Why do I have white bumps?

Why did I get bumps then they turned into white scar like marks from tanning bed?

• I have not been tanning in a month since the bump outbreak and these white scar like marks are not going away. I used cortisone and oat meal baths during the time of the bumps and never picked at them. Has anyone ever had this issue? If so will these marks go away? Will I have to stay out of the sun now? They mainly are on my chest and stomach area, my face was never affected. Thank You for any help

• Answer:

  I dont understand why anyone would use tanning beds anymore, after all the confirmed reports of them leading to skin cancer! Yes, I am one of them. I used to use tanning beds when I was younger and now 15 years later I have had 2 removed already - that were skin cancer. Is it really not worth the risk. Your body is already telling you that this intensive UV is damaging your skin already - you should just stop! Your outbreaks are showing your skins sensitivity to the UV light which is apparently 100 times stronger than the sun. Do you body a favour and just stop.... :( Here is the WHO (World Health ORganization) report from a few months ago on tanning beds (yes the same WHO organisation that deals with life threatening diseases of the world etc. The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had earlier classified tanning beds as “probably carcinogenic to humans” but has increased the warning to “carcinogenic to humans,” which is its highest cancer risk category. The July 28, 2009 WebMD article “WHO: Tanning Beds Cause Cancer” states that “Indoor Tanning Causes Melanoma.” Tanning beds also go by such names as sunbeds, tanning booths, tanning sytems, and others. Dr. Vincent Cogliano, a scientist with WHO’s IARC, stated that the organization raised the warning level of tanning beds because “... the scientific evidence linking indoor tanning to the deadly skin cancer melanoma [is] ‘sufficient and compelling.’” [WebMD] Over ten years of research concerning the use of tanning beds has provided a comprehensive amount of evidence that the use of tanning beds is dangerous. Dr. Cogliano adds, “People mistakenly see a tan as a sign of health when it is actually a sign of damage to the skin.” [WebMD] Specifically, the decision was made after many scientific reports came out that found teenagers and young adults who used tanning beds increased their risk of developing melanoma by 75%. In fact, any person using tanning beds before the age of 30 years has a 75% increased risk of getting the deadly form of cancer called melanoma.