Posted: 07/24/05 - 02:00 Post subject: Tanning and birth control
Hi all. Can anyone here tell me if it safe to go to tanning bed while on birth control?? You see, I’m on the Ortho Evra patch and I would like to go to tanning bed next week but I’m not sure if it was safe or not. Any thoughts will be more than welcome. Thank you.
There are no physically harmful interaction effects. At least none that I know of. However, tanning itself is harmful to the skin and tanning in a tanning bed carries a significant chance of getting skin cancer. Any exposure to intense and harmful ultraviolet radiation increases risk of skin cancer. The risk is the same when you are using birth control - if that's what you're asking. Hope this helps.
Posted: 01/02/07 - 17:42 Post subject: tanning while on ortho evra
Many young women using ortho evra birth control patches use tanning beds, which undoubtedly increases their skin temperature or heats their skin, which according to this news article could increase the amount of hormone absorbed. The article also states that skin irritation increases the absorption rate of medications in skin patches. I've read many postings of young women using ortho evra patches complaining about skin irritation underneath the patch. My daughter had chronic skin irritation under her patch, which turned out to be a fungal infection. That also makes sense because fungi thrive in moist dark areas that don't receive much air circulation, hence, underneath the patch
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