Tanning mom Patricia Krentcil, the woman who made headlines earlier this year after allowing her five-year-old daughter to use a tanning booth, has decided that enough’s enough. After being jokes about and ridiculed endlessly in the press for her leathery complexion, Krentcil has decided to give up the activity that skyrocketed her to infamy.
According to WCTI, Krentcil received a challenge from In Touch magazine to avoid tanning for an entire month. She accepted, though the ensuing lack of UV rays left the mom feeling “weird and pale”. She also admitted that she has suffered from what doctors describe as “tanorexia” in the past. “Tanorexia” is an addiction to the process of tanning, be it real or artificial.
“Everyone says I look so much better less tan,” she explained. And they’re correct. Without the leathery appearance, Krentcil looks a lot healthier and younger.
Jezebel reports that, while she did succeed in the challenge set forth by the popular magazine, she did feel the overwhelming urge to tan, though she wouldn’t admit that’s she’s still addicted to tanning. However, Krentcil did admit she still uses Jergens self tanning lotion.
As you can tell after comparing the above image to the one nestled below, the lack of tanning has taken years off of Patricia’s appearance. In fact, had I not known going in that these In Touch photos were of the notorious tanning mom, I never would have recognized her. The transformation is startling.
Although a lot of folks like to poke fun at tanning addiction, it has become a very serious issue over the past few years. According to Wikipedia, a 2005 study into the matter showed that those individuals who are excessive tanners experience a “loss of control” over their tanning schedules. The behavior they display is essentially no different from individuals who have an addiction to drugs, alcohol, and smoking.
image via In Touch
it's about TIME!
She looks really nice now… still has a little gold in her skin… very nice!
that's good! She looked like some horrid monster before!
she got her 15 min. of fame but who cares!
Actually the other time was just makeup on her face to create a news story.
Hopefully her 15 minuets of fame will fade soon.
Hopefully her 15 minuets of fame will fade soon.
She still has a possibility to suffer from the long-term effects of her previous tanning regimen. Sad.
She looks so pretty without any tan!
Pathetic.
She looks so much better without the tan.
She looks great!
She looks great!
She looks great!
She looks great!
She looks great!
She looks great!
Much, much better than before.
Cant believe…that this is fu*king news…
What a way to get attention. She probably needs psyciatric help! Who cares?
What a way to get attention. She probably needs psyciatric help! Who cares?
She looks so much better, and healthier.
She looks so much better, and healthier.
My gosh! What a HUGE difference! I was just stunned and she looks SO pretty now!
Sad that she couldn't have stopped before she (allegedly) put her daughter in danger.
So much better! Beautiful!
So much better! Beautiful!
So much better! Beautiful!
So much better! Beautiful!
So much better! Beautiful!
So much better! Beautiful!
So much better! Beautiful!
So much better! Beautiful!
So much better! Beautiful!
OMG she looks so much healthier and pretty! Good job Mom!
Oh..too bad. She was only a couple more session from achieving the "reverse Michael Jackson"
Oh..too bad. She was only a couple more session from achieving the "reverse Michael Jackson"
Oh..too bad. She was only a couple more session from achieving the "reverse Michael Jackson"
Oh..too bad. She was only a couple more session from achieving the "reverse Michael Jackson"
Oh..too bad. She was only a couple more session from achieving the "reverse Michael Jackson"
Oh..too bad. She was only a couple more session from achieving the "reverse Michael Jackson"
Oh..too bad. She was only a couple more session from achieving the "reverse Michael Jackson"
She looks much better natural. I'm going through removal of skin cancer all over my body due to tanning salons and sun burn when I was a teen. If I had only known what would happen!
she still looks like leather.
why so serious? is what she said to batman.
why so serious? is what she said to batman.
she looks like she belongs in the planet of the apes.
she looks like she belongs in the planet of the apes.
Looking good Patricia!
What a walking freak show! Hope she gets her act together.
I am also a recovering tanorexic….it does hide a multitude of sins on your body, who cares? she looks beautiful and healthy!
If that is what she looks like now much, much, better. She doesn't look like a burnet black woman. Now She looks like a normal white woman. Don't go back to tanning You look so much better, healther, younger, not burnnnt.
her face might look SLIGHTLY better but shes still a moron on the inside.
her face might look SLIGHTLY better but shes still a moron on the inside.
Why should she stop now? She's not dead yet.
I can't believe she's only 44. With the tan, she looks at least 20 years older. Without it,15 years older. Tanning Mom Patricia Krentcil's New Look in "In Touch" Magazine Photoshoot and Before After Pictures Here
http://tinyurl.com/Tanning-Mom-In-Touch-2012
I swear, that lady must wish she was black or something. Nothing wrong with that.
She still has a tan, except now it looks good. Everything in moderation.
She is still a nutbag!
Meg Ryan on mothballs……
WOW SHES GORGEOUS (NOW WITH OUT ALL THAT TANNING ).