Details About Sunless Tanning And How Is It Conducted

By Haywood Hunter


With the advancement in technology, acquiring a tan has been made possible without sitting for long hours in sun. Sunless tanning scores on the safety front as well as the risk of skin cancer is removed completely in this process. Applying a tan without the painfully long wait under the sun is extremely easy. All that needs to be done is to buy a good lotion, spray or gel from market and apply it on the skin.

Products such as lotions, gels, sprays and mousses etc are available in market that can be used for this purpose. These are absorbed by the body within few hours time. Skin at different body parts tends to have different rates of absorption. Hence, the instructions related to their usage should be read properly before starting their usage. Some information on how it is performed is provided here.

Many sprays, lotions and gels tend to have dihydroxyacetone (DHA) as their active ingredient. This compound is obtained from plant sources and triggers such reactions on the skin that result in browning. The tanning effect generated by it can stay for around a week. The exact duration for which its effect stays varies for different skin types.

To achieve longer life of the tan, DHA is mixed with erythrulose, another bio-chemical. Their effect develops over few days, but stays for a long time. This time period is much longer as compared to that obtained by products based on DHA alone. Hence, the products that are based on combination of these two remain much popular than the other ones.

Before applying any of these lotions, gels or sprays on the body, one should test them on a patch of skin first. One may come to know whether the skin receives it well or not. This is essentially needed for prevention of infection on the whole body. One can get these lotions applied on the body with the help of someone else. Alternatively, a spray can be applied without much help from anybody.

Smart facilities are available at high tech spas for getting tanned. The kits available with them are highly efficient in applying a uniform tan all over the body. These spas comply with FDA guidelines as well. If required, one may check out with them about the procedure by which the guidelines are met.

To get a tan instantaneously, one may consider temporary bronzers. The dark tan obtained with these is pretty impressive. However, it must be prevented from getting in contact with water or else, it may get ruined.

Thus, contact of water with the tan ought to be prevented to avoid ruining of the tan. Apart from that, it can also come off when it comes in touch with clothes. So, the decision about which clothes to wear when the tan is on needs to be made with some planning.

Sunless tanning was never as easy as has been made by these products. With some prior planning and well execution, one can get a good looking tan within a short period of time.




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