| Tanning bed safety is your ultimate protection | | | | the guidelines exist to keep your eyes safe and |
| against the negative effects of tanning on your | | | | healthy. |
| skin. Although most people claim to understand | | | | 5. Check the Wattage |
| the dangers of tanning beds, rarely do they know | | | | When choosing a tanning bed, there is a lot to |
| the safe facts of tanning beds. | | | | know. One of the most important parts of your |
| 1. Find a great tanning bed | | | | bed is the wattage that it uses. Tanning beds can |
| Not only will your tan depend on using a high | | | | be either high output (HO) or very high output |
| quality bed in your home but so will your safety. | | | | (VHO). HO beds use 100 watt lamps, while VHO |
| With so many options out there, be sure to | | | | beds can use up to 168 watt tanning lamps. |
| research each possible bed in depth before | | | | Unless you have a special reason for buying a |
| making your big purchase. | | | | VHO tanning bed, you will probably want to |
| If you're visiting a tanning salon, make sure they | | | | choose an HO bed since they are cheaper and |
| maintain their beds and check that they have | | | | easier to purchase and re-lamp. Some HO beds |
| tanning safety advice posters in full view. | | | | may try to sell you on them by claiming to have |
| 2. Use only the best tanning lotions | | | | a high UVB, but these lamps will only increase |
| Your tanning lotion helps determine the amount of | | | | your risk of burning rather than tanning. |
| UVA and UVB rays reaching your skin. Using | | | | 6. Check The Safety Advice |
| hydrating tanning lotions made specifically for | | | | Before tanning, you should consider your reactions |
| tanning beds will help keep your skin young, safe, | | | | to sun exposure and your family history. These |
| and luscious. | | | | factors can affect your personal danger when |
| Due to the ultraviolet rays given out by tanning | | | | tanning. When visiting the salon, you should always |
| beds, your skin may age prematurely from the | | | | wear the protective safety goggles provided by |
| effects of sunburn or skin cancer. Your may also | | | | the company. By being aware of the danger, you |
| feel sick when the rays from the bed begin to | | | | can take care of your body and tan safely. |
| wear away at your immune system. | | | | 7. Keep up to date |
| 3. Stay in for the right time | | | | The only way to know what's going on in the |
| In our endeavors to get great tans, some of us | | | | tanning bed industry is to keep up. Check for new |
| ignore all the safety facts and warnings on our | | | | guidelines, regulations, and safe facts regularly so |
| beds. If your maximum exposure time in the | | | | that your tanning experience is the best. |
| tanning bed per day is supposed to be twenty | | | | Knowing the safe facts about tanning will allow |
| minutes, only stay in the bed for twenty minutes. | | | | you to make the best decisions regarding your |
| 4. Use the right protection | | | | tanning bed whether at home or in a salon and to |
| Besides great tanning lotions, you should also use | | | | keep your skin healthy and glowing for years to |
| protective goggles. Although Federal law doesn't | | | | come. |
| control what you do in your home tanning bed, | | | | |