To tan or not to tan

No one likes being pale. I mean maybe a few people out there but not very many people. The things is that I live in Iowa so I can't get tan year round outside because it gets really cold and because I am at school or doing other indoor activities most the time. I do not tan in a bed and I have no interest to do that but I still wish to be tan so I have found a few other ways to stay tan in the winter without having to fake bake. Tanning before the age of 35 can increase the chance of getting skin cancer by seventy-five percent. These findings suggests that there is some kind of critical period in which minors are more vulnerable to skin cancer. It's because UVA and UVB radiation (found in a tanning bed) causes changes to DNA and predisposes it to become malignant. And that's how skin cancers develop. Tanning beds supply much more pure UVA and UVB rays the radiation that tanning equipment emits is similar to that generated by the sun--95 percent UVA rays and 5 percent UVB rays--but much more intense. Five to ten minutes, depending on the equipment, in a tanning bed is roughly equivalent to a half-hour in the sun on a mid-July afternoon. Tanning contrary to popular belief provides no health benefits, it does not provide a basic shield against sun rays. On an average day more than a million people go tanning at a tanning salon. Yearly, tanning salons can be attributed with causing about one hundred seventy thousand non-melanoma skin cancers. Over all you really shouldn't tan in beds but if you are going to anyways please be careful.

There are other ways to get tan then to go in a bed! There is always spray tans! This is what I suggest! I found a local Spray tanning place that is only $20 for whatever shade of tan you want. It does suck because it can be expensive and you have to do it so often but it is worth it for sure and way better then a bed. The other thing you can do is go to like CVS, Ulta or Target to buy tanning lotion and spray things that work really well. I suggest Jergens Natural glow if you are looking for a good one to start with. It is pain to put it on everyday sometimes but it is worth it for sure! I have also bought neutrogena spray kind that I really liked. It is like your own spray can in a bottle. You just need to be very carful to put the lotions and the sprays on evenly that way you don't get lines or marks. These are really a way better option then bed and please consider them as a option next time you wanna be more tan.