Perserve Your Beauty: Avoid This...
Just HOW risky is one visit to a tanning salon?
It's risky. Skin cancer is on the rise in women under 50, and the use of tanning beds is partly to blame. While most research has examined people who visit them regularly - once a week, some studies show that even a single session makes you 2.5 times more likely to get squamous cell skin cancer and 1.5 times more likely to et basal cell skin cancer; the two most common forms of the disease.
Going for a base tan before a tropical vacation might sound reasonable, but the protection this gives you is equivalent to using an SPF of 3! Not worth the risk. Instead, you can achieve a faux glow the safer way; spray on "organic all-natural" tans are risk free... other than you've got to find someone who does them and then make them prove what's in their spray on tan products.
Be sure you schedule regular skin-checks with your dermatologist, especially if you've frequented tanning salons or bathe under the the real rays.
It's risky. Skin cancer is on the rise in women under 50, and the use of tanning beds is partly to blame. While most research has examined people who visit them regularly - once a week, some studies show that even a single session makes you 2.5 times more likely to get squamous cell skin cancer and 1.5 times more likely to et basal cell skin cancer; the two most common forms of the disease.
Going for a base tan before a tropical vacation might sound reasonable, but the protection this gives you is equivalent to using an SPF of 3! Not worth the risk. Instead, you can achieve a faux glow the safer way; spray on "organic all-natural" tans are risk free... other than you've got to find someone who does them and then make them prove what's in their spray on tan products.
Be sure you schedule regular skin-checks with your dermatologist, especially if you've frequented tanning salons or bathe under the the real rays.
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