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Facts About Tanning
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FACT Tanning with
ONLY High Pressure U.V.A. might
give you a great tan BUT it may not help you
from getting sun burned.
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FACT The FDA sets the maximum
allowable amount of time a person can tan in a tanning bed.
30 Minute Tanning Beds produce the
LEAST amount of tanning rays compared
to 20, 12 and 10 minute tanning beds which can produce the
MOST amount of
tanning rays allowed.
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FACT
Using a self tan, spray-on tan
or tanning in U.V.A. only, High Pressure bed may
do nothing to help your skin from getting sun burned.
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FACT
Tanning with small amounts of U.V.B. first might help condition and
prepare your skin for when you do go out in the sun.
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FACT
Club Tan Resort has the only Royal Sun
Turbo High Pressure Bed in Wilmington that uses
both High Pressure bulbs (which produce 100% U.V.A.) PLUS the patented V.H.R.
bulbs which produce about 1.5% U.V.B. and 98.5%
U.V.A.
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FACT
Club Tan Resort Turbo High Pressure Bed tans
BOTH sides at the same
time. No flipping like those older beds.
No hot and sweaty mattresses
to lay on plus each session is
ONLY 12 Minutes
Long compared to 30 minutes
using older beds.
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FACT
High Pressure tanning session prices at Club Tan
Resort are about HALF
of those
older beds.
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FACT
Spray On Tanning has NO Sun Screen. Although you will LOOK tan, you may get sun burned by tanning outdoors without a base tan first
or using a sun block. Always use caution when tanning indoors or out in the sun.
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FACT
Club Tan Resort uses 1,000 hour life tanning bulbs BUT, our bulbs are changed at 650 hours or less. Can your present tanning salon
beat that? Newer bulbs give a better tan and you'll see the
difference at Club Tan Resort.
FACT
You NEVER have to make an appointment to tan at Club Tan
Resort...... NEVER!! FACT
Club Tan Resort has the
ONLY 40 spray nozzle "MagicTan" Spray-On tan
booth in Wilmington!!
FACT Club Tan Resort uses 100% Concentrated
Spray-On tanning solution. It's
NEVER diluted.
FACT If you're tanning someplace
else, you're paying too much!!!
More Tanning Facts*
Fact #1 -
Sun exposure could actually help prevent
cancer.
Evidence
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It's true. Studies indicating that this
relationship exists need to be considered. Many different researchers have
shown that regular moderate sun exposure may play a role in preventing
several kinds of cancers, including colon and breast cancers, which claim
hundreds of thousands of lives annually. Several studies have shown that
Vitamin D, whose only reliable source for humans comes from sunshine, may
play a role in retarding or arresting pre-cancerous cells in the body from
reproducing. Indeed, we have known for decades that overall cancer rates
are significantly higher in sun-deprived parts of the world.
Fact #2 -
The benefits of sun exposure far outweigh the
risks of sunburn and overexposure.
Evidence
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Do the math. Non-melanoma skin cancer, which
may be linked to sunburn and overexposure to ultraviolet light, has an
extremely low death rate of 0.3 percent and claims 1,200 lives a year in
the United States. Compare that to diseases that can be inhibited by
regular sun exposure. Colon and breast cancers, both of which may be
inhibited by regular ultraviolet light exposure, have high death rates of
20-65 percent and claim 138,000 lives every year. Osteoporosis, a bone
disease which can be inhibited by regular sun exposure, is epidemic,
affecting 25 million Americans. Every year, 1.5 million osteoporosis
patients suffer bone fractures, which can be fatal in elderly cases.
Because regular sun exposure may inhibit the onset of this and other
diseases, it is clear that these and other potential benefits of sun
exposure need to be explored and factored into the equation.
Fact #3 -
People who receive regular sun exposure have
a lower incidence of malignant melanoma than those who don't.
Evidence
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Researchers have known for years that
individuals who receive regular exposure to sunshine have a lower risk of
contracting melanoma skin cancer. This fact is not disputed in the
scientific community among researchers, although some less-informed
doctors and lobbyists do not understand this relationship, and often
confuse the statistics. What's more, new research is showing that skin
cancer is more prevalent in the northerly latitudes of North America and
of Europe than in the southerly latitudes, which again suggests that
regular sun exposure may inhibit the development of melanoma skin cancer.
Fact #4 -
If regular sun exposure could prevent cancer,
why do we always hear only the opposite?
Evidence
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The almighty dollar. Fear of the sun, scaring
people about wrinkles and skin cancer, is a multi-billion-dollar industry
led by huge special interests who not only conduct most of the research on
this topic but also promote it. Lobbyists for pharmaceutical firms that
sell billions of dollars of sunscreens and anti-sun cosmetics have teamed
with the dermatology industry to promote a misinformed campaign of sun
abstinence. Conversely, there is no major industry except the indoor
tanning industry that could make money by promoting the positive effects
of sunshine. And the indoor tanning industry consists of smaller companies
that do not match the marketing saturation of the multi-billion dollar
"sun-scare coalition." The idea that people need to control their sun
exposure is valid, but sun-scare lobbyists have taken that message too
far.
Fact #5 -
Why don't dermatologists like any form of
tanning?
Evidence
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The dermatology industry makes most of its
money on "vanity visits" from patients. One prominent New York
dermatologist estimates that 50-90 percent of the dermatology industry's
business is "cosmetic" and medically unnecessary. Skin cancer is an
important issue to the dermatology industry because it represents the only
subject that its lobbyists can promote as critical. Unfortunately, in
their zeal to address this topic, lobbyists for the dermatology industry
have twisted the facts, exaggerated research findings and misled the
public.
Fact #6 -
So is skin cancer a concern then?
Evidence
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Absolutely. But it is a concern that
professional indoor tanning facilities feel they are addressing
effectively by teaching people to tan intelligently indoors and outdoors.
We feel the marketing hype behind the sun-scare message has blown the
concern about this issue out of whack and has completely ignored the
positive aspects of regular moderate sun exposure.
Fact #7 -
Indoor tanning is helping to reduce the
incidence of sunburn.
Evidence
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It's true. One industry study has shown that
indoor tanners, are 81 percent less likely to sunburn indoors or outside
than non-tanners. That's because tanning salons are playing a lead role in
educating people that moderate tanning is okay and sunburn should be
avoided. The impractical message of sun abstinence promoted by the
"sun-scare coalition" is totally ineffective, people are not going to hide
from sunshine. Indeed, the American Academy of Dermatology reported in
1997 that sunburn incidence has increased nine percent in the past 10
years, despite all-out efforts of sun-scare industries to warn people
about the dangers of overexposure. In that same time period, sunburn
incidence among indoor tanners has declined. It is the non-tanners who are
doing most of the burning. Given that reality, teaching people who can tan
the principles of smart tanning is most practical.
Some Tanning Facts & Commonly asked Questions*
"Tanning is just as dangerous as
smoking"
FALSE:
Tanning is natural. It’s your body’s
natural defense against sunburn. Smoking is an unnatural process that your
body rejects. Plus, indoor tanning is the most controlled environment
possible to get a tan.
"There's no such thing as a safe Tan."
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The word "safe" means "zero risk." It could just as easily be said that
it isn’t "safe" not to tan. There’s plenty of research that says totally
avoiding the sun can increase your risk of many forms of cancer, including
skin cancer.
"Tanning causes Skin Cancer"
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Though studies have suggested that tanning causes skin cancer, this
remains a very complicated issue. Most studies clearly define the biggest
risk factors for skin cancer as repeated sunburn and heredity. Plus, there
are many other studies suggesting that people who receive regular sun
exposure are at lower risk for some forms of skin cancer.
*The
above, "More Tanning Facts", is reprinted from
http://www.beachouse.com/tanning_facts.htm
What Your
Doctor Didn't Tell You
May 21. 2005 10:37PM
Docs note the benefits of sunshine
UV rays boost production of cancer fighter,
vitamin D
By Marilynn
Marchione
Associated Press
Scientists are excited about a vitamin again.
But unlike fads that sizzled and fizzled, the evidence this time is strong and
keeps growing.
If it bears out, it will challenge one of medicine’s most fundamental beliefs:
that people need to coat themselves with sunscreen whenever they’re in the sun.
Doing that may actually contribute to far more cancer deaths than it prevents,
some researchers think.
The vitamin is D, nicknamed the “sunshine vitamin” because the skin makes it
from ultraviolet rays. Because sunscreen blocks vitamin D’s production, some
scientists are questioning the long-standing advice to always use it.
The reason is that vitamin D increasingly seems important for preventing and
even treating many types of cancer. In the past three months alone, four
separate studies found it helped protect against lymphoma and cancers of the
prostate, lung and, ironically, the skin.
The strongest evidence is for colon cancer.
Many people aren’t getting enough vitamin D, and it’s hard to get from food and
fortified milk; supplements are problematic.
So the thinking is this: Even if too much sun leads to skin cancer, which is
rarely deadly, too little sun may be worse.
No one is suggesting people fry on a beach, but many scientists believe “safe
sun” – 15 minutes a few times a week without sunscreen – is a healthy thing to
do.
One is Dr. Edward Giovannucci, a Harvard University professor of medicine and
nutrition who laid out his case in a recent lecture at a major cancer research
meeting.
His research suggests vitamin D might help prevent 30 deaths for each one caused
by skin cancer.
“I would challenge anyone to find an area or nutrient or any factor that has
such consistent anti-cancer benefits as vitamin D,” Dr. Giovannucci told the
cancer scientists. “The data are really quite remarkable.”
The talk so impressed the American Cancer Society’s chief epidemiologist, Dr.
Michael Thun, the society is reviewing its sun protection guidelines.
“There is now intriguing evidence that vitamin D may have a role in the
prevention as well as treatment of certain cancers,” Dr. Thun said.
Even some dermatologists may be coming around.
“I find the evidence to be mounting and increasingly compelling,” said Dr. Allan
Halpern, dermatology chief at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New
York, who advises several cancer groups.
The dilemma, he said, is a lack of consensus on how much vitamin D is needed or
the best way to get it. Even if sunshine were to be recommended, the amount
needed would depend on the season, time of day, where a person lives, skin color
and other factors. Dr. Thun and others worry that folks might overdo it.
“People tend to go overboard with even a hint of encouragement to get more sun
exposure,” Dr. Thun said, adding that he’d prefer people get more of the
nutrient from food or pills.
But this is difficult. Vitamin D occurs naturally in salmon, tuna and other oily
fish and is routinely added to milk, but diet accounts for very little of the
vitamin D circulating in blood, Dr. Giovannucci said.
Most supplements use an old form – D-2 – that is far less potent than the more
desirable D-3. Multivitamins typically contain only small amounts of D-2 and
include vitamin A, which offsets many of D’s benefits.
As a result, pills might not raise vitamin D levels much at all.
Government advisers can’t even agree on an RDA, or recommended daily allowance,
for vitamin D. Instead, they say “adequate intake” is 200 international units a
day up to age 50, 400 IUs for ages 50 to 70 and 600 IUs for people more than 70.
Many scientists think adults need 1,000 IUs a day. Dr. Giovannucci’s research
suggests 1,500 IUs might be needed to significantly curb cancer.
How vitamin D may do this is still under study, but there are lots of reasons to
think it can:
Several studies of large groups of people found that those with higher vitamin D
levels also had lower rates of cancer. Even so, these studies aren’t the gold
standard of medical research – a comparison over many years of a large group of
people who were given the vitamin with a large group that didn’t take it. In the
past, the best research has deflated health claims involving other nutrients,
including vitamin E and beta carotene.
Lab and animal studies show that vitamin D stifles abnormal cell growth, helps
cells die when they are supposed to and curbs formation of blood vessels that
feed tumors.
Cancer is more common in the elderly, and the skin makes less vitamin D as
people age.
Blacks have higher rates of cancer than whites and more pigment in their skin,
which prevents them from making much vitamin D.
Vitamin D gets trapped in fat, so obese people have lower blood levels of D.
They also have higher rates of cancer.
People in the northeastern United States and northerly regions of the globe such
as Scandinavia have higher cancer rates than those who get more sunshine
year-round.
During short winter days, the sun’s rays come in at too oblique an angle to spur
the skin to make vitamin D. That is why nutrition experts think vitamin D-3 may
be especially helpful during winter and for dark-skinned people all the time.
But too much of the pill variety can cause a dangerous buildup of calcium in the
body. The government says 2,000 IUs is the upper daily limit.
On the other hand, it’s almost impossible to overdose when getting vitamin D
from sunshine. However, it is possible to get skin cancer. And this is where the
dermatology establishment and Dr. Michael Holick part company.
Thirty years ago, Dr. Holick helped make the landmark discovery of how vitamin D
works. Until last year, he was chief of endocrinology, nutrition and diabetes
and a professor of dermatology at Boston University. Then he published a book,
The UV Advantage, urging people to get enough sunlight to make vitamin D.
Skin cancer is rarely fatal, he notes. The most deadly form, melanoma, will
account for only 7,770 of the 570,280 U.S. cancer deaths expected this year.
Repeated sunburns – especially in childhood and among very fair-skinned people –
have been linked to melanoma, but there is no credible evidence that moderate
sun exposure causes it, Dr. Holick contends.
“The problem has been that the American Academy of Dermatology has been
unchallenged for 20 years,” he says. “They have brainwashed the public at every
level.”
The head of Dr. Holick’s department, Dr. Barbara Gilchrest, called his book an
embarrassment and stripped him of his dermatology professorship, although he
kept his other posts.
Earlier this month, the dermatology academy launched a Don’t Seek the Sun
campaign calling any advice to get sun “irresponsible.” It quoted Dr. Vincent
DeLeo, a Columbia University dermatologist, as saying: “Under no circumstances
should anyone be misled into thinking that natural sunlight or tanning beds are
better sources of vitamin D than foods or nutritional supplements.”
That opinion is hardly unanimous, though, even among dermatologists.
“The statement that ‘no sun exposure is good’ I don’t think is correct anymore,”
said Dr. Henry Lim, chairman of dermatology at Henry Ford Health System in
Detroit and an academy vice president.
Club Tan Resort, Inc. has not verified the validity of
the claims made above and provides this information to individuals as a
courtesy only.
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