| Indoor Tanning: Its About Control You Don't Have it Outdoors.... Indoor tanning allows you to control exactly what kind and how much ultraviolet light your skin receives every time you tan. That reduces your risk of ever contracting a sunburn. It also allows you to eliminate all of the variables outdoors, such as:
☼Seasonality
Depending on the time of year, the sunlight you receive is more or less intense. Gauging this sometimes is tricky.
☼ Location
Are you tanning at the beach, where surrounding sand acts as a reflector for ultraviolet light? Are you skiing, where snow has the same effect? Are you in the water, where UV light penetrates beneath the surface more than you might think? Your surroundings affect the intensity of ultraviolet light outdoors.
☼ Geography
Are you in Columbus, Ohio, or Charlotte, North Carolina? The intensity of sunlight increases the closer you get to Earth s equator, affecting the amount of time it takes you to sunburn.
☼ Weather Conditions
Is it partly cloudy or sunny? Is it overcast completely or raining? A significant amount of UV light penetrates through clouds even on an overcast day. But the intensity varies,
depending on the cloudiness.
☼ Altitude
Are you at sea level or in the mountains? Even if you are in the foothills, sun intensity is greater at higher altitudes, another factor the average person can't gauge accurately outdoors.
☼ Ozone Layer
Regular changes in the Earth's ozone layer affect the amount of ultraviolet light from the sun that reaches the planet surface. It is virtually impossible to
know from day to day how these conditions will change.
☼ Worry About Sunburn
Have you ever spent a day outside, only to be surprised at the end of the day by a sunburn? Or maybe you didn't get a sunburn when you expected you might. All of the variables listed above make tanning outdoors a guessing game. We've Got it Indoors! When tanning indoors, a tanner enjoys:
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Control
You always know exactly what kind of ultraviolet light you are getting and exactly how long you'lf be getting it.
☼ Convenience
You never have to worry about inclement weather. It's always sunny and comfortable in your favorite tanning salon.
☼ Speed
It doesn't take all day at the beach to get an indoor tan. Depending on your skin, a few quick sessions
a week is all if takes to obtain a golden brown tan.
☼ Service
Professional indoor fanning facilities monitor your progress and advise you on how to properly maintain your tan, reducing your risk of ever contracting a dangerous sunburn. Reduced Risk of Sunburn The main advantage of tanning indoors is the reduced risk of contracting a sunburn. That's because indoor tanning
units use a carefully controlled dosage of ultraviolet light in each session. Your successive session times are engineered to deliver tanning results while minimizing your risk of sunburn.
Anti-tanning lobbyists miss the point when they state that tanning units are more intense than sunlight: Intensity is only part of the equation. Exposure times in tanning units are much
shorter than outdoor tanners would experience outdoors.
Total UV = Intensity x Duration
Because indoor tanning
times vary from 5-20 minutes, and because outdoor tanners might spend four hours or more in the sun, total UV received indoors is probably less than: one would receive tanning outdoors. |
