Question 1

what is the difference between light therapy and tanning beds?

Accepted Answer

Type of light: The wavelength of light i'd different. Light therapy, using light from the part of the light spectrum you can see, does not cause burns or increase your risk for skin cancer. Tanning beds do.

Question 2

what is the difference between phototherapy and tanning session?

Accepted Answer

Phototherapy: Uv phototherapy is the use of ultraviolet light, prescribed by a physician, for the treatment of skin disorders such as vitiligo, eczema and psoriasis. The treatment may consist of ultraviolet in the uva, narrow-band uvb, or broadband uvb wave ranges. Most medical phototherapy is narrow-band uvb and salon tanning beds are uva.

Question 3

does tanning bed cause cancer?

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UV exposure can: Tanning beds expose a person to uv light and uv light is one of the causative factor of skin cancer.

Question 4

how come tanning bed burns my skin?

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Tanning bed burns: Causes of tanning bed burns include: taking medicates that make you sun sensitive, a genetic makeup that makes you sun sensitive, skin diseases like lupus that make you sun sensitive, too long of a treatment in the tanning bed.  Use of tanning beds increases the incidence of melanoma, a form of skin cancer, by 74 times.

Question 5

signs of a tanning bed allergic reaction?

Accepted Answer

UV allergic reaction: It is possible to have an allergic reaction to exposure to uv rays.  Reactions include bumps across exposed area, rash, hives, and extreme itching.  

It is important to also remember a tanning bed greatly increases your risk for skin cancer.

Question 6

how do i get relief for a tanning bed burn?

Accepted Answer

NSAIDS, HC cream: Avoid tanning then use a soothing moisturizer such as aloe vera gel. Nsaids such as Motrin as well as topical Hydrocortisone cream or ointment may also ease inflammation.

Question 7

could someone get a skin fungus from the tanning bed?

Accepted Answer

Probably: If the pane you are resting on isn't cleaned in between persons then you could get a fungal infection. It is similar to the fungal infection you can get walking barefoot in a gym locker room

Question 8

is it actually dangerous to lay in the tanning bed while on butrans patch?

Accepted Answer

Yes: It is dangerous to lay in the tanning bed with or without a patch.

Question 9

what causes tingling after you lay in the tanning bed? does uv light cause that?

Accepted Answer

Heat or pressure: Most likely tingling is due to laying in a position causing nerve or blood vessel compression. A less likely possibility is uv associated skin overheating but this would leave a visible "sunburn".

Question 10

doing tanning in a tanning bed for 12 min 3 times a week, could that lead up cancer?

Accepted Answer

Possible: Any skin ultraviolet light exposure can predispose to skin cancer. This is unnatural exposure and is in excess to what you normally get, so i would strongly recommend to avoid it.

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