INDOOR TANNING IS RESPONSIBLE TANNING
Golden Tans has earned the trust of thousands of our clients. Each year, moderate indoor tanning helps millions of Americans enjoy increased confidence and feelings of well-being. We want you to know that at Golden Tans, we urge our clients to tan responsibly.
Like many things in life, moderation is key to enjoying an indoor tan. For those who can develop a tan, moderate tanning is the smartest way to maximize the benefits and minimize the risk of getting too much or too little sun.
Golden Tans staff is trained to help you tan responsibly, without risk of overexposure. Rather than avoid the sun or be careless about sun exposure, we hope you’ll visit our award-winning salons for a controlled dose of UV rays – and enjoy the benefits of responsible tanning.
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Why We Promote Indoor Tanning As “Responsible Tanning”
The professional indoor tanning industry promotes responsible indoor tanning and sunburn prevention as “smart.” We choose not to use the word “safe.” Here is why:
The word “safe” implies that one can recklessly abuse something without any fear of causing harm. And reckless abandon certainly is not the behavior the professional indoor tanning industry is teaching. In fact, we are playing a key role in successfully preventing that kind of reckless abuse. By teaching a “smart” approach to sunburn prevention that recognizes that people do perceive different benefits from being in the sun, we are able to teach sunburn prevention in a practical way that respects both the potential benefits of sun exposure and the risks of overexposure.
For example, previous generations believed that sunburn was an inconvenient but necessary precursor to developing a tan. Today, we know better – and we are teaching a new generation of tanners how to avoid sunburn at all costs. Again, our position:
Moderate tanning is the best way to maximize the potential benefits of sun exposure while minimizing the potential risks of either too much or too little exposure.
More than anything, a “Responsible Tan” is a comprehensive concept of sun safety, with an eye on living a practical life. Whether frolicking on the beaches in July or tanning in our salon in December, “Responsible Tanning” involves considering easy and reasonable preventive steps to care for your skin.
Indoor tanning, if you can develop a tan, is an intelligent way to minimize the risk of sunburn while maximizing the enjoyment and benefit of having a tan. We call this RESPONSIBLE TANNING because tanners are taught by trained tanning facility personnel how individual Skin Types react to sunlight and how to avoid sunburn outdoors, as well as in our salons.
Today, tanning in a professional facility minimizes risk because the government regulates indoor tanning in the United States and Canada. In the U.S., exposure times for every tanning session are established by a schedule that is posted on every tanning system and takes into account the tanner’s Skin Type and the intensity of the equipment to deliver a dosage of ultraviolet rays designed to minimize the risk of sunburn. The schedule, as regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada, also takes into account how long an individual has been tanning, increasing exposure times gradually to minimize the possibility of burning.
That kind of control is impossible outdoors, where variables including seasonality, time of day, weather conditions, reflective surfaces such as water or sand, and altitude all make outdoor tanning a random act and sunburn prevention more difficult.
Golden Tans staff is trained to help you tan moderately and minimize your risk of getting burned.
