Millions of people use tanning beds every year to get the sun kissed skin they desire year round. However, many of those people don’t understand the dangers that tanning beds pose on their health. It has been proven that tanning beds increase risk for skin cancer and other health problems. If you want to keep your skin looking tan all year, spray tanning is a safe alternative to tanning beds.
Just like it took tobacco companies decades after they discovered that smoking causes lung cancer to admit their product is dangerous to the public, the tanning industry is the last to admit that their beds lead to skin cancer. Whether you are tanning in natural sunlight or in a tanning bed, the ultraviolet radiation is extremely dangerous to the human skin. It is the UV rays that are known to cause cancer, and tanning beds typically emit three times more UVA radiation than what people encounter in natural sunlight.
A 2002 study by the National Cancer Institute found that tanning beds caused a 50 percent increase in the risk of basal cell carcinoma and a 100 percent increase in the risk of squamous cell carcinoma. Then in 2007, a study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer found that people who used tanning beds by the age of 35 had a 75 percent greater risk of melanoma. Cancer isn’t the only negative outcome to using tanning beds. The exposure to UV light also significantly ages the skin, which leads to discoloration, freckling, sun-spotting, and dryness.
All of these negative outcomes could be avoided by using sunless spray tanning. Spray tanning will give you the natural looking tan you want, without all the negative effects. It works on all types of skin colors and is quick and easy. Many people get spray tans before their wedding, vacation, or in the winter. You will not be exposing your skin to any dangerous UV rays and you will get a great even tan on your whole body. Never worry about the negative effects that tanning beds have again when you start getting spray tanned!