Question 12 of 24
Unprotected sun worship?
Pick one to continue — the dead don't get to skip homework.
The tan is the damage
💀 A grim little fact
That golden glow is your skin cells filing an incident report. Using a tanning bed before age 35 raises melanoma risk by about 75%. Women under 30 who tan indoors are roughly 6 times more likely to develop melanoma, and indoor tanning overall is linked to about a 2.85× higher melanoma risk.
Tanning-bed use before 35: ~75% higher melanoma risk.
🔮 Myth vs. Morty
Myth: "I'm building up a base tan so I won't burn on holiday." A tan is not sunscreen; a tan is your DNA visibly panicking and cranking out melanin because it's already been hit. A 'base tan' offers roughly the SPF of a stern look (about 3–4) while adding more damage to get there. It's paying interest on a loan you didn't need.
Morty is very pale and very smug about it.
Sources: American Academy of Dermatology; melanoma meta-analyses · Entertainment only — not medical advice.