Want to have a nice tan yet can’t bathe under the sun because it’s winter? Not to worry. Whether it’s winter or rainy, or if you live miles away from a beach, you can still have your cherished bronzed skin. Thanks to commercial tanning beds, skin tanning doesn’t mean bathing under a sun for hours just to get your skin a new, exotic – in short, wonderful – look.
And there’s nothing to worry about commercial tanning beds. In fact, indoor training industry, which first became popular in the United States in the Seventies, has since taken the country by storm since the 1980s. A look at the Yellow Pages would show between 20,000 and 24,000 salons across the US, catering to about 22 million clients every year. Talk about credibility.
Several commercial tanning beds are top of the line and safe, and used by the finest tanning salons in the country. These commercial tanning beds can make you achieve your golden tan, and no one’s gonna notice the difference between sunless tanning and the real thing!
Sunless tanning using these tanning beds provides excellence and worry-free tanning for those who are too busy to lie in the sun for hours or who want faster tanning method to complement their natural look.
For those planning to go on a summer vacation, commercial tanning beds also provide a better option to sun tanning. These beds gradually exposes your skin to the ultra violet (UV) light, stimulating your skin’s melanin and develops a base tan that helps your skin from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
A 2004 study also shows that commercial tanning bed use offer relaxation, putting tanners in a better mood when they receive artificial UV light using these beds. “We believe that ultraviolet light has an effect on mood that tanners value,” said researcher Steven Feldman in an online report in the WebMD Medical News. The research work of Feldman, who is a dermatologist with Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. According to him, the artificial light emitted by these beds may trigger mood-improving endorphins in the skin.

Commercial Tanning Bed Use: Is It Safe?
To be sure, indoor tanning, including commercial tanning bed use, has received its share of controversies, particularly on the safety of using commercial tanning beds.
The tanning industry concedes that indoor tanning, including tanning bed use, has risks, just like sun tanning. But the industry’s view is that using tanning indoors regulate the UV exposure to one’s skin and avoid skin burning.
For consumer protection, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has safety tips for consumers who want to achieve their golden tan using commercial tanning beds:
1. To avoid sunburn, limit your exposure to indoor tanning, including tanning bed use. For example, if you want to tan using a commercial tanning bed in a salon, ask a staff recommending exposure limits to your skin type. Ask whether the tanning bed has a timer which could automatically shut off the light or gives you a signal if you reached your exposure time limit. Exposure time affects your skin burning. Also, remember that your age is also a factor in determining your exposure time.
2. Protect your eyes from burning using goggles. Before heading straight to the tanning bed, ask first if the salon if you need a goggle and if yes, whether they provide one. Check if the goggles fit snugly. Also check if they sterilize their goggles to avoid the spread of eye infections. The person who used the goggle before you probably has an infectious eye ailment, for all you know.
3. Remember your medical history. If you have ailments or diseases like lupus or diabetes, check whether undergoing tanning bed use could worsen these conditions. If you are also taking certain medications, check if your skin might react differently once you’re under artificial light. There are many commercial tanning salons that keep information on your medical history. Update it as necessary.

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