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Indoor tanning, for individuals who can tan, is an intelligent way to minimize
the risk of contracting sunburn while maximizing the enjoyment and benefit of
having a tan. Again, we call this tanning smart because tanners are taught by
trained tanning facility personnel how their skin type reacts to sunlight and
how to avoid sunburn outdoors, as well as in a salon.
Tanning in a professional facility today minimizes risk because commercial
tanning salons in the United States and in most Canadian provinces are regulated
by the government. In the United States, exposure times for every tanning session
are established by a schedule present on every piece of equipment that takes
into account the tanner's skin type and the intensity of the equipment to deliver
a dosage of sunlight designed to minimize the risk of sunburn. The schedule,
regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, also takes into account how long
an individual has been tanning, increasing exposure times gradually to minimize
the possibility of burning.
That kind of control is impossible outdoors, where variables including seasonality,
time of day, weather conditions, reflective surfaces and altitude all make outdoor
tanning a random act and sunburn prevention more difficult.
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