Chapter Sunbeds, dihydroxyacetone (DHA) fake tan, and MelanoTan injections
By the early 1990s, a drastic increase in malignant melanoma rates—mainly in the UK, Europe, America, and Australia—sparked significant concern about skin cancer. In Britain, medical experts and the media attempted to curtail overall sunbed use but failed. Skincare providers and research institution...
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| description | By the early 1990s, a drastic increase in malignant melanoma rates—mainly in the UK, Europe, America, and Australia—sparked significant concern about skin cancer. In Britain, medical experts and the media attempted to curtail overall sunbed use but failed. Skincare providers and research institutions, on the other hand, realized that they could capitalize on people’s concerns by providing the most advanced “UV-free” tanning technologies. This chapter focuses on two of these technologies: dihydroxyacetone (DHA) fake tanning serums and the entirely novel invention of MelanoTan injections. An evaluation of media coverage and publications in medical journals demonstrates how such “UV-free” technologies were introduced as entirely “safe” alternatives to sunbeds and sunbathing. As Creed argues, however, both products counterintuitively promoted former risk-laden practices, and reinvigorated tanning culture overall. Tanning injections, moreover, introduced a new host of health risks for twenty-first century consumers. Such technologies therefore provide insight into the history of controversial health, beauty, and risk reduction technologies. They also demonstrate the extent to which commercial industries have simultaneously taken the lead in resolving and profiting from public health concerns since the second half of the twentieth century. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1625042025-07-05T05:03:33Z Chapter Sunbeds, dihydroxyacetone (DHA) fake tan, and MelanoTan injections Creed, Fabiola medical technology patients patient consumers health consumerism history of medicine patient rights patient information health inequities patient activism disintermediation (*same keywords as appear on catalogue form) thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology By the early 1990s, a drastic increase in malignant melanoma rates—mainly in the UK, Europe, America, and Australia—sparked significant concern about skin cancer. In Britain, medical experts and the media attempted to curtail overall sunbed use but failed. Skincare providers and research institutions, on the other hand, realized that they could capitalize on people’s concerns by providing the most advanced “UV-free” tanning technologies. This chapter focuses on two of these technologies: dihydroxyacetone (DHA) fake tanning serums and the entirely novel invention of MelanoTan injections. An evaluation of media coverage and publications in medical journals demonstrates how such “UV-free” technologies were introduced as entirely “safe” alternatives to sunbeds and sunbathing. As Creed argues, however, both products counterintuitively promoted former risk-laden practices, and reinvigorated tanning culture overall. Tanning injections, moreover, introduced a new host of health risks for twenty-first century consumers. Such technologies therefore provide insight into the history of controversial health, beauty, and risk reduction technologies. They also demonstrate the extent to which commercial industries have simultaneously taken the lead in resolving and profiting from public health concerns since the second half of the twentieth century. 2025-07-04T05:03:10Z 2025-07-04T05:03:10Z 2025-07-03T15:03:06Z 2025 chapter ONIX_20250703T165813_9781526171153_11 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103944 9781526171153 9781526171146 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/162504 eng Social Histories of Medicine open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103944/1/9781526171153-ch6.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103944/1/9781526171153-ch6.pdf Manchester University Press Manchester University Press 10.7765/9781526171153 10.7765/9781526171153 bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 Technology, health, and the patient consumer in the twentieth century Wellcome Trust d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 9781526171153 9781526171146 Wellcome Manchester University Press 27 Manchester [...] open access |
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