Woman shares graphic selfies to expose the damage sunbeds cause

Thinking of booking a sunbed session? It's time to reconsider...  Who doesn't love a warm, golden tan? Whether you’re just back from holidays, treated yourself to a spray tan or lathered it on straight out of the bottle – we all have our own methods of covering up our pasty Irish skin. One method of tanning proved to be extremely detrimental to American nurse, Jade Thrasher – with gruesome consequences. Thrasher, 26, recalls using sunbeds since she was 13, spending 20 minutes at a time and three times a week. In 2014, a spot kept reappearing on Thrasher’s nose, which would pop up, burst and fail to heal. Doctors diagnosed Thrasher with skin cancer and revealed they would have to remove the cells – the cancerous ones being situated on Thrasher’s nose.

I can't believe this has been right at a year. As i am fixing to have another plastic procedure to flatten out the graft that was placed to fill in this big hole... I can't help but think how lucky I really am. I have an amazing support team my husband, family, friends, and coworkers. Just a reminder tanning is NO fun. #skincancerawareness #skincancer #skincancersucks #skincancerprevention #skincancersurvivor #skincancerisreal #skincancerisnojoke #saynototanningbeds #saynototanning #embracethepaste

A photo posted by Jade Peek Thrasher (@jade.thrasher) on Dec 29, 2015 at 9:11pm PST

Thrasher took selfies of her nose post-op in a bid to warn others about the dangers of sunbeds and skin cancer.

Round #2 in the books. Hopefully the last! #skincancersucks #saynototanning #skincancerisreal #skincancerisnojoke #skincancersurvivor #skincancer #skincancerawareness #embracethepaste #spf A photo posted by Jade Peek Thrasher (@jade.thrasher) on Jan 8, 2016 at 2:30pm PST

Speaking to metro.co.uk, she told of how doctors used skin from her chest to cover her nose. "After surgery, for three weeks I could not bend over or do anything for myself because the graft on my sore was so crucial that I wasn’t allowed to apply pressure to my head", she said. Value your nose? Then stay away from sunbeds, ladies. Images via Instagram