Added: 12/03/2005 |
Many people these days use all sorts of self-tanning products. People believe that these products are pretty safe but that is a misconception because most of those self-tanning pills have different side effects
A number of beauty salons offer different kinds of tanning beds and special lamps. And, many of these salons claim that their rays of there tanning beds are pretty safe. But, there is no such thing as safe ultraviolet rays and all the rays of tanning beds and tanning lamps are the same, and sometimes more powerful than UV rays of the sun. And, there are specific medical conditions, like diabetes, when skin is more sensitive to ultraviolet light, and in those cases, you should not use tanning beds.
Another way to get a nice tan without being exposed to the sun's ultraviolet rays is to use one of the available sunless tanning products. The ranges of sunless tanning products that are offered by modern cosmetic companies are pretty impressive. There are tanning accelerators, self-tanning sprays and lotions, and even special tanning pills.
So-called bronzers are just a kind of cosmetic. Of course, you will get immediate results with a bronzer, but it will wash off in the shower. Such products can be used for some occasions, but if you want an effect that will last after you take a bath, you will need something different.
Sunless tanning sprays and lotions are the most popular sunless tanning products. There are many product names out on the market. Almost every cosmetic and body care company has many self-tanning lotions and sprays. At, home, sunless tanning lotions are used more often than tanning sprays that are used in beauty salons because they work faster than lotions, so they are effective in automatic tanning machines. Tanning lotions and sprays contain an active agent that causes the upper skin layer to oxidize and thus change color. In most of the modern products, Dihydroxyacetone is used as an active agent.
Another product for sunless tanning is special pills. Many people are attracted by this method because all you have to do is take a pill and there are no complex procedures or long drying process. Actually, tanning pills have a no-tan effect, a great amount of pigment in these pills just colors your skin. Most of the modern sunless tanning pills are canthaxanthin based, which means that they contain a kind of caretenoid pigment. But, this pigment not only colors the skin but the inner organs, like the liver and even the brain.
But, in fact, not everything isn't as good as it seems. There are many tanning pills problems, most of these pills have side effects and are not approved by any health organization in the world. Tanning pills problems can be dangerous for your general health problems. The most usual tanning pills problems are inflammation of the liver and yellow deposits in your eyes, these pills will harm vision. But, despite all of the tanning pills problems, new sorts of this product appear on the market regularly. Please think twice before using sunless tanning pills.
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