Caroline Madden, a 59-year-old former tanning bed user, shares her alarming journey of battling skin cancer after 15 years of using UV tanning machines. Despite her frequent visits to tanning booths for a bronzed appearance, she received a stage three malignant melanoma diagnosis in 2009 and faced the same cancer again in 2018. Urging others to reconsider their tanning habits, she emphasizes the misconception that skin cancer is not serious and encourages the use of safer alternatives such as false tans.
"The big thing about malignant melanomas is that people don't take them seriously. ... Everyone who smokes thinks they're going to be the one who doesn't get lung cancer."
"Nowadays you have amazing false tans... It's like, 'Why are you going on a sunbed?'"
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