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BEAUTY: Solarium tanning damages your skin

June 28, 2008 – 1:53 pm

Our skin is the largest organ in our body. Many factors will cause damage on our body. In today’s world UVA and UVB rays are the biggest enemy of the skin. All people like a tanned body, however they have to protect themselves from these rays. It is important to know that one of the main causes of skin cancer is to exposure ultraviolet radiation which is produced by the sun or indoor tanning such as solarium.

 

 

 

Solarium Tanning Salons
All solarium salons tell you that they offer the safest way of tanning. In order to tempt to customers they decrease the prices. However, these solarium salons are not a safe option. Although they are not safe, their numbers are increasing at an alarming rate. People should become conscious about the harmful affects of solarium and they should be aware that solarium offers no benefits, but only risks.

Is Solarium a safe way of tanning?
As I mentioned before UVA and UVB rays cause a skin cancer. In addition to this knowledge, they also cause a deterioration of the skin such as aging and wrinkling. They also cause a loss of elasticity in our skin. Solarium is an indoor tanning with the light tubes that emit UVA and UVB radiation on our body. You may have heard that solarium is a safe way of tanning. However, some studies have been published that solariums increase our risk of skin cancer and cause a premature ageing of our skin. You should keep in mind that it is not the sun but the radiations produced by the sun cause bad affects on our body. Looking at this explanation, as we all know that UVA and UVB are the main cause of skin damage, we should both avoid tanning both provided by the sun and solariums.

How to avoid the risk of solarium
There is no way to decrease the bad affects of solarium, so you should trust yourself and your natural skin color. You should take care of your skin, do not forget that skin is the biggest clothes that you wear. If you have gone solarium within the past 48 hours, you should avoid the sun exposure. There is also an additional risk of solarium if you are using certain drugs such as antibiotics, and also if you have been treated for sun spots. Solariums will cause an irritation and dryness in your skin, so if you have suffered from an allergy to light you must avoid tanning. Some people also may think that solarium and sun are needed for getting vitamin D. This knowledge is not true in today’s world because sun has much more harmful affects. If you think that you have vitamin D deficiency then you should talk with your doctor and take his/her advices. You should remember that solarium tanning is not safer that the sun tanning. If you really want to tan your body, you can use fake tanning methods.

Fake Tanning
Fake tans provide an alternative to sunbathing or solariums. It is the safer way of tanning. This methods offer a sunless tanning. You can use sprays, lotions or creams for fake tanning. This method does not any harmful side affects. However you should make an allergy test before apply these products. And you should keep in mind, that these fake tanning products will not protect you against UVA and UVB rays, so you should not forget to wear a hat and sun glass before you go out.