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Old 12-14-2005, 05:18 AM  
Linkster
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Do it all the time - and for those that got wrinkles - obviously someone didnt tell you how to tan - doesnt matter if you do it in the sun or in a tanning bed.
You have to use a moisturizer constantly (this even applies to laying on the beach) and when I mean constantly - at least 5 times a day.

cancer??? no bigger risk than going out in the sun and a tanning bed (if its run correctly) is actually safer as you are limited to times that "should" prevent burning (if you go to a tanning salon and get burned - find another one-they dont know what they are doing.

For those that tried the mystics - yeah its gonna turn you orange because of the chemical they use - find a place that can do airbrush tanning and again - someone who sounds like they know what they are doing - it will come out fantastic (if they dont tell you it takes two applications two days in a row they dont know what they are doing)

now the good side (benefits) of tanning besides the color - new research shows that since we get most of our vitamin D from the sun (and all of these doctors are recommending everyone stay out of the sun) Vit D deficiencies are showing up in huge amounts - which also has shown an increase in bone deficiencies in older women especially (osteoporosis) since people started avoiding the sun. Makes sense kinda - doctors get more older patients to treat if they recommend avoiding the sun - and a huge percentage compared to the amount of skin cancers.
Skin cancer studies were conducted by the EPA to determine the effects of tanning - by using the data from teenagers in the 1960s that used to bake themselves under bare tanning bulbs that you could buy for your house - and yeah there was a huge increase - right along with all the teen girls that used to rub baby oil on themselves and lay out for hours on the beach - just not healthy no matter how you look at it. But unfortunately they fail to mention that the new tanning beds dont have that problem as they filter out most of the harmful parts of the UV and Id be willing to bet if that same study is done again in 20 years, there will be a huge decrease in skin cancer to the teen girls that are tanning nowadays.

Last edited by Linkster; 12-14-2005 at 05:19 AM..
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