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What is tanning?
Tanning takes place in the skin's outermost layer, the epidermis, with special cells called melanocytes. When exposed to UV-B light (short wave ultraviolet), melanocytes produce the pigment, melanin. The pinkish melanin travels up through the epidermis and is absorbed by other skin cells. When exposed to UV-A light (longer wave), melanin oxidizes or darkens. This is your skin's way of protecting itself against too much UV light.
Why does a tan fade?
Cells in the epidermis are constantly reproducing and pushing older cells upward toward the surface of your skin, where they are sloughed off in about one month. As your skin replaces its cells, the cells laden with melanin are removed. So the tanning process must continue with the new cells.
Why is indoor tanning better than outdoor?
Speed - It doesn't take all day to get a tan indoors. Depending on your skin type, just a few minutes, not hours. Maintain your tan for as little as 60 minutes a month. Control - Our state-of-the-art equipment allows us to monitor and scientifically control your ultraviolet UV-A and UV-B exposure. We make sure you tan and not burn. Climate - Overcast, rainy, or 100 degrees in the shade, you never have to worry about the weather with your pleasant, climate-controlled environment.
Be Safe. Tan Smart.
Lip and eye protection - Lips don't produce melanin and eyelids are too thin to block UV. That's why it's important to wear lip balm with sunscreen and protective eye goggles. Eye-wear must be certified and approved by the FDA. We offer a selection of goggles that meet these Federal standards. You can avoid "Raccoon Eyes" by gently adjusting your goggles while you tan, but never remove them completely. Outdoors - When you tan outdoors, you are exposed to uncontrolled and often excessive amounts of multi-frequency UV that can cause "sunburn" and permanent damage. When you are outside, wear appropriate protection. Medication - Some medications can cause reactions with UV light. If you are taking any medications, please let your doctor know you're tanning.
What's driving the anti-tanning message?
Sunshine is free – it has no marketing department for its life-giving benefits. If a pharmaceutical company patented and sold sunshine, the public message we receive about it would be completely different. Instead, the professional indoor tanning community is the only entity in a position to challenge the $35 billion anti-UV industry’s total sun abstinence messaging. This explains why indoor tanning is under attack from this powerful coalition of industries who profit from the exaggerated and largely unsubstantiated anti-UV message.
Cosmetic Dermatology
The cosmetic dermatology’s powerful fear-based marketing message, which drives millions of customers into their offices, has helped grow their businesses by 320%. And the existence of the indoor tanning industry is competitive to dermatology’s multibillion-dollar phototherapy industry. Consider, according to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology:
1.In 1993, 873,000 phototherapy sessions were delivered in dermatology offices in the U.S. By 1998, sessions had fallen off 94 percent to just 53,000.
2.The cost of a single phototherapy session – which utilizes indoor tanning equipment in a dermatologist’s office – is nearly $100 per session, about 20 times more than an indoor tanning session. An estimated 1.5 million indoor tanning clients today successfully treat psoriasis in indoor tanning facilities.
3.If tanning salons were closed, the cosmetic dermatology industry would gain up to $5 billion in phototherapy sessions which would be charged to health insurance companies and the Medicare system. (According to dermatology's own reports, psoriasis patients average 35 sessions per year at an estimated average of $85 per session.) ....
Read the full article: TanningTruth.com
What is Tan Tax?
To help fund the $940 billion health care overhaul, a 10% tax was added to all sales of UV indoor tanning. The thought was that the tax would generate $2.7 billion over ten years. This tax was placed in the health care bill the week before the health care bill was passed on December 24, 2009 as a replacement to a proposed 5% tax on botox and other cosmetic surgeries. Legislation to Repeal the Tan Tax was introduced in Congress by the Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) and the Congressman Grimm’s Bill, H.R. 2092' is now in Congress to overturn the tax on the indoor tanning industry. Repeal the Tan Tax Now.
To email your Senators and Congressman and urge to each support the repeal of tan tax go to http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5746/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4227
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