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Tanning dependence or tanorexia (a portmanteau of tanning and anorexia) is a syndrome where an individual appears to have a physical or psychological dependence on sunbathing or the use of ultraviolet (UV) tanning beds to darken the complexion of the skin.
Mar 16, 2024 · Tanning addiction, also known as tanorexia or compulsive sunbathing, is a condition characterized by an obsessive desire to achieve and maintain a tan, often at the expense of one's health.
Tanning addiction may not be as severe as drug addiction, but there is a lot of debate about whether to include it in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as a true behavioral addiction. I have lived and survived through "tanorexia" and I know it to be real.
Jun 20, 2014 · In short, empirical research evidence demonstrating a genuine addiction to tanning that encompasses all the known and expected physical and psychological consequences of addiction has yet to be proven.
Tanorexia: when getting a tan becomes an addiction. August 26 2015. On a warm August evening in Madrid a steady stream of tanned customers parade out of a tanning salon—even in sunny Spain, the...
May 11, 2012 · Learn what research has discovered about tanning and why you may feel like being tan is a necessity. Are you Tanorexic? Are You Addicted to Sun-Bathing, the Tanning Bed or Looking Tan?
Sep 3, 2018 · However, I along with my colleagues in Norway recently reconceptualised tanorexia as a ‘tanning addiction’ and developed a scale to assess it (which was recently published in a 2018 issue of ...
