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Are Spray Tans Safe?

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Are Spray Tans Safe?

  I think it’s safe to say tanning beds and prolonged exposure to sun is not a good thing, unless you like the leather face look. For those of us not wanting to look like crispy bacon, there are some alternatives that can give us the pretty glow we want for our skin while not increasing our chances of skin cancer. Today we are looking at spray tans. Spray tan historyIn the 1920’s German researchers developed dihydroxyacetone (DHA) as a coloring agent for skin. Later in the 1950’s a researcher named Eva  Wittgenstein was conducting research with children at the...

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Top 4 Reasons to Wear Sunscreen

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Top 4 Reasons to Wear Sunscreen

  “I will never choose between UV protection and beauty again.” -Hillary Fogelson   "Wear your sunscreen!"  I can already hear the the loud sigh.  You might also be rolling your eyes at me right now. I’m sure you’re thinking “oh great, another person sounding just like my mother.” But let's be honest, mom does know best.  So, here are four reasons why you should wear your sunscreen.  Nag. Nag. #4 Brown SpotsMelanin (also known as pigment) is our bodies’ natural form of sunscreen and is produced by cells called melanocytes. When melanocytes absorb ultraviolet light, they create melanin. This creation of pigment...

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Tanning Bed or Coffin?

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Tanning Bed or Coffin?

"In a thousand years’ archeologists will dig up tanning beds and think we fried people as punishment." –Olivia Wilde   We’ve all seen the ads for tanning beds.  You may have even partaken a time or two. It seems like on every street corner, you pass a tanning salon, pictures of models with their golden bronzed skin hanging in the windows, enticing you to look the same. Is golden bronzed skin worth the risk? Today, we are going to look at the technology and dangers behind tanning beds. Working on your TanThe first known ultra-violet (UV) based lamps were invented in the late 1800’s for...

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