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Old 04-12-2016, 10:30 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: 24 Hour Tanning Rule

The message I get from your words is that tanning is somehow dangerous.

This comes from phrases such as:

"responsible salon owner, responsible thing to do"

"allows the skin time to HEAL between tans is the SMART thing to do"

"allowing next day tanning.....is irresponsible"

"24 hour rule is for your own PROTECTION"

"...is for your own SAFETY"

".....use upgrade equip instead to give more color faster without increasing RISK" (this is the MOST confusing to me....)



"Responsible" salon owners and their staffs should be well versed in appropriate exposure times and utilize that knowledge for every customer, every visit.


IF -- and this is a rare "IF" -- a customer comes at 9pm closing one night and then back at 9am opening the next day.....then their NEXT tan - will be at LEAST 24 hours later. At THAT point, since they are coming at opening, they will AUTOMATICALLY be set at 24 hours between tans..... unless they wait even longer (say 30 hours, coming in the afternoon), in order to AGAIN get the "opportunity" to "abuse" the system" and come back at 9am opening again after that for just an 18 hour turnaround. But then they are again at opening.....and so back to, at best, coming 24 hours later. A daily rule allows NO MORE than 7 tans/week (assuming the salon is open 7 days). 24 hours does the same -- although as a salon owner you might make it INCONVENIENT AND FRUSTRATING enough that the 7 max is a LITTLE less attainable. But, in reality, most salons find the average customer comes 3x/week or less.


The 24 hour "laws" were enacted in some areas by legislators who don't understand the tanning process and often demonize the industry.



The tanning "process" is not immediate - true.

The tanning process is impacted by many factors, including skin type, recent indoor exposure, recent other exposure (outdoors), drug use, equipment used, lamp life and more- true.


In my opinion, "responsible" salon operators understand these things and explain them to their staff and customers and operate accordingly.

Thinking that "STRICT" adherence to a 24 hour "rule" somehow magically "protects" tanners or their skin from whatever "bad" thing that might befall them if they tanned at 23 hours 48 minutes instead is just silly.
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