{"id":345736,"date":"2014-02-28T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T01:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/tan-addiction-uv-decrypted-345736.html"},"modified":"2014-02-28T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T01:00:41","slug":"tan-addiction-uv-decrypted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/medical-news-hk\/tan-addiction-uv-decrypted-345736.html","title":{"rendered":"Sun Tanning: UV addiction decoded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/tan.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-9096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\" wp-image-9096 img-responsive  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/tan.jpg\" alt=\"tan\" width=\"576\" height=\"576\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p>Little is known about tanorexie, a disease that causes some people to use and abuse the sun and \/ or tanning booths to be the darkest possible (and completely burnt) without worrying about the consequences to their health . An\u00a0American woman has recently hit the headlines when she insisted on sunbathing with a huge tumor that ate half of her face.\u00a0No it is not stupidity but a psychiatric disorder (in some cases at least ...).<\/p> <p>According to two scientists from the Centre for Addiction Research at the University of Michigan*, 31% of those who regularly tan would have a form of the\u00a0<a title=\"Why is it so good to scratch?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/why-its-so-good-to-scratch\/\">addiction<\/a> and in 12% of them it is severe addiction.\u00a0In reaching these conclusions, the researchers applied to tanning addiction the same criteria as those used for alcoholism or drug addiction.<\/p> <p>Not surprisingly it is those who most regularly\u00a0frequented UV beds (more than 9 times per month) who had the most severe forms of the addiction.<\/p> <p>The most surprising result is probably that these people also frequently suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder (a self-image disorder).\u00a0Hence the question: Is the addiction to tanning not the consequence of the untreated disease, but more like a kind of compensation for reassurance to feel better about one's\u00a0body?<\/p> <p>Stay tuned.<\/p>  <p>* Study published in\u00a0<em>The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology<\/em><\/p>  <p><em>Maureen Diament<\/em><\/p>   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanorexie - or tanning addiction is considered a disease. 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