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I've been going to the tanning bed, once a week and my skin startin to dry out and peel. lotion doesn't help. why is this happening?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Medium-well: Possibly you are over-doing the voluntary self-baking. Keep in mind that your skin tells you the limits of your short term tolerance. You need to take a break from the tanning bed, moisturize--possibly more than once daily--and consider the long-term skin cancer risk from excess exposure to uv radiation.

Answered 1/14/2013

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