Tanning Bulbs
Posted by Gail Jones in Uncategorized, tags: acne, beauty, equipment, family, fitness, health, holiday, home improvement, other, self improvement, skin cancer, skin care, tanning, tanning beds, UncategorizedTanning bed lamps are used in every tan bed or suntan lamp on the market. When you are purchasing a new or especially a used suntan bed, take a good look at the bulbs. Make sure that they are proper tanning lamps and meet the FDA guidelines for health and safety. You should also consider how easy it is to get at the lamps. Be sure that the bulbs are easy to change when necessary. It is quite important and a lot cheaper if you can perform such simple maintenance yourself, if you buy a home sun bed.
There are two very different, non-interchangeable kinds of bulbs used in low pressure and high pressure beds. You need to ensure you get the right tanning bed bulbs for your sun bed, because you cannot use just any bulb you like. If you are buying replacement bulbs on the Internet, check the make and model of your existing bed very carefully, because you have to ensure that the lamps you are buying are suitable for your bed.
High Pressure Tanning Bulbs: high pressure beds have quartz-tube lamps in a multitude of sizes. The gases used in these lamps are pressurized to slightly higher than atmospheric pressure. The lamps in these beds are located in the canopy of the bed, so that you tan only from above. When you have tanned the skin on one side of your body for about 10-12 minutes, you turn over and tan the other side. The flat bed of these devices is a great deal more comfortable than a regular tanning bed.
One of the biggest benefit of these HP lamps is the amount of time you have to spend on the tanning bed. Because you tan more quickly, you need to spend less time in the tanning salon, which means it works out cheaper. You can get the level of tan you want in about three weeks of three to five sessions each week. However, with a low pressure bed, it would take you at least a month to achieve the same level of colour. Maintaining your tan is much easier too. You only need two or three sessions each month to maintain the colour, as opposed to four times that many visits to a conventional salon bed. Many of these bulbs use UVA rays only, not UVB rays which are responsible for sunburn.
Conventional Sun Bed Bulbs: Conventional, or low pressure beds use long tube lamps that look like household fluorescent tubes. The lamps are located above and below the bed of the sun bed, which means that all areas are tanned at the same time, without the need to change positions during the session.
Conventional beds use UVA and UVB rays in varying mixes. Some use both rays and others emit mostly UVA with some UVB rays. UVA rays are responsible for the (premature) ageing effects on the skin and UVB rays are the burning rays that cause skin burn when you are outside in the sun. It is very important to determine which kind of rays your tan bed’s bulbs emit. You must ensure you replace your existing bulbs with the same new lamps after about 1,000 hours of use.
Another consideration when selecting the type of bed you use at home or in the salon, is the tanning bed lotion you will use. Different lotions suit different types of beds. The owner of your tanning salon can help you choose a lotion that will be best for the bed you are using and your skin type. No matter what bed you use, you should certainly always use a lotion or a cream, because they will nourish your skin and help you tan faster.
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