tanning salons

There is a strong doubt about the safety of tanning salons as long as we know that even a reduced level of exposure to UV light could prove harmful for the body system. The problematic issue with the lamps and tanning beds used in tanning salons is the intensity of the rays that are directed at the user; the skin is really absorbing much larger amounts of radiation than when simply sunbathing. A incorrect impression many users have is that only UVA rays are used in tanning salons: well that’s really far from the truth, as there are also less prevalent quantities of UVB that get irradiated and this small percentage adds up to plenty of skin cancer cases.

Statistics indicate that even when tanning outdoors, we do get some skin defensive reaction by the secretion of melanin; moreover, natural sun light causes a thickening process at the skin level. Such defenses against radiation are missing from the body reaction to the UVA rays used in tanning salons. Scientists even claim that the odds to get skin cancer are 5% higher for people who use tanning salons only once in a while, and the risk gets larger with more frequent exposures. Investigate the following when you change tanning salons.

Tanning salons that do not have step by step indications on how to use the devices and goggles to protect your eyes from the radiation could be a threat to your health. Maybe they cost just $3 for a ten-minute session, but your health deserves better. In some beauty centers, a towel is used as a means to protect the eyes from the impact of the ultraviolets; well this is surely a terrible point. Getting sunburns is no longer the nastiest side effect we should dread from ultraviolets exposure: there are more dramatic problems to be considered, and our lack of knowledge will surely not make them vanish in thin air. You have to shield not just skin, but the eyes and overall body system as such.

Even though the dangers of tanning salons have been widely talked about, their services are still more well loved than outdoor sun tanning during the summer months. More than two million Americans pay for tanning every day particularly during winter. On the other hand, studies indicate an alarming rate of melanoma, the most devastating form of cancer that can affect the human body. Only in the United States, one million people get ill with some form of skin cancer, and the highest rate has been reported in the regions with intense ultraviolet exposure.

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