Tanning Bed Tips to Protect Your Skin

Tanning bed tips are important to follow if you plan to spend any amount of time in a tanning bed. Following some guidelines when using tanning beds is important. Some quick do's and don't are really the best way start.

First, don't assume all tanning beds are alike. If you burn outside, you'll burn in a tanning bed. Talk to the staff at the salon and make sure you only use the bed they suggest for the time they suggest, even its five minutes to start. Do start gradually and use a tanning accelerator or sunscreen if recommended by the staff. Do moisturize your skin at home with a good moisturizer. Just like the sun, tanning beds will take a toll on your skin. Do, always, wear goggles - this is essential to protect your eyes and vanity about the "sunglasses" look is not worth any potential damage to your eyes.

Along with these hints, it's important to know if tanning is more dangerous than the sun, or less, which has been the belief. Even though sun lamps emit mostly UVA rays (tanning rays) and are less likely to burn than UVB rays from sunlight, UVA rays have a suspected link to malignant melanoma and could even be linked to immune system damage, according to the FDA. Technically, overexposing your skin to the sun (which is what you do to tan) isn't safe in either situation. However, the realities are we do it. When tanning, it's extremely important to limit your exposure and protect and care for your skin.

Tanning beds are a convenient way to get a little color in a small amount of time. However, just like time in the sun, you need to make sure you look after your skin tan according to your skin type.