Hey just curious on your opinon:

I like to be looking tan just to look good and which only three months of the year is summer so i could enjoy the sun shine but I dont try to get tan...but i get happy to see i got color lol till now, I just signed up a membership to go to a tanning bed any time i want for the next three months as long i pay for it for the wedding, so i look "even" for my strapless dress... so no halter top lines or tank top lines *at least obvious*

any tips to help speed the process up? i was thinking on going 2 or 3 times a week *after work* go tan the medium power not the high power or the classic beds

Do you go to tanning beds? for how long? why do u want to? (like i said im curious lol)

do u do it just for the summer or all year around? do u perfer regular tan or being broze tan? (im going for the broze cuz its different)

This lady was going to Hawaii & didn't want to stand out as a pale looking tourist, so she tanned every day for a few weeks. She didn't die but she claimed to have noticed that she smelled kinda weird & couldn't figure out why. The lady went to her doctor to find out what was going on with her & why she smelled so weird after tanning. After being seen & tested for various things, her doctor told her that she literally cooked bits & pieces of her internal organs!!!

Tanning is bad for your skin, superficial, & IMO, a waste of money.

I understand that you want to look smokin' hot for your wedding but do you really think that tanning is going to make that much of a difference? If you really feel the need to tan, consider getting spray -tanned. There are a lot of really good places out there that will not make you look like an oompa loompa. =)

oh my god! thats so terriable! i already paid... but she went EVERYDAY how long did she tan for?! my place wnot let us tan for more than 12 mintues...

so how did she get out of this? is she ok?

That is not even true. Tanning cannot cook your organs.

I don't see how it couldn't.
If your body temperature gets too high it can damage your internal organs.

I don't see how it can. That would be like saying if you took a shower that was too hot it would damage your organs. Or if you got into a hot tub it would cook your organs. Sure you can cook your organs if you got to a certain temperature, probably in the ranges of 300-400 Fahrenheit. I am not exactly sure, that was a guesstimate. I go tanning sometimes, and it's not like you get that hot. Also, if you really got that hot than I think your brain would go first since that is the most sensitive and you wouldn't be able to smell your organs cooking either. Going tanning in the tanning bed is like sitting in the sun, as far as temperature goes. I don't see how people can believe that sort of stuff.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Harmful-Effects-of-Tanning-Beds---Are-They-Real?&id=754566

Ohh no no. I wasn't saying that you should be able to smell the organs or anything like that.
I'm just saying that I personally think that if someone got their body temperature high enough that it could do damage.

I've never been tanning, so I honestly have no idea how hot you get ;D

Heat stroke can cause internal organ damage. I think you'd have to spend a long time under a sunbed to get heat stroke, but I'd think it's definitely possible. I once saw heat stroke in a person who'd collapsed in a sauna.

I highly doubt you'd be able to smell organs. Badly burnt skin smells though.

Yeah when I go tanning I spend 12 minutes in it at most. Tanning beds don't get too hot, and any good tanning tanning place has a well ventilated bed with a lot of fans in the room to cool the body down.

i heard about that, thats because she went to several beds everyday. in most tanning places, you're only allowed to go once and they have a limit to how long you go.

If the tanning beds were cooking her organs, surely she'd have experienced moderate to severe organ failure and have been very sick?

Yup!!!

LOL i'm sorry but i feel this is an urban legend at the very least.

i tan all the time in the winter, but only three times a week. sometimes two, sometimes four.. mostly in the sun if i can help it. i've never cooked my organs.

The story probably is a myth, however it doesn't change the fact that tanning is without a doubt, BAD for your body. Some people are even addicted to it as a crack addict is addicted to crack.

:D :D :D

An interesting read:


Hooked on Tanning?

March 29, 2006 -- Do you feel bad when you can't tan? You may be a tanning addict.

Last year, a study of beachgoers showed that people who tan a lot are much like people who drink or drug too much. That is, too-frequent tanners act a lot like addictstoo-frequent tanners act a lot like addicts.

Now researchers report that frequent tanning isn't just like an addiction. It really may be an addiction.

The researchers looked at frequent tanners -- those who tan eight to 15 times a month. Their study shows that frequent tanners get withdrawal symptoms when given naltrexone, a drug that blocks a narcotic-like substance produced in the skin during tanning. But infrequent tanners who take naltrexone don't get withdrawal symptoms.

"In the beginning, we gave standard 50-milligram doses of naltrexone to frequent tanners," says researcher Mandeep Kaur, MD, a dermatologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. "All of them developed symptoms consistent with physiological withdrawal: nausea, dizziness, and shaking. So we had to stop that study."

In their most recent study, Kaur and colleagues enrolled eight frequent tanners and eight people who tanned, but did so infrequently. They started them all on just 5 milligrams of naltrexone and gradually increased the dose. When they got to 15 milligrams, four of the frequent tanners got telltale withdrawal symptoms.

"Four of the eight frequent tanners ended up reporting nausea or jitteriness," Kaur says. "Two of them dropped out of the study after taking the 15-milligram dose of naltrexone."

None of the infrequent tanners got any withdrawal symptoms. And people who aren't addicted to narcotics rarely get these kinds of side effects from such a low dose of naltrexone.

"So I don't think it is a side effect of naltrexone. I think it is physiological withdrawal from tanning," Kaur says.

The findings appear in the April 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Hooked on Tanner's High?
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?

The author of the 2005 report suggesting that frequent tanning may be a type of substance abuse is Richard Wagner Jr., MD, deputy chairman of dermatology and director of dermatologic surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Wagner says the idea came from skin cancer patients who couldn't stop tanning.

"Every dermatologist will tell you there are some patients we are concerned about," Wagner tells WebMD. "We know ultraviolet (UV) light can lead to skin cancer. Yet we all see patients with skin cancer who are always tan. We tell them not to tan on purpose, and some say, 'But doc, I like it too much. It makes me feel relaxed. I know I am getting skin cancer, but I can't stop.'"

So Wagner went down to the beach and gave addiction questionnaires to people who were sunning themselves. As many as half met the psychological criteria for substance-related disorder. That substance: sun tanning.

Drug of Choice: UV Light
Wagner and Kaur suspect that frequent tanners get hooked on the endorphins produced by tanning under ultraviolet light. The skin makes endorphins when it's exposed to UV light -- the same light that causes skin cancer.

"The problem with tanning is that the physiologic response of tanning is due to UV light," Wagner says. "UV light is a tumor promoter. That is why dermatologists try to limit their patients' exposure."

At their tanning research lab, Kaur's team has two identical-looking tanning beds. One uses UV light. The other does not.

The researchers enrolled eight frequent tanners and eight infrequent tanners in their study. They had them use both tanning beds and had them rate their preference. Then they gave each participant escalating doses of naltrexone or an inactive placebo pill.

The infrequent tanners slightly preferred tanning under the endorphin-producing UV light. Naltrexone slightly reduced this preference.

The frequent tanners greatly preferred tanning under UV light. This preference was markedly reduced when they were on 15-milligram or 25-milligram doses of naltrexone. And as noted above, four of these participants showed physical signs of withdrawal.

How can you tell if you're a tanning addict? Kaur says to look at how often you are sunbathing or visiting a tanning salon. Kaur says if you have an unlimited pass to a tanning salon and are going eight or more times a month, watch out. She also cautions about the hazards of tanning.

"If you are tanning yourself eight or more times a month, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. -- if you are baking yourself, this is going to affect you," Kaur says. "And that goes for tanning beds, too. They say they are safe, but there is no such thing as safe tanning."

UV light isn't all bad. Skin exposed to UV light makes vitamin D. Normal sun exposure generates plenty of vitamin D. Kaur says that people who avoid sunlight should make sure they get plenty of vitamin Dget plenty of vitamin D.


http://www.webmd.com/skin-beauty/guide/20061101/hooked-on-tanning

Never used a tanning bed, and would definitely not recommend it. Especially if you have fair skin.

This is a bad idea. I'd suggest using a moisturiser with gradual tanning build in - if you don't go nuts, it can look brilliant. I would advise you don't use the sunbeds at all.

its actually for my wedding -- i dont think me using the bed like 20 times will harm me would it? *concern look*

Actually, some claim that even just using them once can be harmful.

But, I found this:

"For people who do wish to use sunbeds, the British Photodermatology Group (BPG), part of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD), recommends that it's best not to exceed two courses a year of no more than 10 sets of 30-minute sessions each."

Also, since it's just for one day really, I'd recommend a professional spray tan - you could try one out in advance just in case you don't like the look.

interesting... nawww im afraid to spray! to look orange or smudge...

not at all - the orange look happens when you haven't gone to a professional (ie, spray booth/bottled tan etc), or have overdone it (although that's why I say try in advance to make sure you like the colour.) I've had one before, and had no problem with smudging - and if you do it far enough in advance, they can fix smudges during a top-up or whatever.

It could do. Using it just once could harm you and lead to skin cancer later.

obviously, tanning could cause skin cancer.

but i'm a fan of using tanning beds myself. for prom, i went for about three months straight, *almost* every single day after school/work, and on the weekends. i would suggest if you want to speed up the process, use a lotion that has a bronzer in it; you can usually find a few different kinds at your tanning salon.

yeah that is the problem i DID pay for the membership before i knew the big risk... lol... i got the broze i got the "hot" one... it was 47 bucks off of 97 just for singing up! :-)

lol, honestly i see no problem in tanning. as long as you know the risks and such, and what you're doing, i see nothing wrong with it.