tanTALK - View Single Post - Dermatologists fume at tanning industry claims

tanfixr · 05-08-2008, 10:57 PM

WOW!

This thread is maddening. Aceboogie, I don't mean to insult you (too much), but while you might know how to sell tans, you are a blazing idiot when it comes to knowing about UVA, UVB, tanning lamps, and it looks like pretty much anything when it comes to vitamin D and UV light.

Maybe to keep it short, I'll just state that Dr. Holick used TANNING LAMPS in most of his vitamin D tests. Let me repeat... TANNING LAMPS. That should say enough, but in case there is any doubt that tanning lamps cause our skin to synthesize as much or more pre-vitamin D3 as sunlight, there is a detailed paper coming out shortly in Photochemistry and Photobiology that details how and why most sunlight exposure is less efficient at producing vitamin D than tanning lamps Dr. Holick used, much less typical tanning lamps used today.

If salon owners can't be any more knowledgable about the fundamentals than this, how the **** are we supposed to educate the general public and combat the misinformation of the dermotology community?

05-08-2008, 10:57 PM	#55 (permalink)
tanfixr Join Date: Aug 12 2002 Location: Michigan Age: 44 Posts: 302 Rep Power: 6	Re: Dermatologists fume at tanning industry claims WOW! This thread is maddening. Aceboogie, I don't mean to insult you (too much), but while you might know how to sell tans, you are a blazing idiot when it comes to knowing about UVA, UVB, tanning lamps, and it looks like pretty much anything when it comes to vitamin D and UV light. Maybe to keep it short, I'll just state that Dr. Holick used TANNING LAMPS in most of his vitamin D tests. Let me repeat... TANNING LAMPS. That should say enough, but in case there is any doubt that tanning lamps cause our skin to synthesize as much or more pre-vitamin D3 as sunlight, there is a detailed paper coming out shortly in Photochemistry and Photobiology that details how and why most sunlight exposure is less efficient at producing vitamin D than tanning lamps Dr. Holick used, much less typical tanning lamps used today. If salon owners can't be any more knowledgable about the fundamentals than this, how the **** are we supposed to educate the general public and combat the misinformation of the dermotology community?