Sonshinetans

I have a EMC who used the JA tingle 2 and says he is not crazy about the tingle because the blood is coming to the surface to attack the tingle sensation and he dosen't like tricking his body's chemistry.Is this in fact true. Is the blood coming to the surface to attack the tingle??Can we get the blood circulation increased without the "tingle"???Thanks,I hope this is clear and understandable??------------------Tommy Lowery

CHUNN

Tommy,I'm not sure if the blood is "Attacking the tingle." I do know that blood flow is increased. The increased blood flow is suppost to help deliver more nutrients to the melanocytes thus helping them produce more melanin.Here is something I can't prove but seems to happen frequently with me. When I use a tingle lotion I seem to get sick soon after. I will get flu like symptons. That's why I don't use a tingle lotion very often. Maybe GREG from Soakin up the rays can clarify the chemistry of tingle and possible reactions.Michael------------------Michael Chunn - www.tantalk.com

Tan-U-Too

Tell him to work out and get a massage before he tans. That will increase his circulation. Just kidding. Tingle lotions are for a specific clientle. If doesn't care for them or believe in them, then he probable should purchase a lotion without tingle. That's what i'd tell him (in a very nice way of course).

Special Effects Tanning

Actually to work out before tanning is a good idea. Anything that increases your circulation will get your blood pumping, in turn help for a better tan. Then you don't need to use a tingle product. It is always good to tell customers who have a regular work out session that if they are planning to use a tingle product to not tan, then work out. As the heating up from working out will re-trigger the product and make your work out VERY uncomfortable.

Tan-U-Too

I have never had my tingle product reactivate from working out or anything else for that matter. I've never heard such a claim before since i've been in tanning. Any one else?

Fabugurl

Yes it is true about working out after using a tingle product. After I have used a tingle lotion then work out (cardio mostly because of the intensity of the blood pumping) you definitly reactivate the tingle sensation. It does not make you too uncomfortable though... guess it depends on the strength of the product and/or your "immunity" to that product.

Doc

Maybe Greg can clear up any chemistry questions if this is unclear, I'll give you the "short" verison:Methyl Nicotinate is a derivative of Niacin, Vitamin B3. First, what is experienced is the very well known "niacin flush." It is a very healthy action of niacin, as you'll see.Niacin has the property of causing the small blood vessels to increase in size. These are the capillaries. Now, capillaries are often so small that the blood cells pass through them in single file. It is the capillaries that take care of the vast majority of all the cells in the body. You have large arteries near the heart, and they get smaller and smaller as them extend from the heart. But, at the end of every well-sized artery is a very large network of capillaries.As these capillaries increase in size, they carry more blood to and from the cells which in turn nourishes the cells and carry away the toxins.Now, add into this equation the fact that most of the toxins in the body are stored in fat cells. These fat cells can hold on to toxins for years, never letting it go until some "event" (like sweating or exercise). Then, the fat cells give up their toxins and they start leaking out into the surrounding tissues. These fat are within a fraction of an inch of some capillary. But if that capillary is clogged (as most often they are), and if the blood cells move through them only one cell at a time (single file), then you can see that there is not much chance for those toxins to be cleaned up by the flow of blood.While there are miles of these capillaries all through your body, it is near the surface of your body where the arteries are not. So, as all the large surface of your body, your skin, is nourished by these small capillaries, and as the capillaries get larger, you can naturally see how the skin would show that increase in blood by getting red! But, there is something else going on. We also have to look at a hormone called "histamine." You know of this substance when you buy "anti-histamine" medicines. Without getting into a long story on that, the "anti-histamine" substances are meant to reduce the action of histamine. Histamine can be produced by EVERY cell in the body. And, it is nature's warning signal.Whenever a cell is in danger (as, for instance, from a mosquito bite!), the cells that are in danger emit histamine. That wonderful hormone has the ability to send a message to those places in the body which change the blood flow -- to send more blood (water) to that area to provide the nutrients needed to heal the problem, and to carry away the toxins.So, when a mosquito bites you, the area around the bite itches and swells. That is the action of histamine coming to the rescue -- bringing extra blood to supply nutrients to the cells that have been poisoned by the mosquito bite, and to carry away the poison. When a cell is completely overwhelmed (as when it is loaded with toxins) it is in such apathy that it can't even release histamine -- in other words, it is so sick that it can't even call for help.Now, take a look at those cells near the capillaries. They are often loaded with toxins and there is never enough blood flowing near them to take the toxins away. As those poor cells start coming back to life -- getting rid of toxins, they rise UP to the level where they can send out calls for help. They send out small quantities of the hormone, histamine.Histamine causes an itchy feeling anywhere it goes. It also causes the body to send more blood to that area, but what is experienced is the red skin and the itchy reaction from histamine. If you take niacin and do not have a flush, it could be that your capillaries are too far gone to be helped or you don't have a lot of toxins or you have become sensitized to it at the present level - same is true for Methyl Nicotinate.

CHUNN

Well said!------------------Michael Chunn - www.tantalk.com