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The woman known as the "Tanning Mom" is going to have a cameo appearance in an upcoming episode of a gay porn series.

California girls who dream about the sun-kissed skin glorified in song by Katy Perry will have to wait until they turn 18 before they can get the effect from tanning beds under a new first-in-the-nation law.

Despite repeated warnings from dermatologists on the health dangers of tanning, a large percentage of Caucasians admitted using tanning beds or intentionally tanning outdoors in the past year.

When it gets cold, I can’t stand the fact that my body goes all white (I live in the northwest US). I want to try tanning, but I’ve heard it’s really bad for you. Is it really all that unhealthy?

International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as "probable carcinogens."