The Science Of Indoor Tanning

Salon owners responded positively to our article titled, “Facultative Pigmentation: The Greatest Story Never Told” in the September 2007 issue, which showed that sensible, moderate and graduated tanning increases our tolerance to UVR (TUVR) in direct proportion to the level of tan (facultative pigmentation) attained and maintained because it confirmed what they have learned though years of experience and positive ...

Last month we discussed the subject of photosensitivity and how it relates to indoor tanning. All salon operators and employees should be well educated about photosensitivity, which occurs when different drugs or medical conditions react with ultraviolet light to cause the body to become more sensitive regarding the skin’s acceptance of ultraviolet light. This month we take a closer ...

According to the latest government statistics as of press time, 178,480 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,460 will die from this dreaded disease in 2007. This means that one in eight women— 12.3 percent—born today will develop breast cancer at some point during their lifetime. These startling statistics illustrate why the following question must be asked: ...

If you know Don Hirsch, president of Chicago-based Ultimate Exposure Tanning Centers and member of the ITA Board of Directors, then you know his passion for the indoor tanning industry. A salon owner for decades and a former distributor, he has seen the industry at its highs and lows, and is committed to helping other salon owners take on ...

We responded to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) request for comments about the Sunscreen Monograph [Docket No: 1978N-0038] and hope it mandates that our recommended warnings be included on sunscreen labels. The failure to heed and incorporate our proposed warnings will mean that FDA has—once again—decided to protect the vested financial interests of sunscreen companies rather than protect the ...