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sweettimm

I have owner a tanning salon for 10 years which my wife runs, I travel for a living a have been working in nuclear power plants for 14 years radiation that comes from a tanning bed ha! worry about your eyes protection. other wise stay away from a microwave that's alot worse.

BigLeo

That's the funniest post I've seen today. Maybe the question should be. How do I make money in this business? Where are the customers?

engfant

I actually metered my tanning salon with all the tanning beds going wide open. UNLESS you are within a few inches from the tanning room there is LITTLE TO NO UV exposure.

ramcat

If you are worried about bouncing light change the color of your walls, Go to a matte finish. (flat)

JohnnyComeLately

For metering bulbs, buy UV blocking glasses. TW Tans sells them for about $15. I notice an effect when wearing contacts and checking bulbs, but with UV blocking glasses it doesn't bother my eyes.

For the original question, the technical answer may have been buried for the casual observer. UV Light is just a little higher in frequency than FM radio and normal visible light. The frequency of the emission is too low to do anything, just as standing next to an FM transmitter for weeks would do nothing. A microwave is an incredibly higher frequency and DOES change the matter it comes into contact with. As an example, put food in a microwave and set it for two minutes. The entire object starts to get warm. With a tanning bed, the light is such a low wavelength it's only able to penetrate a few millimeters. This is why the lady falling asleep and frying her liver (in a tanning bed) is an impossibility.

In terms of radioactivity, the difference between radiation and radioactivity is that the act of passing across another element changes it's properties. Decades after Chernobyl, walking through a building will expose you to radioactive particles that will cause health issues. Radiation does not do this. Walking into the tanning room AFTER the bed is off will not expose others, just as you tanning, walking past someone does not EXPOSE them to anything (except your pit-odor if you didn't use the deodorant we provide in every room )

All of this is covered in Smart Tan's certification. It's an invaluable course that everyone should attend, IMHO.

ramcat

Good opinion except for the pit comment. You really provide deodorant? I would think it would be unsanitary to use a common stick. hmmmmmmm Do we all smell the same afterwards?

JohnnyComeLately

Deodorant is spray.

engfant

I'm switching to after tan body spray. Deodorant will just clog up the bed eventually.