Design is Dangerous

America prides itself on their latest fashion, technologies, and medical advances.  With these advances, people are always trying to “keep up with the Jones’.”  The American dream of wealth and capitalization sometimes gets lost into the extremes of superficial designs and products.  An example of an extremity in which beauty is put first before health is a tanning bed.  While the tanning bed was designed to give superficial UVA rays (two to three times stronger than the sun) to the individual in order to achieve a fake glow, many hazards and consequences have occurred.  This design is out in the society today, and people all over the United States are just asking for their superficial need to glow to turn into cancer.  The consequences are extreme and many people still seem to abuse the design.  With all good things must come moderation, the addiction to the tanning bed is what serves cancer on a silver platter to the participating individuals.  Sun is known to raise a person’s endorphins and when the fake rays are substituted for real daylight, is when the health problems arise.  The pressure to feel beautiful in the ever-changing United States is harmful to our society.  Natural aging should be recognized as a beauty, rather than something to be ashamed of.  The marketing of the tanning bed and the slick up dated technology may fool some into believing that there are no real risks in participating in fake baking.  This particular design was not intended to cause or raise the stakes of developing cancer, but rather as a simple and affective way to bronze quicker, in and out of changing seasons.  Luckily, more and more awareness is being brought to the ‘tanning addiction.’ Adds and Campaigns such as the women’s magazine, Cosmopolitan, promote and want readers to practice safe sun.  The key to avoiding this epidemic is to never participate in the tanning act, for it is addicting and the health risks prove too high.  


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