She began using sunbeds again three months ago after a holiday in France. But she gave up when friends commented that she was not as brown as usual. I swore I'd never use a sunbed again.'įor a few months after her operation in January to remove the cancerous mole on her thigh and two less dangerous ones on her back, Miss Hovelsas tried fake tanning. 'The doctor confirmed that the cancer was aggravated by sunbathing and using sunbeds and added there was strong chance it could return. 'Luckily it was caught in time, so I didn't need chemotherapy. 'If I'd left it, the cancer would have spread and killed me. I was cursing myself and just thought "You stupid girl, you only have yourself to blame". 'I was so scared, I couldn't stop crying. It was in November last year that Miss Hovelsas noticed a dark spot on her left thigh.Įventually she made an appointment at The Mole Clinic in London where she was told it was probably cancerous. 'I told myself it wasn't going to happen to me.'
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I presumed it was because she has fair skin and I thought I'd be fine because my skin is naturally darker.
'I was devastated when mum developed cancer,' Miss Hovelsas said. Then three years ago her mother had two cancerous moles removed from her back and leg. Even though I had heard about the dangers, I didn't take them seriously.' 'I became addicted,' she told Closer magazine. Her mother June, 49, a retired nurse, warned her not to use it more than twice a week. On her 18th birthday she asked her parents for her own sunbed. After admiring comments from friends, she was soon visiting salons five times a week. She started her tanning habit in earnest at 15.
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