Sun Lamps Tidbits

Lamps with special bulbs that emit UV A and/or B rays are called sun lamps. These types of lamps have several purposes and can be used to improve health, mood, and skin tones. They provide the healthful effects of sunlight for medical conditions such as psoriasis. This light often improves the type of depression known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD) that develops in some personalities during the dark months of winter. They offer warmth and light that will add a healthy glow and tan to the user's skin.

While these specialized lamps come in a great variety of sizes and shapes, they are smaller and less costly than tanning beds and booths. Companies such as Bell and Howell produce bulbs that produce the UV rays, and design lamps for the bulbs. Consumers can enjoy many advantages by using lamps that produce this artificial light: details are sharper, colors more intense, less glare, and as a result, less eyestrain. The lamps are designed with single, dual or multiple bulbs, depending on the intended use. The smaller, more portable units find personal use as facial tanning lamps, desk lamps, travel lights, and dawn simulators. Consumers can now purchase specially made visors to wear on their heads that dispense the beneficial rays. These lamps can be used in any room in the house - bedroom, bathroom, office, den, living room - any room where a person can be helped by the beneficial rays the lamps send out.

Regardless of the reason you have for using tanning bed lamps, you can find one that will meet your expectations.