Life Hack: An expert on why you should always opt for fake tan and SPF over sunbeds

Nothing looks more beautiful in your 50s and 60s than the use of sunscreen in your 20s

Even one sunbed increases your risk of melanoma by 20% and if one uses a sunbed before aged 35 years this increases to 60%. Picture: iStck

Recent research in Cork has found that a large percentage of Irish people still use sunbeds, prompting Tánaiste Micheál Martin to announce he would back a sunbed ban as “they are carcinogenic”.

His comments come after a recent survey from South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital and University College Cork found over 41% of people have used a sunbed, while some 10.6% of people had used a sunbed in the last year, despite knowing the health risks.