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" I just came from an American Academy of Dermatology meeting where Miss Maryland 2006, Brittany Lietz, 21, shared her truly scary personal story. Lietz started using tanning beds when she was 17 to get ready for her prom. She got hooked and started to use them more and more, &amp;amp;#8220;It was tanorexia&amp;amp;#8212;I&amp;amp;#8217;d look in the mirror and never felt dark enough,&amp;amp;#8221; she said. Lietz developed a red, nickel-size mole on her back but waited one and a half years to have it checked out. And when she did go to the doctor? She was immediately diagnosed with advanced melanoma. Over the past year and a half, Lietz has undergone more than 25 surgeries (the scar on her back alone is eight-inches long). Luckily, her cancer didn&amp;amp;#8217;t metastasize and spread to her lymph nodes. Now she&amp;amp;#8217;s on a mission to raise awareness about skin cancer and to get through to the one million people who go to tanning salons every day. More proof indoor tanning is just not worth it, folks. &amp;amp;#8212;Tram Photo: Sharon Stern"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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