Considering purchasing a personal tanning machine? This article has some information and warnings you have to consider before making a purchase
Home tanning machines are a convenient alternative to getting a tan when you do not want to lay out in the sun for hours. Or can’t because of the weather. They are a great way to go if you’re looking for a year-around tan but don’t have the time to run to a tanning salon. In addition to being short of time, you will probably have to wait in line or get a tanning time-slot that probably doesn’t fit your schedule, making those tanning trips both time consuming and annoying. By buying your own tanning bed you will avoid this inconvenience; it will always be there in your own home, ready any time you want to use it.
When you get your tanning bed, however, you must read the precautions about their usage. Knowing the safety rules to follow on tanning beds is a must.
Do not believe the ads that claim that indoor tanning machines are safer than tanning outdoors. The facts show that tanning beds can damage your skin in less time than the sun. The tanning process occurs as the skin produces extra pigment, or coloring, to protect itself from the damaging effects of ultraviolet rays. Just like “old sol”, the indoor tanning devices emit ultraviolet rays. By subjecting yourself to these UV rays, the skin could become prematurely wrinkled, you may develop eye injuries, skin rashes and worst of all, skin cancer. Home or salon tanning should be approached with a degree of caution.
Users are mostly familiar with low-pressure tanning beds, the ones most often used in tanning salons. They utilize the widely available low-pressure fluorescent tubes that are most like natural sunlight. In fact, tanning in the low-pressure tanning beds is very much like tanning outside. As a result of this, common wisdom is that the low-pressure tanning devices are healthier and safer than high pressure types since they are most like the natural sunlight.
The indoor tanning machines were conceived and built as a part of medical research about a hundred years ago. A German company, Heraeus, invented the first ultraviolet producing lamp in 1903 for the purpose of curing diseases such as rickets. The reason for the lamp was to provide a source for vitamin D to encourage the development of calcium to enhance bone strength.
If you are considering the tanning salon business, it will undoubtedly be cheaper if you order all of the same beds (that is order in quantity). However, there are a few reasons why you would want to think about diversifying your order. Folks who frequent the tanning parlors today have become more knowledgeable about indoor tans. They are aware of the downsides, but still want a great looking tan. So, it would probably be to your advantage to purchase one or two high pressure tanning beds as well as the more popular low pressure tanning beds.
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