{"id":4782,"date":"2010-10-29T04:00:32","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/tans-are-not-damage-derm-says\/"},"modified":"2010-10-29T04:00:32","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T08:00:32","slug":"tans-are-not-damage-derm-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/tans-are-not-damage-derm-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Tans Are Not Damage, Derm Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>\u201cA suntan is an evolutionary device, it protects against burning. A suntan is just a sign of increased pigment, melanin, in the skin and is a natural biological response to the sun, not a sign of skin damage.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 Dr. Sam Shuster, Emeritus Professor of Dermatology, Newcastle University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2010-10-29-Tans-are-not-damage-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4783\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"2010-10-29 Tans are not damage copy\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2010-10-29-Tans-are-not-damage-copy.jpg\" alt=\"2010-10-29 Tans are not damage copy\" width=\"285\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Ever notice how dermatology industry leaders who aren&#8217;t connected to chemical sunscreen dollars are more likely to be honest that suntans are natural and intended and that calling a tan &#8216;damage&#8217; is as misleading as  calling exercise &#8216;damage&#8217; to your muscles?<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shuster is among many in the British dermatology community calling for a more sensible message about sun exposure and suntans. His views were shared by American dermatology pioneer Dr. Bernard Ackerman, a highly decorated leader in dermatology who tanned himself and who pioneered much of the field of dermatopathology.<\/p>\n<p>Like Shuster, Ackerman was not tied in any way to chemical sunscreen dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA suntan is an evolutionary device, it protects against burning. A suntan is just a sign of increased pigment, melanin, in the skin and is a natural biological response to the sun, not a sign of skin damage.&#8221; \u2014 Dr. Sam Shuster, Emeritus Professor of Dermatology, Newcastle University. Ever notice how dermatology industry leaders who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tans Are Not Damage, Derm Says - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cA suntan is an evolutionary device, it protects against burning. A suntan is just a sign of increased pigment, melanin, in the skin and is a natural biological response to the sun, not a sign of skin damage.&quot; \u2014 Dr. Sam Shuster, Emeritus Professor of Dermatology, Newcastle University. Ever notice how dermatology industry leaders who aren&#039;t connected to chemical sunscreen dollars are more likely to be honest that suntans are natural and intended and that calling a tan &#039;damage&#039; is as misleading as calling exercise &#039;damage&#039; to your muscles? Dr. Shuster is among many in the British dermatology community calling for a more sensible message about sun exposure and suntans. His views were shared by American dermatology pioneer Dr. Bernard Ackerman, a highly decorated leader in dermatology who tanned himself and who pioneered much of the field of dermatopathology. 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