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  • Concern over 'tanorexic' teenagers has led to new laws banning under-18s from using sunbeds, although they have yet to come into force in England and Wales.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Concern over 'tanorexic' teenagers has led to new laws banning under-18s from using sunbeds, although they have yet to come into force in England and Wales.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Concern over 'tanorexic' teenagers has led to new laws banning under-18s from using sunbeds, although they have yet to come into force in England and Wales.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Concern over 'tanorexic' teenagers has led to new laws banning under-18s from using sunbeds, although they have yet to come into force in England and Wales.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Check out the other "tanorexic" celebrities that seem to get their style tips from Oompa Loompas ... "alt =" Regardless of the season, there's always one look that seems to be in style all year round in Hollywood: over-the-top tan.

    NY Daily News 2009

  • And while we're supposed to connect with the cocky crew — made up of slightly racist Jimmy, single dad Steven, newbie Vin, pragmatic Nick and tanorexic hardbody Brace — as everyday dudes making their way in the world and all that, it's hard to get past what and who they do to really get a grip on who they are and why they chose this career.

    Watercooler: Gigolos...You've Got Male! 2011

  • A tanorexic who makes Snooki look like a ghost and fries her skin 'til she bleeds.

    Watercooler: Our Strange Addiction 2011

  • House Minority Leader John Boehner, shockingly even more tanorexic this week, said on Meet the Press, "It's worth considering."

    Tina Dupuy: GOP: Bring Back 'Corruption of Blood' 2010

  • Ms. CICALA: I called myself a tanorexic, because I would look into the mirror and never see myself as dark as other people would see me - much as an anorexic would never see themselves as thin as other people would see them.

    That Not-So-Healthy Glow: The Dangers Of Tanning 2010

  • If the danger of skin cancer or the early onset of wrinkles and leathery skin doesn't dissuade a tanorexic from curbing the habit, there are safe solutions that should be considered:

    Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Tanorexia: The Unhealthy Glow of a New Addiction 2010

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