article_snippet.sent: We are well versed in the dangers of using sunbeds, with skin cancer preying on the minds of all who expose their skin to the UV rays.
article_snippet.sent: But experts have warned Herpes is not the only health danger associated with the pursuit of an artificial year-round tan.
article_snippet.sent: Those compelled by a desire for bronzed skin are also at risk of catching a sexually transmitted infection - herpes.
article_snippet.sent: Dermatologist Dawn Marie Davies, from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, warns sunbed users could be putting sunbed users at risk of contracting the sexually transmitted infection, herpes .
article_snippet.sent: Dermatologist Dawn Marie Davies, an associate professor of dermatology at the Mayo Clinic in MinnesotaMinnesota, warns the virus, and other bacteria, can survive on tanning beds, despite the heat. '
article_snippet.sent: In my practice, I've seen acquired bacterial infections, warts, and herpes infections from tanning beds,' Dermatologist Dawn Marie Davies, an associate professor of dermatology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota told Yahoo.
article_snippet.sent: Dermatologist Dawn Marie Davies, an associate professor of dermatology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota said staphylococcus bacteria, which can cause skin infections, faecal bacteria, the herpes virus and the wart-causing human papillomavirus are all able to withstand the heat of a sunbed to survive.
article_snippet.sent: Ultraviolet light can theoretically kill germs, but it's not enough to kill germs on the tanning bed,' Professor Davies warned. '
article_snippet.sent: What's interesting is that when you use the ultraviolet light over and over again - and the tanning bed lights are on for multiple hours a day - if the bacteria or virus is exposed to some antiseptic but not enough to kill virus, or some light but not enough to kill virus, virus can grow stronger and then virus becomes resistant.'
article_snippet.sent: Professor Davies warns that the virus can remain on tanning beds, infecting other sunbed users .
highlights_snippet.sent: Skin cancer is not the only health danger lurking for sunbed users .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Dermatologist warns Herpes can thrive in the warm enviroment .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Ultraviolent light can kill bacteria, but level in tanning booths is not enough .
  