What have tanning beds done to my skin—and can I reverse the damage?

Here, a dermatologist shares what you don’t want to hear and what you’ll want to start doing from now on.

Photo by Ramez E. Nassif on Unsplash

I can pinpoint the exact year I decided I didn’t want chantilly white skin anymore. It was 2003, when two of the biggest shows of the aughts premiered—The O.C. and The Simple Life. Both had California-cool leading ladies decked in flashy designer goods and swathed in a golden (erm, orange?) glow. That was the look in …