Thom ages for anti-sunbed campaign
Sandi Thom has been artificially aged 30 years to warn of the dangers of using sunbeds.
The pictures were created using age-modification technology to show how the singer could look through overexposure to UV rays.
In one image, Thom is aged 57 with severe skin damage and has deep-set wrinkles, sagging skin, drooping eyelids, large bags around her eye area and skin discolouration as a result of sunbed use.
In contrast, another image shows how the singer and songwriter could look aged 57 with natural age progression, with 70 per cent fewer wrinkles and far less sagging skin.
Thom, 27, said: “I’m in a state of shock and the thought of looking like this at 57 is terrifying.
“Having seen these images I can honestly say I am never going to use a sunbed again.”
She added: “You can so easily get brown from a bottle these days, there is just no point in ruining your looks and risking skin cancer by using sunbeds.
“I hope the horrible image of me will make other young people think twice before they next use a sunbed.”
Caroline Cerny, SunSmart campaign manager at Cancer Research UK, said: “We want to provide young people with a shocking visual representation of how sunbeds and over-exposure to the sun can dramatically affect the way you look further down the line.
“While young people may be using sunbeds as they think they make them look good now, in the long term they are doing serious damage to their looks.”
The charity said sunbeds not only damage people’s appearances, but they also significantly increase the risk of skin cancer.
Using a sunbed before the age of 35 increases the risk of skin cancer by up to 75 per cent, it added.
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