tanning bed
noun
US
: a machine that people lie in while being exposed to bright light in order to darken their skin
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Before then, it was thought that indoor tanners were about 75% percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors, and that just one session in a tanning bed could increase the risk by 20 percent.
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Tori Crowther, Allure, 19 Mar. 2026
People would go to the tanning bed for sure.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
The new research looked at thousands of medical records to compare melanoma rates in people who used tanning beds and those who did not, and found nearly a threefold increase in the risk of melanoma among tanning bed users.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
The researchers looked at the medical records of 32,315 patients seen by the Dermatology service at Northwestern University, with 7,474 of these individuals having reported tanning bed usage.
—New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2025
Researchers found that tanning bed users were nearly three times as likely to develop melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — compared to people who'd never tanned indoors.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 14 Dec. 2025
Things take a turn for the whimsical when, with the help of some lightning — and later, Taffy’s tanning bed — Lisa finds a companion in an undead, Victorian-era Cole Sprouse, a hopeless romantic who communicates exclusively in grunts, and whose devotion to Lisa knows no bounds.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
The only way to prevent a tanning bed rash completely is to avoid tanning beds.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
At the very least, more regulation around any kind of tanning bed use, or better yet, a total ban.
—Lucy Abbersteen, Refinery29, 19 Aug. 2025
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Tori Crowther, Allure, 19 Mar. 2026
People would go to the tanning bed for sure.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
The new research looked at thousands of medical records to compare melanoma rates in people who used tanning beds and those who did not, and found nearly a threefold increase in the risk of melanoma among tanning bed users.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
The researchers looked at the medical records of 32,315 patients seen by the Dermatology service at Northwestern University, with 7,474 of these individuals having reported tanning bed usage.
—New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2025
Researchers found that tanning bed users were nearly three times as likely to develop melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — compared to people who'd never tanned indoors.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 14 Dec. 2025
Things take a turn for the whimsical when, with the help of some lightning — and later, Taffy’s tanning bed — Lisa finds a companion in an undead, Victorian-era Cole Sprouse, a hopeless romantic who communicates exclusively in grunts, and whose devotion to Lisa knows no bounds.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
The only way to prevent a tanning bed rash completely is to avoid tanning beds.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
At the very least, more regulation around any kind of tanning bed use, or better yet, a total ban.
—Lucy Abbersteen, Refinery29, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Tanning bed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tanning%20bed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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