- Megan Worrall first used sunbeds when she was just 13 years old
- She thought they were beneficial, boosting vitamin D and helping the skin
- But at 19 she noticed changes to a mole and was diagnosed with melanoma
- Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer, quickly spreading
- The now 22-year-old had two moles removed from her leg and stomach
- She has shunned sunbeds for three years and now only spray tans
- Miss Worrall urged other people to stop using sunbeds to avoid cancer
07:42 EST, 10 June 2014
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09:56 EST, 10 June 2014
At the age of 13, Megan Worrall thought nothing of jumping on a sunbed to take the last few minutes of her mother’s session.
When she was younger, her mother had been diagnosed with psoriasis and believed using sunbeds would help her skin condition.
Lured by the glamorous pictures of tanned women on the walls of the sunbed salon, Miss Worrall believed two sessions a week was good for her health, helping boost her vitamin D levels.
But six years later while watching Channel 4?s Embarrassing Bodies, the then 19-year-old realised the dangers, noticing changes to a mole on her leg.
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Megal Worrall, from Liverpool, first started using sunbeds when she was 13 years old, jumping on for the last few minutes of her mother’s sessions
The naturally pale-skinned and freckly teenager was referred to a dermatologist, who removed the mole along – leaving a 9cm scar – with another on her stomach, before giving her the devastating diagnosis.
Miss Worrall had the most deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma, which can spread quickly to other parts of the body.
Today the 22-year-old is in remission and is an ardent critic of sunbeds, urging young people to opt for safer, fake tanning products.
She has shunned sunbeds for the last years, and now shelters under umbrellas while on holiday to avoid the midday sun.
She told This Morning: ‘My mum was diagnosed with psoriasis when she was younger.
‘She was in hospital for six weeks and was treated with sunbeds and so we thought they were beneficial.
‘When I was younger I would jump on for the last few minutes of her sessions.
‘Sunbed
salons are full of pictures of beautiful women on the walls, it implies
there are health benefits and there is lots of advertising saying
vitamin D is good for your health.
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The Shoes On The Other Foot Now Boys,
Planet Reality,
1 hour ago
Shame because she a really pretty girl as well
Fridaygirl5,
ayrshire, United Kingdom,
2 hours ago
Sorry, I had sunbed treatment for psoriasis back in the 90?s and again 10 years later and they made it abundantly clear that medical booths were different from commercial sun beds and not to use commercial beds as they could cause damage to the skin. It was their choice to be tanned.
Saltpot,
Essex, UK,
2 hours ago
Is fake tan any better, all those chemicals.
jamie,
harrogate – north yorkshire,
2 hours ago
There is a confusion about ‘sunbeds’ 1. Indoor sunbed 2. Outdoor sunbed all they said was ‘sunbeds’ we all know sunbeds either indoor or outdoor increase a risk of skin cancer
lizzie82,
teeside, United Kingdom,
3 hours ago
Its a shame how they only consider the dangers AFTER its affected their health…
stokie,
Stoke,
3 hours ago
so why are these damn things still legal in the uk?
Paul,
Chelmsford, United Kingdom,
3 hours ago
There seems to be loads of stories today about idiots doing stupid things and not considering the consequences. With sunbeds, like cigarettes, tax them hard to pay the NHS to sort out the mess of people getting skin cancer.
Hot-Hunk Jake,
Chelsea_London, United Kingdom,
4 hours ago
The huge increase in skin cancer is nothing to do with ‘the sun’ and everything to do with the sun tanning industry over the last 40 years .
elleg82,
liverpool, United Kingdom,
4 hours ago
Maybe her parents didn’t know the excessive amount she was using the sunbeds…..and at 13 you don’t care about the warnings you just wanna look good as bad as it sounds, at least this way she’s using her experience to help others. I’m glad she’s got another chance at life .
Italktoomuch,
Where I dont want to be.., United Kingdom,
4 hours ago
Fake tan!
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