Tanning Bed Health Risks - what are harmful effects of tanning
beds?
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We all know that the sun can be unhealthy for us. Similarly, we
know that tanning can be unhealthy for us. However, UV radiation
is a fact of life that you cannot avoid. There is no way to get
around it. So for those of us who actively pursue that perfect tan
by using the tanning beds, the question becomes is the health risk
of the tanning bed worth benefits of the tanning bed?
What Are the Health Risks of Tanning
As far as sunburns go, tanning beds are moderately better for you
than the outdoors. The main reason for this is because the short-wave
ultraviolet rays, or UVB rays are the specific radiation frequency
that causes sunburn in epidermis. The tanning beds are able to find
the “perfect balance,” between giving you UVB rays and
UVA rays. UVA rays causes the pigment cells, the cells that actually
tan, move closer to the surface of the skin, exposing them the UVB
rays, causing you to get a better tan. So, while the UVA rays of
a tanning bed are as many as four times more powerful than the sun,
it is the UVB rays that actually cause the burning and the cancer.
It is, of course, a health risk of tanning.
ADVANTAGES OF TANNING SALONS
Tanning saloons have to follow government regulations. Tanning salon stuff can determine your skin type, they ascertain client's ability to tan and history of sunburns. They also keep history of skin infections, tanning bed rashes or other conditions and...... |
Don's ignore the dangers of tanning
TANNING BED TIMER IN A TANNING SALON
Tanning salon operators essentially control the tanning times but
many leave it up to the individual to set the tanning bed timer.
The exception being some of the larger, busier salons where they
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Tanning bed health risks are just that—risks. There are risks;
the foremost one of these is of course cancer. Everyone is terrified
of cancer, paranoid about contracting if from everywhere and everything—tanning
beds at this point just seems like a likely candidate. While it
is a health risk to tan in excess, most things are a health risk
if done in excess. The idea here is that you need be informed about
your decisions; for some people, tanning is a good experience and
is healthy—but for other people the health risks greatly increase
and it is really not the best choice one could make.
Tanning bed health risks are just that—risks. There are risks;
the foremost one of these is of course cancer. Everyone is terrified
of cancer, paranoid about contracting if from everywhere and everything—tanning
beds at this point just seems like a likely candidate. While it
is a health risk to tan in excess, most things are a health risk
if done in excess. The idea here is that you need be informed about
your decisions; for some people, tanning is a good experience and
is healthy—but for other people the health risks greatly increase
and it is really not the best choice one could make.
You can get a sun burn when using tanning bed
However, you can and most likely still will get sunburn from a
tanning bed. Each person is different and each tanning bed is pre-set
to a certain amount of UVA and UVB rays, typically the average.
In reality, few people are truly “average” when it comes
to pigmentation. Therefore, if you tan, you will burn. However,
the tan is most likely going to be less severe than a similar amount
of time in the actual sunshine, simply because you can actually
control the levels of UVB radiation, making the overall health risk
of tanning somewhat less.
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Don's ignore the dangers of tanning
TANNING BED INFO
In fact, this is the reason why we have so much of sun bathing going on in the beaches and this is also the logic that is projected by the tanning bed manufacturers to market their indoor tanning products. A customer can get a tanning bed at a price that is much less than the price offered by a retail store. In spite of...... |
Tanning bed health risks are just that—risks. There are risks;
the foremost one of these is of course cancer. Everyone is terrified
of cancer, paranoid about contracting if from everywhere and everything—tanning
beds at this point just seems like a likely candidate. While it
is a health risk to tan in excess, most things are a health risk
if done in excess. The idea here is that you need be informed about
your decisions; for some people, tanning is a good experience and
is healthy—but for other people the health risks greatly increase
and it is really not the best choice one could make.
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