Choosing Tanning Products Wisely

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Why is it that people look so good and healthy with a little colour,
yet tanning can be so harmful to your skin? Recent studies and the
news report that there are more cases than ever of melanoma and we all
know that extensive exposure to the sun will cause your skin to age
more quickly.

There are solutions to the problem of harmful UV sunlight that allow
you to have all of the aesthetic benefits of a rich tan without the
harmful side effects. The answer is in the types of tanning products
you use to care for your skin while in the sun and after.
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Pre-Tanning Preparation
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It is always good to keep your skin moisturized. Cold weather and dry
air can dry it out as well as salt water and chlorine. Always protect
your skin with moisturizers day and night. They are most effective if
applied immediately following a shower because the skin is moist and
freshly exfoliated from washing.

Before going out in the sun, even in the winter, it is important to
protect skin with a moisturizer that has a SPF protection factor of 15
or more. This rating is how many times more protected skin is than if
it had nothing on it. It is so important to protect the face because
it is more susceptible to sunburn.
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Tanning Beds
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Tanning beds are only slightly less harmful to the skin that the
actual sun. However, there are tanning bed lotions meant especially
for tanning beds that give a deeper tone to the skin and protect it at
the same time. Artificial tanning bed light bulbs are extremely
strong, and that is why you can tan in just a few minutes per session.
This also prepares the skin to deepen in colour each time you go to
the beach.

Many salons have tanning booths where you stand or beds where you lie
down and get all areas of the body tan at once. This is a good place
to go if you are planning to go on

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