Theres a lot of controversy surrounding tanning beds these days. Are
they truly safe or not safe is the question that everyone wants answered. Do tanning beds contribute to the factors that cause skin cancers and lots of other types of cancers? There are a lot of questions – and surprisingly few good answers.
What I have been able to establish from research and what all of the skin and health experts have to say on the subject is that tanning beds are safer than tanning outside in the sun, the main factor is that ten minutes in a tanning bed will give you the same result as being out in the sun for three hours – as far as tanning goes – without the three hours of damage and burn that the sunshine would cause to your skin.
There are two different types of tanning beds – the kind that you laying down, and the newer standing-up tanning bed, which gives you a much better result and even tan. Tanning bed costs vary a lot, and can even be purchased for as little as $250 for smaller, lower quality beds.
The larger and better quality beds can run up to 5000 dollars or even more.
But are they safe? Yes and no. If used as directed,...