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Is a Real Tan Safe?
At
Looking Tan, we want to make sure you are informed. There are several inherent risks
associated with tanning in the sun, and we want to make sure you are
aware of the danger of tanning before you get burned! Using
Looking Tan’s self-tanners in combination with sun protection
will give you that healthy look all year long, without the
dangers or hassles of over sun-exposure!
What does the sun do to our
skin?
Although
sunshine on our skin feels great, each minute spent absorbing
it’s damaging rays unprotected is cumulative. Eighty
percent of our sun damage occurs before age 20, and the
permanent side effects don’t appear for another twenty years. The
sunburn, or tanning response, is simply an inflammation response
to the harmful UVB rays of the sun when overexposed. Over time,
the skin’s pigment producing cells become damaged and
permanently produce excess pigmentation in the form of unsightly
brown spots. Invisible UVA rays are present from sunrise to
sunset, and do not vary in their constant strength. This type of
invisible radiation penetrates to the deeper layer of skin. It
is there that the collagen and elastin layers, which support our
skin are damaged resulting in premature and excessive wrinkling.
Finally, cumulative damage over time can result in skin
cancer.
…Study after study has shown that prolonged exposure to the sun's
harmful ultraviolet rays can cause skin cancer, premature
wrinkling, dehydration and a laundry list of other conditions…
Warnings
about over sun exposure have been
around for years, yet the number of skin cancer cases linked
to excessive exposure continues to rise.
Looking Tan’s self-tanners and airbrush tanning supplies offer a safe, alternative to
over-exposure of dangerous ultraviolet rays.
Over sun
exposure can be extremely harmful,
and recent research findings show there
may be an association between UVA radiation and melanoma. UV radiation causes skin
cancer...
A Sun Tan is not safe…Period
Even if you
get a nominal amount of color, and you slowly tan without burning,
UV damage is done. A moderate amount of sun also produces
damaging effects....
Please,
Please, Please remember the following:
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Always apply Suntan lotion! Anytime you
are outside, suntan lotion should be
applied. The theory that your body "needs" sunlight
is just an inaccurate rationalization. A nominal amount of sunlight is
needed for the body to manufacture vitamin D, but it doesn't take
much sunlight to compose all the vitamin D your body needs.
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The number of skin
cancer cases has been increasing recently. Experts say that
this is due to increasing exposure to UV radiation from the sun.
More than 1.5 million new skin cancer cases are likely to be
diagnosed in the U.S. this year.
- Most
long term sun damage occurs in your teens. Skin aging and
melanoma are delayed effects that don't usually
show up until much after the exposure. Unfortunately,
since the damage is not immediate, teens are unaware of the
damage they are doing to their skin. Most
sun damage
occurs before age 20, with the damaging effects not showing up
until later in life.
If you want to
look great as you get older, and avoid that leather face your
grandma has, start using sunless tanners in your teens!
If you're
determined to achieve a safe healthy lookingtan,
the ONLY way to do it is with
Looking Tan’s sunless tanning products! |
