Dermatologists Send Patients Tanning
Monday, 10 May 2010 14:24
An International Smart Tan Network survey of indoor tanning clients conducted in January 2010 revealed that 11 percent of tanning clients say a doctor referred them to a tanning salon for therapeutic reasons and that 28 percent of those referring physicians were dermatologists. The survey shows that the recent press release from the American Academy of Dermatology in which the organization contended that "100 percent of dermatologists discourage tanning" is baseless. Depression and psoriasis are two conditions for which indoor tanning was recommended. According to Smart Tan, an estimated 1.5 million Americans utilize tanning salons to informally treat psoriasis in lieu of phototherapy in a dermatologist's office.| < Prev | Next > |
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