What is a tanning salon?

In a tanning salon are several sunbeds or solariums called, are used for irradiation of the body with UV light. Here, the browning of the skin is in the foreground. Solariums can also be used for medical purposes in skin diseases.
The technical components are for mainly the artificial UV source, different filters and different reflectors. Tanning Solariums offer different strengths with which one can achieve different results intensive browning of the skin.
These differences are due to the different strong UV tubes. The UV radiation consists of UV-A shares which produces the tan superficial, with the UV-B shares for the deep tan and are therefore responsible for a long lasting result. A disadvantage of UV-B radiation is the one whose tan after two days is visible, and this is evident in the UV-A radiation right after the sun.

Safety Tips!

On average, Tanning Salons, two visits to three times a year. There are also individuals who visit the solarium daily. Persons who do not want to give up the tanning salon should leave before the dermatologist clarify individual risks and make no more than 50 visits to the tanning salon. Nor should we give up before the holidays, visits to the solarium and contribute to each course a suitable goggles. Important as well is not a normal sunscreen use and to remove residues of various cosmetics completely.
Before we are now would like to tan artificially, shall determined by the staff in the tanning of the skin type, the duration of sun tanning can be adapted to any skin damage, such as a sunburn can be avoided.

Existing health risks!

Principled opposition to the solarium on the part of the World Health Organization. They point to the negative effects of UV radiation, which could also be provided by medical research. These included, for example, the accelerated aging of the skin and the increased risk of developing skin cancer. Furthermore there is the danger, damage to get to the eyes. May also be damage to the immune system by the high radiation exposure to the result, which in turn have to follow that of the whole organism is harmed.
An absolute prohibition on the use of tanning for minors is on the grounds of the increased cancer risk.

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