Do you have tanorexia?
https://sunandsin.com/articles/109/1/Do-you-have-tanorexia/Page1.html
By SunandSin.com
Published on 05/31/2007
Some people do no feel good about themselves without having a tan. A new term is coined for this: Tanorexia.
Some people do no feel good about themselves without having a tan. A new term is coined for this: Tanorexia.
A tan to die for
BBC reports that it is a huge market for year-round tanning. Many people have a desire to be brown at any cost and this is now
described as "tanorexia."
described as "tanorexia."
50% of the population of the UK say they feel healthier with a tan.
But there are people that not only top up their tan with a trip to the sunbed before travelling off on vacation - Tanorexics, as they are known, are obsessed with having a permanent deep tan and are compelled to use tanning machines much more than is healthy.