Using the sunbed

Despite increasingly appearing warnings on the dangers of radiation, the fashion for a tan virtually no passing, and still there are many volunteers who want to quickly achieve a good color. The first step you need to do, using the services of a solarium, as in the case of a natural sun exposure, is to determine its phototype.

Fat distribution, which can be used for this purpose includes four basic groups:

I - very light skin, freckles, fair or red hair, blue eyes, gray - very high risk of burns,

II - light skin, blond or dark blond hair, blue eyes, green - high risk of burns,

III - dark blond to brown hair, olive complexion, green eyes, brown, brown - medium risk of burns,

IV - swarthy complexion, dark hair - brown or black, her eyes dark - low risk of burns.



Persons included in the first group should not use the services almost solarium. For the remaining tanning time should be determined individually in the stores. It should be tailored to the kind used where UV lamps that emit radiation, time and frequency of sunbathing, skin phototype and severity of sunburn.

While indoor tanning, use of cosmetics specifically for this purpose, not to mention the fact that in this case, match them to your skin. In trade, there is a wider choice of such preparations. They increase the speed, intensity and effectiveness of the sun while providing skin care during and after sun tanning. It is worth noting that most of these preparations do not contain the composition recepturalnym Sunscreens filter, so they can not be used during natural sun exposure. Preparations for tanning are often divided into groups.

The first of these cosmetics are recommended for people nieopalonym, using this procedure the first time. Their main ingredients are substances that stimulate the process of melanin production. These systems are known as activators of melanogenesis, a process by which, as already mentioned, there is this dye. Properly chosen prepare your skin for sunbathing, as well as accelerate the process of browning. Commonly used in this group of compounds includes, inter alia, tyrosine and its derivatives. This amino acid is biogenny for our skin. It occurs in the epidermis, where the action of the enzyme - tyrosine is converted to compounds which then polymerize to form its natural color.

In preparations for tanning the leather dye activator synthesis is also used a mixture of substances known as Unipertan. It is a system of plant origin, which includes, inter alia, elastin and riboflavin. Emerging color cosmetics comes from the yellow substance in ryboflawinie. Unipertan used in cosmetic formulations resulting in a significant acceleration of skin pigmentation. His place in articles intended for use in a solarium was also heliotropina (helios gr. Sun), sometimes described as having the ability to speed up immunocząsteczki melanin synthesis.