Like a bad sunburn, the ‘Tan Mom’ just won’t go away. Now Patricia Krentcil, aka the "Tan Mom," is at it again, frightening the internet with a video where she jumps on the twerking bandwagon in a last ditch effort to be relevant.
Various medical studies have found that tanning, whether it be done under natural or artificial light, can greatly increase your risk of skin cancer. If anyone’s a prime example of that, it’d be Patricia Krentcil. Despite this blatant fact, a new survey from the American Academy of Dermatology has found that younger people, in particular, are still embracing tanning.
‘Tanning mom’ Patricia Krentcil is running out of places to burn herself to a crisp. According to a report on TMZ, the 44-year-old mother, who allegedly allowed her young daughter to use a tanning bed, has been banned from salons near her Nutley, New Jersey, home. What’s a tanning-addicted mom to do?
Any doubt that “Tanning Mom,” Patricia Krentcil has become a full-on celebrity was laid to rest when the New Jersey mother who makes Snooki look like a “Twilight” extra got her own ‘SNL‘ parody, courtesy of Kristen Wiig.
Despite the well-known skin cancer risks associated with indoor tanning, a new study at a midwestern university showed 93 percent of the young women there used tanning beds within the past year, with a fifth doing so 50 times or more.
The weather can make it tough to get a golden tan all year ’round. So when you need that sun-kissed look at the wrong time of year, you have to take matters into your own hands. It is not at all uncommon to turn to tanning beds, self-applied tans or spray tans, but these don’t always go the way they’re supposed to. And, because we keep seeing celebrities do it at major events, we thought we’d find
In a landmark new law, the state of California has prohibited all children under 14 from using tanning beds. State residents between the ages of 14 and 18 will only be allowed to tan under artificial light if they provide proof of parental consent.