Risks for Blindness in Tanning

In a daily basis health experts constantly issue warnings on the dangers of tanning beds and how they considerably increase chances of developing skin cancer even if used in moderation and with all precautions taken. Sam Laing, a 23-year-old woman from the UK, has learned the hard way that cancer is not the only enemy that comes with the use of sunbeds, as she’s currently suffering from a condition that could cost her eyesight for not using goggles in the ten years she has been a “tanorexic,” as the Daily Mail informs.

Laing needs surgery now to prevent her from going blind and that too will certainly affect her eyesight. She has developed pterygium, defined in the dictionary as “an abnormal mass of tissue arising from the conjunctiva of the inner corner of the eye that obstructs vision by growing over the cornea.” Surgery will remove the growth, but there is absolutely no certainty that it will not return, or that the intervention itself won’t affect her eyesight. Understandably, Laing is now sorry she never listened to advice and she wants other women to learn from her mistake.

She has learned the name of the condition and knows very well what her odds are. She also knows that the damage done to her eyes could be permanent. She also explain that the most worrying thing is that even if the growths are successfully removed, they could return and I’ve been told I will have to wear dark glasses on sunny days in future. I just hope that what’s happened to me serves as a warning to other sunbed users that they can be really dangerous.

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