Chippp

Salon owners that recommend clients keep moving up to higher and higher uvb lamps need to read the study done by Philips maker of tanning lamps for over 20 years.
Philips invented the uva reflector lamp I beleive as well.
They state that uvb causes thickening of the skin, a normal tanning response like the formation of pigment or what we know as tanning,.... that the higher the uvb the more excessive the thickening.
The problem is that thickening of the skin is as effective if not more effective then the browing of the skin, in blocking tanning rays both uvb and uva. The point of the body to produce a tan is not to make you pretty but for the body to make its own natural sun block.
As the skin thickens and browns the light blocking become more and more effective, so that new piment production is slowed .....less tanned....not as brown.....if you continue to expose your self to high uvb the skin thickens excessively and you slow down the browing process more and more.
Uva does not cause this dramatic thickening problem....so you can keep getting darker and darker.
We have seen this in our salon ourselves, we tried high uvb lamps and found on clients as well as staff that the tan never gets as dark and after weeks you can even loose you tan and it will take weeks to months without tanning for the skin to return to is thinner state and allow tanning to begin again.
Low to mid uvb % tan the best and are safer for all skin as burning is not an issue, like with high uvb lamps.
The tanning "plateau" or need to go to step 2 products is due to this thickening and browning. Step 2 products generally have more oil to magnify light better and longer then the water based step one products.
Do you want to slow or inhibit the tanning process?
Do you want a lamp that tans better or burns better?
Yes higher uvb shortens session lenght do to faster burn time, but the result is thicker more resistant skin and less effect browning.

Chippp

A bit more info in the Philips study is that the higher total wattage out put....like tanning booth 160 watt 1500ml lamps require even lower uvb% to tan very well.
That lower 100 watt 800ml lamps used in most beds do require a slightly higher uvb % to tan as well as the higher wattage booth lamps.
That there is a relationship to total uv output or wattage and the % uvb needed to produce good results.
That very low total output or wattage home tanning beds need more uvb then higher total uv output or wattage beds used in most salons or booths do.
The higher, the total out put based on more lamps and more wattage of lamps
require lower levels of uvb to tan well.


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Chippp

Also the use of lamps with higher uvb is because clients think a burn = tanning, they still beleive that they have to burn to tan,
That the the message from salons about UVA is not getting out as of yet.
That lamps makers call the burning lamps "a natural effect {like} lamp".
You can burn a client in one session but you cant tan them in one session.
Salons seem to have forgot the reason behind UVA tanning. HOW SAD FOR CLIENTS.

lampman

Philips has been making the best browning lamps for years.The problem is that tanners relate burning to tanning and it is hard to convince them that they are wrong.Reciently philips has made a lamp that tans well,has higher uvb% but is still a great browning lamp.It is called the Advantage,it has high uva output,and the uvb is higher in the spectrum.Most of the uvb is right below 320nm.When you meter the lamp it shows a high reading on the uvb but browns like a strong uva lamp.Best of all is that the lamp comes in 71 or 73 inch reflectors or non reflectors and has compatability to many oter lamps.The product is now being suported by philips usa so you dont have to have them imported by a distributor.

Chippp

The booths we has 20 years ago used philips 160 watt 1500 ml lamps. They had a ver low 1.5 % uvb and tanned like crazy. they also cost an arm and a leg. i dont know where the lamps were made we had to import them from the USA you could not buy them in Canada back them the only lamps suppliers here had were 100 watt.
When we started to use higher uvb lamps clients started to complain.

Don Smith

Chippp/Fred:

UVB is a very misleading index. It is not the total percentage of UVB that is important; rather it is the "positioning" of the UVB photons.

Don

Chippp

No kidding, Don Smith, for somone that dosent say much, you really dont help at all. I will go into that later, lets start here>>>>>>> at the begining. Better yet you can explain it to everyone.
Its where and how wide the "peak" is in the bell curve as well as the total over all width of uv spectrum, that matters.
Only very very small amounts of uvb are required to trigger pigment production. infact lower then what would ever cause any burn.............hense the discouvery of UVA tanning.
You dont need to explain it to me, i am sharing the facts.
Uva browns the piqment uvb triggers, uvb causes thickening of the skin, which slows down further browing.
ITS WHAT UVA TAANING IS ALL ABOUT
Wolff found years ago just what part of the uv spectrum does what, and what combinations are most effective, its science that has been know for years.
its not magic.

As for those that still talk about hot lamps or hot beds wake up uv "black light" is one end of the visible light spectrum and heat "infrared" is on the other side of the visable light spectrum, they are two different things.
Black light is a very samll part of the uv spectrum closest to the light color purple we see,
ultaviolet "uv light" tanning light, humans can't see, bees can, it helps them home in on flowers and find their way around.

It would be good if salons owners would look into the science of light, just so we don't all sound stupid when we talk about our business. HOT Lamps, come on, your clients will find out sooner or later and you will look like a fool.
Over our 20 years our clients have found what we have told them to be true, what the othe salons told them was out to lunch.
You cant get back credibility once you loose it. Its part of the reason our salon has been in business so long and why thier salons have bit the dust. Your clients are smart and informed, you need to be to.


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Chippp

LIGHT SPECTRUM The electromagnetic spectrum is the spectrum of all forms of light across the many frequencies it travels at. The light we see is a small, slim sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is significant to us, because it is through these few wavelengths of light all the richness of the world is conveyed to us. But there is more. In the early 19th century, William Herschel took a prism and saw the expected 6 colors split out of the white light, just as Newton had. Then Herschel placed a thermometer next to the red area and noticed that the thermometer showed increased heat. This he called infrared, and it was the first detection of a form of light invisible to the human eye. Of course, some animals are able to see other forms of light, including ultraviolet and infrared, but after Herschel, humans were at least able to detect them. In 1897, X rays were discovered by Roentgen and now, today, we have a much richer portrait of the electromagnetic spectrum from the long radio waves to the quite short gamma rays.

As you see below, Visible light, all the colors we see are a very small part of the
electromagnetic spectrum, with uv on one side and infrarred "heat" on the other.




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Chippp

Uses for UV light include getting a sun tan, detecting forged bank notes in shops, and hardening some types of dental filling.


You also see UV lamps in discos, where they make your clothes glow. This happens because substances in washing powder "fluoresce" when UV light strikes them.
When you mark your posessions with a security marker pen, the ink is invisible unless you shine a UV lamp at it.

What does the uvb% tell us?
Virtually nothing, which is why Wolff System does not use them to rate its lamps. UVB ratios (NOT percentages) are derived from dividing the measured UVB energy of a lamp by its UVA energy. This is a common method of "rating" sunlamps, but it is only a relative figure and tells us very little about the tanning power, effectiveness or the life of a lamp. It is not an accurate measure of a lamp's true performance. In fact, it is misleading.

UVB is a critical component for stimulating the production of melanin, which is then darkened by exposure to UVA. The total amount of UV energy, and whether the UVA and UVB are from the most effective spectral regions, are the key factors in a lamp's performance. In real life examples, you might find one lamp rated at 5% UVB with only 20 watts of total UV energy, compared to another lamp with 32 watts of total UV energy and only 3.5% UVB. The lamp with the highest total energy will deliver a more natural, lasting tan. Precise emission from the most effective spectral regions improve results further.

The most effective sunlamps produce a proper balance of UVA and UVB. Adding more UVB typically creates a "reddening" lamp, not a better "tanning" lamp. That is why Wolff System lamps are based on research and unique phosphor blends to produce the highest quality tanning lamps.

**Because most lamp makes use the UVB% rating we are stuck with it, it tells little about the real tanning results and more about the burning results.**

>>>>>>To maximize the output and life of your tanning lamps:

Start with a high quality lamp.

Clean and replace acrylic shields according to the manufacturer's specifications. Clean reflective surfaces behind the lamps periodically and/or when you re-lamp. Also, clean the lamps themselves.

Maintain proper room temperatures with adequate air conditioning and ventilation. Higher temperatures can shorten the lamp's life and/or reduce its output.

Incoming voltage must meet the equipment manufacturer's specifications. Low voltage will reduce tanning effectiveness while high voltage may reduce lamp life.

Keep in mind that VHO (very high output) lamps tend to have a shorter life than HO (high output) lamps, but offer more sessions.

Most manufacturers list a rated lamp life for their lamps. Generally speaking, the rated life is that point where output has depreciated by 30%. This is, however, based on performance under optimal conditions. UV lamps experience their sharpest decline during the first 50-100 hours. Therefore, insist on knowing the rated life from zero hours, since that is how you will employ them in your equipment. Higher quality phosphors, such as those used in Wolff System lamps, tend to be more stable and longer lasting.

Remember, lamp maintenance values should be used as estimates. External variables such as: incoming voltage, power surges and proper cooling of the lamp will all have an effect on the life of the lamp. Your results may differ from this approximation.

Chippp

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