I'm so pale!" The bleached-blond girl in front of me was whining to her mom about her Malibu Barbie skin tone.

"Well, you were just at the salon two days ago," her mom replied. When I heard she felt pale after two days of not tanning, my ears perked up. I'm getting a certificate in neuroscience and I mainly focus on addictions, especially sweet-food addictions and disorders like bulimia and anorexia. Suddenly another compulsive disorder had just dropped right in front of me at Quaker Bridge Mall. As it turns out, it's not just a Jersey thing either, this disorder plagues thousands of mostly young females internationally.

Read about the danger of getting addicted to going to tanning salons at http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/02/16/opinion/14483.shtml.