*update*Tanning Injections Killed Bride-to-Be, Despite Being Banned

[juliemd]

I don't tan at all. just turn bright red. burnt my ass the one time i tried a tanning bed.

[rob666]

You can still buy melanotan online in Canada. Scary shit IMHO, I mean wtf is it doing to change the pigment that much? I've seen pics of guys that looked like they went from being white to being Cuban on that shit.

[candymosh]

did not even know about tanning jabs.

learn something new every day

[Flaka]

tanning injections?
first time I've heard of this

[alpha.first.one]

no lose to humanity there.

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by Flaka

tanning injections?
first time I've heard of this

Me too. I've seen supps in health food stores but never touched them as don't believe they'd do a thing!

I just enjoy getting sunkissed and extra freckly

[Angelahh]

I think your news source just regurgitated some old news when the autopsy results came out yesterday. Looks like the girl actually died from complications of being fat sadly

Young woman died from severe heart failure
3:37pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

Experts said 26-year-old Jenna Vickers was “severely overweight” when she collapsed in a tanning cubicle in the Tantastic salon in Bury Road, Breightmet, on Monday, September 3.

At first it was believed Miss Vickers’ death could have been linked to tanning injections she had bought online but Bolton’s assistant deputy coroner, Alison Hewitt, ruled it out at yesterday’s inquest.
A jury at Bolton Coroners Court heard how Miss Vickers had no apparent health problems apart from headaches.

She weighed 25 stone and had a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 58. The ideal range for a person’s BMI is between 21 and 25.

The night before her death Miss Vickers had complained of chest pains to her fiancé Brian Watson but thought it was due to indigestion.

She also gave herself an injection of Melanotan in her stomach before going to bed at 10pm.

A pathologist ruled out the Melatonin injections as the cause of Miss Vickers’ death.

Dr Patrick Waugh, pathologist at the Royal Bolton Hospital, said Mrs Vickers died of severe heart failure caused by her obesity.

He added: “My findings are that she was severely overweight.”

A post-mortem examination revealed Miss Vickers had an enlarged heart and narrowed arteries caused by high cholesterol.

Dr Waugh said the severe chest pains the night before were also consistent with her heart failure the following day.

He added: "I think in this case people who are overweight are more susceptible to increased cholesterol in their blood stream, high blood pressure and diabetes."

The jury ruled Miss Vickers’ injuries as acute cardiac failure due to obesity and that she died of natural causes.

Ms Hewitt said: “I do want to thank all the witnesses who helped in this complex and difficult matter. And to the family, I am really sorry that this happened and that you lost Jenna in this tragic way. It truly is a tragic event and I hope some of the questions you had surrounding her death have been answered.”

Owners of the tanning website where Miss Vickers bought her Melanotan — tanninginjections.com — were given a caution as a result of the investigation into her death. The website can no longer be found online.

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Pics and stuff I snagged from replies/posts on her Twitter account. Noticed the one post of a guy saying he can ship them to the Uk....

Thought Sharon would love the tattoo pic which btw was posted 7 days after her post about "getting a tan already" - she doesnt look tan at all to me

[Faline]

Thanks for the update
I'd love to know how those mega fat cunts that way over 40 stone don't have heart attacks then.

[kellyhound]

now you're dead

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by Kelly

I'd love to know how those mega fat cunts that way over 40 stone don't have heart attacks then.