And tanning beds and sunbathing make the skin age faster and causes wrinkles.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/esoh-tba113020.php
News Release 1-Dec-2020
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Tanning beds and sunbathing not only increase a woman's chances of developing malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, but may also be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to new research.
A study of over 116,000 women in the USA, published today (Wednesday) in Human Reproduction [1], one of the world's leading reproductive medicine journals, has found that the risk of endometriosis increased the more young women used tanning beds, got sunburnt or used sunscreen during their teenage and young adulthood years.
However, the study also found that women living in parts of the country with high levels of ultraviolet light throughout the year, such as southern parts of the US, were less likely to be diagnosed with the painful condition, in which tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places like the ovaries and fallopian tubes.
Professor Leslie Farland, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Public Health (USA), who led the research, said: "Prior research into the long-term health consequences of endometriosis has suggested that women with endometriosis are at greater risk of melanoma. While the exact mechanisms underlying the association between endometriosis and melanoma are not known, several studies have found a greater risk of endometriosis in women who are sensitive to sunlight, don't tan easily and have red hair, light eyes, freckling or a high number of moles. These associations may reflect a common genetic background between endometriosis and melanoma, or an underlying association between sun exposure and risk of endometriosis."
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