As an avid reader of Heat magazine, particularly their online site, I came across the above campaign. It has been setup to support the porcelain beauty, Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud, in her fight to bring the legal age of sunbed use to a nationwide age of 18. Roberts has been quoted as saying: 'Sunbeds are dangerous. There's no law at the moment about how old you have to be to use one - and there are unmanned salons all over the country, which means kids of 11 can go on them and just fry, which is wrong...It should be OK to just look the way we look. Find it within yourself to be happy with who you are.'
What is appalling is that Nicola Roberts even has to bring this matter to the attention of the world. Why are there not laws already in place to prevent anyone under the age of 18 on a sunbed? What beauty salon would find it acceptable to allow a child on a sunbed? Or even worse, what mother would allow their child on a sunbed? With so many walking examples of sun damaged skin (Donnatella Versace), I still cannot fathom how people can condone sunbeds for any age.
Sunbeds have been proven to aid some people with skin conditions such as psoriasis and prickly heat but they should not be used to make a child look more tanned and 'healthy'. Although sunbeds will never be made illegal, they should definitely be ruled by an age limit so that a person can make the decision to use them and hopefully eradicate the amount of children been taken to use them.
Heat has setup a Facebook group to aid this campaign. Direct links appear not to be working today but just go to Facebook and search 'Dazzle Don't Frazzle!' and join. Here's hoping that Nicola and Heat will make a difference to the use of sunbeds.
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