With nights out planned out for New Year's Eve, for many a tan is high on the priority list.
While sunbeds may be tempting, skin cancer survivor Emma Giannuzzi, 36, is urging people to use fake tanning products instead, highlighting the risks associated with sunbed use.
The mother-of-two from Rogerstone, Newport, used sunbeds regularly throughout her late teens, and was twice diagnosed with melanoma, the first time at 23, and the second when she was pregnant.
"It is really not worth it that momentary feeling of 'oh yes my skin looks lovely and tanned'. It doesn't last. It's literally a moment," she said.
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