‘Tanorexic’ schoolgirl defies sunbed ban

A “TANOREXIC” schoolgirl who used sunbeds up to five times a week has told how she is defying doctors’ orders to stop.

Hayley Barlow, 14, used solariums almost daily when she first began tanning at the age of 12 - telling her mother she was going to out to the cinema or for a pizza.

Doctors have told her she now has the skin of a 25-year-old and is at serious risk of developing skin cancer by the age of 30.

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