Tanning addiction, also known as tanorexia, is an obsession with self-image that goes beyond the “whim” of looking tan and attractive, and mainly affects young women between 16 and 35 years old, according to psychologist and director of the Institute of Advanced Psychotherapies, Luis Antón.
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It is an obsession that stems from a self-perception failure where the problem is not in what the person sees, but in the way their brain processes their own image.
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Specifically, tanorexia consists of “repeated and intense” exposure to ultraviolet radiation, either solar or through artificial UV ray cabins.
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