Why do people enjoy having a tan? There are various reasons, both biological and psychological, why being tan is desirable. As an employee in a tanning salon, I have learned why people choose to artificially tan. Many people believe they look better with a dark tan. Thus, having a tan may provide a psychological uplift for some. To achieve this psychological uplift, some people turn to the artificial rays of an indoor tanning bed. People choose the convenient option of tanning indoors because tanning salons claim tanning beds to be safer than natural sunlight. If you are one of these people, you may want to know all the facts and myths about tanning indoors. You will find there are more reasons why you should not tan artificially then reasons why you should.
In Europe, it is common for many people to actually own their own tanning bed. Tanning is popular not only in Europe but also all over the world. There are many reasons to why tanning indoors is so popular. The main reason is because the degree of tan a person would achieve during the 15-30 minutes in a bed is equivalent to a whole day in the sun. So, tanning indoors is pretty convenient to say the least. Others like to be tan to appear younger, slimmer or more attractive. Before going on vacation, many people choose to tan indoors to create a "base" tan to prevent burning. Whatever the reason might be to tan indoors does not outweigh the reasons not to. .
An indisputable reason why tanning indoors is dangerous is because it may cause skin cancer. Tanning salons advertise their beds to be safer than the sun. Repeated over-exposure to sunlight or artificial light will have the same effects on human skin. So it does not matter if a tan is achieved naturally, by the sun's rays, or, artificially, by a tanning bed. Human skin becomes tan when it produces more pigment to protect itself against UV (ultra violet) rays. So, the more UV rays the skin is exposed to the darker the skin will appear.
