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By Kacey C.Hall
Two French celebrities can be credited (or blamed) with the
transformation from pale to tan. In the 1920s, as fashions
were
freeing women from confining clothes, thanks in part to
designer
Coco Chanel, she inadvertently gave the fashion world another
new trend: while cruising from Paris to Cannes, she obtained a
suntan, probably by accident. Soon, fashionable women
everywhere threw away years of tradition to be tanned.
Tanning, dermatologists have found, makes the skin give off
endorphins. These opioid compounds make a person feel good.
They are the reason endurance runners report "runner's high."
Could there really be such a thing as tanner's high?
Various reports suggest that frequent tanning may be a type of
substance. Researches says the idea came from skin cancer
patients who couldn't stop tanning!
Addictive Tanning Can be Dangerous!
It is well known that tanning can be addictive. Exposure to
tanning salon rays increases the damage caused by sunlight.
This occurs because ultraviolet light actually thins the skin,
making it less able to heal.
Unprotected exposure to utltraviolet rays also results in
premature skin aging. A tan is damaged skin that is more
likely
to wrinkle and sag than skin that hasn’t been tanned. Over
time,
you may notice certain undesirable changes in the way your
skin
looks and heals. According to some skin specialists, skin that
has a dry, wrinkled, leathery appearance early in middle age
is
a result of UV exposure that occurred in youth.
Tanning Safely!
How do you tan safely? Self tan with a Sunless Tanning Lotion!
You get great golden tan without the dangers of Sun burns or
cancer!
Recent research shows, furthermore, that while DHA provides
only minimal SPF protection against the sun's shorter-wave,
UVB
rays, higher DHA concentrations that turn the skin darker may
provide extra protection against the sun's longer-wave, UVA
rays, which, like UVB, are linked to premature skin aging and
skin cancer.
But you can't assume you're adequately UV-protected just
because your skin turns darker. At best, the DHA in
self-tanning lotions offers protection equivalent to an SPF of
only 2 to 4. The Skin Cancer Foundation maintains that SPFs of
15 or higher are required for adequate protection. So even if
a
product has a high concentration of DHA, it must also contain
an
SPF 15+ sunscreen if you want to be properly protected. And
remember, even if the lotion contains such a sunscreen, the
protection lasts only a couple of hours, not for the duration
of the color change.
So the Best way is to self tan with a sunless tanning product!
Find out more about Self Tanning!
About The Author: Self-tanning products, also called
''sunless'' tanning lotions, contain dihydroxyacetone. Find
out
about Self Tanning at SelfTanning.ewhy.info
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