Skye Wheatley has come under fire from her followers for promoting the use of collarium loungers.
The former Big Brother star, 28, posted a photo of a tanning bed to her Instagram Story with the caption “found a collarium” and tagged an Instagram page called Body Bronze.
Its proponents were quick to point out the dangers of tanning beds and their link to skin cancer.
One person wrote: “You have no idea how skin cancer is caused. There is no ‘safe tan’ level.
“You not only share what you do, you reach many impressionable people.”
Skye Wheatley (pictured) has been slammed by her followers for promoting the use of deck chairs at the collarium
However, Skye hit back at those comments by saying that solarium loungers are harmful and illegal, but collarium loungers are not.
Posting a selfie with an exasperated look on her face, the influencer wrote: ‘Guys please understand what I used today WAS NOT A SOLARIUM HONESTLY how many times do I have to say this.
“Talk to whoever made it legal if it’s such a problem, like why the hell should I post a solly, it’s so stupid they’re illegal and dangerous, I get it!”
Skye claimed that solarium loungers are harmful and illegal, but collarium loungers are not
Her followers were quick to point out the dangers of tanning beds and their link to skin cancer.
She continued, “It looks like a solly but it’s not a solly IT WAS NOT A SOLLY I DO NOT PROMOTE SKIN CANCER”.
In 2015, solraium sunbeds were banned for commercial use in Australia due to the risk of melanoma among its users, but they can still be purchased for private use.
Body Bronze, the company Skye promoted, doesn’t appear to have a website, just an Instagram page.
The account is private, but asks followers to DM before following.
Instagram account Influencer Updates AU posted a screenshot that appears to be from the story of this Instagram account.
The former Big Brother star, 28, posted a photo of a tanning bed on her Instagram Story with the caption ‘found a collarium’ and tagged an Instagram page titled Body Bronze
Body Bronze, the company Skye promoted, doesn’t appear to have a website, just an Instagram page
It read: “Just a friendly reminder that Body Bronze doesn’t sell ‘sessions’, we sell lotion.
“The use of the collarium is free and at your discretion”.
Companies that offer collarium tanning beds claim it is the “safest way to tan” because it stimulates collagen and provides a tan from UVA rays without the burning effects of UVB.
However, according to the Mayo Clinic, “there is no such thing as a safe tanning bed” and Geelong Veins Skin & Laser skin therapist Jorden said the irony of collarium tanning beds is that exposure UVA denatures and breaks down collagen.
“The easiest way to think about the different actions of UVA and UVB is that UVA ages the skin and UVB burns the skin,” the therapist with a bachelor’s degree in skin science said in a blog post. for the clinic’s website.
She added that there is “no benefit” from these tanning beds that has been proven clinically or otherwise.
As Skye encouraged her followers to get their skin checked, she asked what the difference was between using a collarium tanning bed and sitting in the sun.
As Skye encouraged her followers to get their skin checked, she asked what the difference was between using a collarium tanning bed and sitting in the sun.
“Okay guys if you want to live don’t do what I do,” she wrote on her Instagram story.
‘Go get your skin checked too! I am someone who has had a cut melanoma so I often have my skin checked.
“But please tell me how is that different from someone lying in the sun or being out in the sun?” »
She then claimed that the sun has the “strongest UB rays and no one is talking shit”.
However, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation, the claim that tanning with any tanning bed is safer than tanning outdoors in the natural sun is a myth.
She then claimed that the sun has the “strongest UB rays and no one is talking shit”
He says that while it was once believed that the UVA light used in tanning beds was primarily caused by skin aging, it is now known that its longer wavelength penetrates deeper into the skin and is strongly linked to melanoma. .
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, using a tanning bed before the age of 20 can increase the risk of developing melanoma by 47%, and it increases with each session.
Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world and, according to the Cancer Council Australia, more than two out of three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime and around 2,000 Australians die of skin cancer every year.
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