Doctor warns dangerous ‘sunburning’ TikTok trend is a major cancer risk

The reckless trend involves exposing the skin without sun protection and has been slammed by medics (Image: Getty) Doctors are urgently warning Brits to ignore a bizarre TikTok trend that encourages people to avoid using sunscreen in order to get an intentional "healthy boost" or "burn off" acne. The reckless trend, which involves exposing the skin without sun protection, has been slammed by medical professionals who say it is incredibly dangerous and could lead to devastating skin cancer. As the UK endures some of the highest temperatures of the summer so far, millions are expected to be out sunbathing this weekend - putting themselves at serious risk.

Dr Claire Merrifield, GP and medical director at Selph , is horrified by the dangerous advice being spread on social media. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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