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How Does A Tanning Bed Work?
To understand how a tanning bed works, you must first learn the process of tanning. The tanning process is triggered by the skin’s natural reaction to UV rays emitted by the sun and eventually absorbed by the skin. A tanning bed uses the same rays to give the user a tan, but it is actually more efficient and better for the tanner for several reason.
The sun emits three types of UV rays namely UVA, UVB, and UVC. Of these three types of rays, only the UVA and UVB rays are responsible for the tanning. do the tanning. These two rays together are responsible for giving your skin the golden tan you desire. The UVA penetrates the skin and goes to the bottom layer while UVB acts on the upper layer. They together stimulate the production of melanin in the skin, which results in a darker shade. The Melanin is the actual pigment which gives the color to the skin. The third one, UVC can cause injury to the skin, but this is not found in tanning booths, but is found outside as some of it filters through the ozone layer. This is one of the reasons that tanning indoors is considered healthier than tanning outdoors.
The UVA and UVB rays are produced and transmitted by special tanning lamps. On average 95% of rays that are produced are UVA and the remaining 5% are UVB. These numbers can change depending on the mix of phosphors in the tanning lamp. In nature, a steady stream of UVA rays is obtained through natural sunlight. UVA rays are able to penetrate clouds, so it does not matter what the weather is like. On the other hand, the amount of UVB rays is directly related to the weather. On a cloudy day majority of the UVB rays are reflected by the clouds. This means that a tanner receives inconsistent results from tanning outdoors. In a tanning bed the blend of UV light is always consistent and is carefully monitored and restricted by strict rules regarding the amount of time you can spend under the tanning lamps.
Small home tanning beds have usually ten to thirty 100 watt lamps, while the commercial tanning equipment used in salons usually have between forty and sixty lamps that consume between 100-250 watts. This results in better results in a shorter period of time. The best tanning beds are made by Sun Capsule and include the most powerful low pressure tanning booth in the world, the 7 minute Sun Capsule Eclipse 250.
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