http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/06/02/tanning-beds-part-two.aspxResearchers caution that the roughly 1 million Americans who seek a "safe" tan at their local tanning salon face the same risk of skin cancer as sun-worshippers. The bottom line would be that suntan salon exposure produces cell damage in the skin -- theenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/06/02/tanning-beds-part-two.aspx#201096Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:11:30 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:201096lilelaine08<p>I am still on the fence about tanning. &nbsp;I want what Dr.Mecola says to be true but I am very fair skinned (blond hair, blue eyes, Irish decent) and although I can get a tan..it takes awhile. &nbsp;I also have more freckles and dark spots then when I was younger and I was told by my doctor that it is because of the sun.</p> <p>I am thinking about buying Dr.Mercola&#39;s door tanning system because I know I am very Vit.D deficient...I live in Canada and even in the summer it isn&#39;t always sunny. &nbsp;I do not want more freckles and age spots though. &nbsp;Can anyone else comment about this? &nbsp;Any other fair skinned people out there use his tanning bed?</p> <p>One final thought. &nbsp;What about those pictures you see of people from China, Mexico etc. who are in their senior years and are so wrinkled and leathery and spotted from the sun? &nbsp;They obviously never got skin cancer but the years of being in the sun never kept their skin youngish and supple. &nbsp;It looks like it did the opposite. &nbsp;Then there is my grandmother, in her 90&#39;s, who avoided the sun most of her adult life and never got skin cancer and also has pretty smooth, unwrinkled skin for someone her age. &nbsp;Maybe Dr.Mercola will comment.</p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=201096" width="1" height="1">