![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tanning-addict-mum-who-survived-cancer-but-went-back-on-sunbeds-now-has-cancer-again/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_PAY-KNM_STUPID_SUNBEDS_AFTER_CANCER_2.jpg&description=Carmen Oakes was told a red-coloured mole on her back was cancerous but after a successful operation she went right back to the tanning salon and she now has stage four metastatic melanoma A sunbed addict mum has said she was 'stupid' to get back on tanning beds after she was diagnosed with cancer for the second time. Carmen Oakes was told a red-coloured mole on her back was cancerous in June 2014 but after a successful operation she went right back to the tanning salon. Now she says she mis-used her 'second chance at life' by refusing to ditch her almost-weekly sunbed sessions after a second more serious diagnosis. The 48-year-old couldn't give up her 30-year sunbed habit and 'played with fire ' by maintaining tanning sessions almost every week and now has stage four cancer. Mum-of-two Carmen was diagnosed with stage four metastatic melanoma in January after a four-inch mass was found in her right lung. She says she regrets not heeding her first warning and blames sunbeds for her devastating diagnosis - warning others to "avoid ruining their skin" with their powerful UV rays. Carmen, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, said: "I was playing with fire, but me being stupid, I thought 'oh well, they've just cut it out. "I had a second chance in life so I still went back on [tanning beds]. I was naughty because I'd just had melanoma in my back. I should never have gone back on them. It got to the stage where me and my hubby were going away for Christmas or going out for a night out or to a spa and we'd have the odd sunbed. "Please don't think a tan is more important than having your life. Those sunbeds damage your skin. They age you and they kill you. There's so many people that use these sunbeds at such a young age and they don't realise that they give you cancer. They are not safe and please do not listen to what they say in the shops." Carmen has been using the beds since she was 15 years old when she would hire them with her sister for an hour over periods of six weeks. Sin){kind=link}
Carmen Oakes was told a red-coloured mole on her back was cancerous but after a successful operation she went right back to the tanning salon and she now has stage four metastatic melanoma
A sunbed addict mum has said she was âstupid’ to get back on tanning beds after she was diagnosed with cancer for the second time.
Carmen Oakes was told a red-coloured mole on her back was cancerous in June 2014 but after a successful operation she went right back to the tanning salon. Now she says she mis-used her “second chance at life” by refusing to ditch her almost-weekly sunbed sessions after a second more serious diagnosis. The 48-year-old couldn’t give up her 30-year sunbed habit and ‘played with fire ‘ by maintaining tanning sessions almost every week and now has stage four cancer.
Mum-of-two Carmen was diagnosed with stage four metastatic melanoma in January after a four-inch mass was found in her right lung. She says she regrets not heeding her first warning and blames sunbeds for her devastating diagnosis – warning others to “avoid ruining their skin” with their powerful UV rays. Carmen, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, said: “I was playing with fire, but me being stupid, I thought ‘oh well, they’ve just cut it out.
“I had a second chance in life so I still went back on [tanning beds]. I was naughty because I’d just had melanoma in my back. I should never have gone back on them. It got to the stage where me and my hubby were going away for Christmas or going out for a night out or to a spa and we’d have the odd sunbed.