Uso del bronceado artificial como factor de riesgo para el melanoma maligno

Abstract

Introduction: nowadays, in many wester countries a tanned skin is aesthetically desirable, so, artifical techniques have been developed to achieve this effect by using tanning chambers. However, overexposing the skin to Ultraviolet Rays causes burns that it can develop cutaneous melanomas. Objective: to analyze the incidence of artificial tanning in health t hrough a bibliographic review to know the relationship with cutaneous melanoma. Methodology: In this study a bibliographic and documented review it was a conducted on tanning chambers and their incidence in the appearance of cutaneous melanoma that affect the health of people. To do this, It was used the keywords: artificial tanning, melanoma, malignant and cutaneous to select 35 articles after a systematization process. Results: The risk of cutaneous melanoma increases by 75% when tanning chambers are impl emented at a young age Conclusions: It could be concluded that the use of tanning chambers for aesthetic reasons represents a risk to people's health. In addition, few countries were found to regulate artificial tanning as a risk factor for the health of t he population. Finally, in the case of Ecuador, a direct relationship between the use of artificial tanning and cutaneous melanoma it couldn’t be determined, because there aren’t clinical and statistical studies to evaluate this problem.