{"id":675509,"date":"2026-05-31T06:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675509\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T06:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:20:08","slug":"for-gen-z-tanmaxxing-rules-despite-skin-cancer-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675509\/","title":{"rendered":"For Gen Z, &#8216;Tanmaxxing&#8217; Rules, Despite Skin Cancer Warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        Members of Gen Z may be known for their elaborate skincare routines, often highlighted online, but a good chunk of them are apparently stepping into tanning beds anyway. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/25\/well\/gen-z-sun-tanning-dermatologists.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a> reports on young &#8220;tanfluencers&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@alisha.hally\/video\/7560483017580350738?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7530706791438992909\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok users<\/a> who post from tanning beds, track UV indexes to time sunbathing, and share tips on &#8220;tanmaxxing&#8221;\u2014even as dermatologists continue to warn that indoor tanning is in the same cancer-risk category as asbestos and plutonium, and that early use can sharply raise melanoma risk.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        The Times cites a recent American Academy of Dermatology survey showing that only a quarter of 18- to 29-year-olds say they&#8217;re worried about getting skin cancer, compared with nearly 40% in the general population. Meanwhile, 20% say a tan matters more than prevention, while only 14% from the entire population believe that. Misinformation appears to be fueling this behavior: Many Gen Z respondents cited TikTok and Instagram as their main skincare sources and were more likely to believe myths like &#8220;sunscreen causes cancer&#8221; or &#8220;base tans protect you.&#8221;&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        &#8220;There is no such thing as a safe tan,&#8221; Murad Alam, president of the American Academy of Dermatology, tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2026\/05\/02\/tanning-skin-cancer-myths-raise-alarm\/89908974007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a>. &#8220;Every time you tan or burn, you are damaging the DNA in your skin.&#8221; Dermatologists and therapists interviewed by the Times say that online normalization, distrust of medicine, and a dim view of the future, which can affect how seriously individuals take possible long-term repercussions, are all in the mix. More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/25\/well\/gen-z-sun-tanning-dermatologists.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allure.com\/story\/gen-z-tanning-trends-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allure<\/a> also takes a deep dive into this sun-worshipping generational phenomenon.)&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Members of Gen Z may be known for their elaborate skincare routines, often highlighted online, but a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[153,97,51506,49708,36854,38253,35960,5972,294644,294645,1153],"class_list":["post-675509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gen-z","tag-health","tag-melanoma","tag-misinformation","tag-skin-cancer","tag-skin-care","tag-skincare","tag-sunscreen","tag-tanning","tag-tanning-bed","tag-tiktok"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}