The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer announced that it moved ultraviolet tanning beds to its highest cancer risk category, along with arsenic and cigarettes. "I was checked or screened in February and they found a melanoma on my leg, very common in women, lower legs -- and it was removed," said skin cancer survivor Angela Davis. "It was cancerous."

Davis used to tan years ago. She has since heeded all the warnings. More than 20 new studies on skin cancer in the medical journal Lancet concludes that using tanning beds increases the risk of skin cancer by 75 percent for some people. The culprit is UV radiation coming from tanning lights.

"The, uh, data's been clear for years that what tanning beds emit, which is mostly UVA, is actually carcinogenic," said dermatologist Dr. Eric Finzi. Finzi said the skin cancer can creep up on some patients. He recalled a patient of his in her 30s who used a tanning bed regularly since her teens.

"By the time I saw her at age 32, I had to excise 12 skin cancers on her neck, chest, back, all over," he said. According to experts, there are dangers in natural tans, as well. It's far safer to have just very moderate amounts of real sunshine," Finzi said. Still, one tanning bed user said it's a risk that he's willing to take. "We put ourselves at risk doing a lot of things, um, and so whether or not it's over-sensationalized…it's just another prevalent risk," Rich Rosenblatt said.