Skin Safety Tips

Here are some of the most important ways you can prevent UV overexposure and protect the health of your skin while tanning.
  • Clean your skin completely before tanning.  Some ingredients in makeup and perume can make skin more susceptible to sunburn.
  • Moisturize your skin with lotions specifically developed for indoor tanning, prefereably before and after your tanning session.  Moisturizers prepare your skin for UV exposure reducing the drying effects of tanning.
  • Allow a minimum of 24 hours to pass before tanning again, indoors or outdoors.  Industry and medical standards recommend waiting 48 to 72 hours-the span of time required for skin to repair minor damage and to create melanin and a tan.
  • When tanning nude, protect sensitive areas of the body that normally are not exposed to UV light.
  • Protect your lips with a lip balm that blocks UV light.  Lips can not produce melanin, leaving them at risk for overexposure.
  • Protect your tattoos from fading using a tattoo protectant while tanning.
  • If you are sunburned, soothe your skin with a moisturizer or aloe gel.  Do not try to tan until the redness completely subsides.
  • Seek the advise of a medical professional whenever you have a health concern such as rashes, tiching or any other skin problems or irregularities.

Protecting Your Tan

  • Do not shower for 10 hours.
  • No exercising or sweating for 10 hours.
  • No moisturizers until after you shower.
  • No perfumes until after you shower.
  • Pat dry in shower-"do not rub".
  • Use waterproof sunblock when in hot tub, pool or salt water
  • Dove soap and body gel can fade a tan.
  • Curel lotion can fade a tan.
  • Hair inhibiting lotion (Jergens) can make your tan yellow.
  • Anti-aging products can fade your tan.
  • Retin-A products can fade your tan.
  • Anti-acne products can fade and blotch your tan.
  • Makeup removing products can remove your tan.
  • Bar soaps (deodorant ones) can fade your tan.
  • Do not use a loofa or scrub mitt (use a soft cloth).
  • Wax hair removers, including Nair, Neet and Veet can remove your tan.
  • Body hair bleach can destroy your tan.
  • Bug spray (sprayed directly on skin) can fade your tan.