It's not just a tanning obsession that has experts concerned. Eyebrows have also been raised by a technology that some say is just a rebranding of the type of treatment offered at commercial solariums, which Australia banned a decade ago.
Commercial solariums were banned in Australia a decade ago, but many Australians are still tanning and now a "disturbing" trend has alarmed experts. Suntanning trends with the hashtag #sunburnttanlines have garnered over two million views on TikTok this summer, sparking fresh warnings that there's "no such thing as a safe tan".
They feature modified sunbeds called collariums, or collagen beds, and have been recently being promoted as a healthy alternative to solariums despite emitting ultraviolet UV radiation. Professor Cust said such facilities appeared to be rebranded solariums.
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