the sun isn't bad for you. if there is someone among us who's a dermatologist or someone that's dug into this shit feel free to correct me. i've read the results of many studies on NIH. from what i've gathered, melanoma (the life-threatening one) risk is increased if you're exposed to a ton of sun as a kid but there's no evidence it matters as an adult. as adults, we have to mostly worry about basal cell and squamous cell. the risk of both appears to be increased somewhat if you go into the sun a lot. both are easily treatable if caught early and the most commonly diagnosed of the two, bcc, is very rarely life threatening. just hit up your dermatologists couple times a year and f all this noise. p.s. i've never read anything on specifically tanning beds since i don't use them.