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Originally Posted by eileen
sonyafly you start out your first paragraph explaining that DHA is FDA approved. Your site if very misleading to the consumer. Spray tanning to my knowledge is still not FDA approved yet tanning in a tanning bed is. Also you say the sun is damaging. The sun is only damaging if you are overexposed and not taking care of your skin and having a proper diet.
Other then your opening paragraph (which is a first impression) the site is nice. :)
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"The use of DHA as a color additive for cosmetic application to the skin has long been approved by the FDA. It has been sold in bottled self-tanning lotions for over 30 years,
and is also the active tanning ingredient in spray tanning solution.
During the FDA's original approval process, in the 1970's, their study of DHA was for application in the form of a lotion or cream, which would be spread by hand. As a result, the FDA has not studied the effects of DHA in the area of the eyes or nasal passages.
When applying DHA sunless products as a spray or mist it may be difficult to avoid exposure of areas for which the FDA has not tested, including the area of the eyes,
lips, nasal passages, or even internally. Consequently, the FDA recently issued a recommendation that the following precautions be utilized where DHA sunless
products are applied by spraying or misting:
* Cover the area of the eyes
* Protect the lips and nasal passages
* Avoid inhalation or ingestion of the product
EYE PROTECTION LIP PROTECTION INHALANT PROTECTION
DHA is dihydroxyacetone, a carbohydrate (monosaccharide sugar) compound approved by the FDA for use in externally applied sunless tanning solutions. DHA is usually derived from a vegetable source like beets or sugar cane. Its properties as a skin darkener were discovered in the 1920's but weren't marketed as such until the 1960's when CoppertoneŽ introduced Quick TanŽ. It was added to the FDA's list of approved cosmetic ingredients in the 1970's. DHA is the tanning ingredient used in the Mystic Tan tanning solution that has produced more than 2 million sunless tans with no documented reports of adverse effects."
I researched the subject throughly before I went into business. Where have you found that it is not FDA approved?