'We were addicted to sunbeds – but our vanity may mean we won’t see our kids grow up'
'I went to the sunbed shop straight after I gave birth', 28, had also been hooked on sunbeds since her teens – first using the dangerous tanning devices aged 12 – and would top up her tan every day at the height of her obsession.
"I'd go in every day on my way home from school and, even if I burned and my skin was red raw, I'd keep on going back."I came back from hospital after giving birth to my daughter Stella and the first thing I did was go to the sunbed salon.'Hearing the word 'cancer makes me numb' In order to save her life, Jenni was forced to have a 'chunk' taken out of her leg which has left her too self-conscious to wear dresses."When I got the results back, it was a melanoma stage one which meant it was in the early stages."
According to Cancer Research UK, Melanoma skin cancer risk is 16-25 per cent higher in people who have used a sunbed , compared to people who have never used sunbeds. In many cases the damage is invisible until it’s too late, as it can take up to 20 years to become apparent. "Just hearing that word ‘cancer’ makes me feel numb, and it's still hard to take knowing that I probably caused it myself."Girls take such a pride in their appearance, but if they see these pictures, hopefully they will realise the damage they're doing.“Why would you risk your life to be tanned?"Mum Sarah Carlick, 45, was diagnosed with deadly skin cancer twice in two years - after a decade of abusing sunbeds.
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