'I am so addicted to sunbeds and illegal tanning jabs that I'm mistaken for another race'
A 22-YEAR-OLD woman who claims she "can't live without" sunbeds and illegal tanning injections has revealed she often gets mistaken for a different race as a result of her extreme tan.
"When I was younger I always wore fake tan and I hated it because it always washes off and goes patchy and I hate the smell," she continued. After being introduced to sunbeds by her boyfriend Ben, Hannah now goes into the booth three times a week for 15 minute sessions.which contain melanotan: a synthetic hormone which alters the melanin levels in the skin and allows people to go darker when using sunbeds.
The NHS warns against use of the injections as it “not undergone the stringent safety and effectiveness testing that all medicines have to undergo before they can be licensed for use.”The injections have not been tested for human use and there are possible side effects and dangers that could occur.
She added: "It's become more of like an obsession, a need to be tanned more than to actually feel better when I'm actually tanned.
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