A life of balance and moderation is the key to living a healthy existence. We want to help you find that healthy balancein our tanning salon. Sunburn prevention - notsun avoidance - is what you should practice. Like so many things in life, moderation is the key to enjoying your tan.
A "Smart Tan" is a comprehensive concept of sun safety, with an eye on living a pratical life. Smart Tanning involves considering easy and reasonable preventive steps to care for your skin. By practicing Smart Tanning, you can develop your natural tan gradually while minimizing the chances of getting sunburn and the risks that come along with sunburn.
Soak up some "Sunshine Vitamin"with every tan! DID YOU KNOW? UVB RAYS EMITTED BY TANNING LAMPS MAKE VITAMIN D IN YOUR BODY.
Vitamin D Facts:
1. A person would have to drink ten tall glasses of vitamin D fortified milk each day just to get minimum levels of vitamin D into their diet.
2. It is impossible to generate too much vitamin D in your body fromUV exposure: your body will self-regulate and only generate what it needs.
Tanning is a natural process - your body is designed to produce melanin, which darkens the skin. A tan is a gradual increase in natural skin pigmentation.
Sunburn is a totally different process. Sunburn is an injury; the red colour actually is increased blood flow, which is sent to the skin to help your body repair the damage done by overexposure to ultraviolet light .This is why the risks involved with sun exposure is more associated with overexposure and not with getting yoursunregularly in a non-burning fashion.
Dr. Reinhold Vieth, who is a leading vitamin D expert at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto said: "Sunbeds and summer sunshine are effective ways to increase vitamin D levels. The advantage of a tanning bed is that exposure to UV light can be controlled more precisely than casual sun exposure and thus, can be safer than advising the public to guess at their own sun exposure from sunlight." Dr. Vieth confirmedthat a typical indoor tanning session produces 10,000 IU.
Telling someone not to tan because a tan is a sign of skin damage makes about as much sense as telling a couch potato not to exercise because doing so will result in muscle damage. In both cases, thepositive effectsoutweigh the risks and are key components of a healthy lifestyle.
Remember,indoor tanning provides a controlled environment
to obtain a tan based on skin type and exposure time.