Sunless Tanning

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Sunless Tanning

• By John Maguire

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What is sunless tanning?
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How does your skin tan?

• The Sun emits radiation in two forms UVB UVA
• UVB is the type that hits the top layers of the
  skin and burns
• UVA causes tanning by penetrating deeper into the
  epidermis and trigger cells called melanocytes
• Melanocytes produce the brown pigment melanin
• Tanning is the skins response to injury

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Cancer

• Excessive tanning leads to skin cancer UVA rays
  damage the immune system and lead to illness
  called melanoma
• UVB rays can cause types of skin cancer called
  basal and Squamous cell Carcinoma (found in the
  face and neck)
• Each year there are 170,000 reported cases of
  skin cancer each year.

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Myths about tanning

• Vitamin D
• Getting a base tan will protect me in the sun

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Facts

• Indoor tanning before age 35 makes you 75 more
  likely to get melanoma
• Every year 2.3 million teens visit tanning
  salons
• Avoid tanning pills is no scientific proof that
  they work and are not approved by the government.
• Medications and sun reflectors are factors in sun
  exposure.

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How to be safe in the sun

• Always wear an spf of at least 15 and re apply
  every 1.5-2 two hours
• Take breaks form the sun. The strongest rays are
  from 10am-4p,

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The tanning business

• Since this evidence about tanning backed by the
  CDC has came out tanning beds have become much
  less popular.
• In contrast the market for sunless tanning has
  improved greatly
• Active chemical Dihydroxyactone (DHA) extracted
  from sugar cane plant.
• Acts with the dead outter layers of the skin to
  stain it a darker color. However they do not
  protect against sunburn.

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Referances

• http//www.everydayhealth.com/blog/zimney-health-a
  nd-medical-news-you-can-use/good-and-bad-news-abou
  t-sunless-tanning/
• http//www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/tanning-b
  eds-cancer_n_1941023.html
• http//www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/indoor_t
  anning.htm
• http//kidshealth.org/teen/safety/safebasics/tanni
  ng.html