Skin Care

You’ve spent months thinking about the new ink you’d like on the perfect spot on your body. Played around with designs, done drafts, envisioning what it will look like in the end.  You’ve found the right artist, checked out their stuff, and determined that they are the ideal choice for a permanent exhibition on your body. Then you get the tattoo done, and now it’s time to show it off.

But what about the sun?

The sun will damage tattoos, especially new ones. So is it safe to tan with a tattoo? What about tattoo tanning lotion, tanning oil, and the like? Will these cause your costly artwork to diminish and fade?

We do not want that to happen, so let’s be careful and do things correctly!

In this article, I’ll go over the details on how to care for tattoos in the sun, and how to keep your artwork in great shape!

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Tanning oils and lotions help to speed the process of tanning, whether indoors or outdoors. Oil applied to the skin accelerates the darkening process that occurs while suntanning and increases melanin production. This causes the skin to darken. Tanning oil is like a magnifying glass on your skin. It will amplify the power of the sun and get you tan more quickly.

How do you use tanning oil, and are these lotions and oils worth using? Are they safe? Will they cause sunburn? What does tanning oil do to the skin?

In this article, I explore all of these questions and consider whether it is wise to tan with tanning oil, both indoors and outdoors.

Sometimes they occur just as you step out of the tanning bed. Sometimes they appear hours or even days later. Red, itchy bumps across the skin — often on the back, the legs, and the chest. Tanning bed rash.

Indoor tanning bed rash can appear almost anywhere on the body after tanning, and it can come on quickly and without warning. Often these rashes won’t appear for quite a while after a tanning session. It can be hard to connect the cause of the rash to any particular event or product.

In this article, I’ll take a look at tanning bed rash and examine possible prevention and treatment options.

Tanning has a bad reputation among dermatologists, especially those in the United States. Most argue that all sun exposure is bad, and what you’re doing when you’re tanning is burning the skin. They argue that tans are unsafe, could lead to skin cancer, and should be avoided. But are there any benefits of tanning, and is that the entire picture? What about vitamin D and other factors?

In several countries, the recommendations for sun exposure are changing due to new data. It appears that the United States is lagging in updating its policies. In this article, I’ll look at the latest research on sun exposure, suntanning, and the potentially significant benefits of sunbathing. And of course, I’ll look at the risks of suntanning, as well!

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