Monday, 19 November 2012

Different Kinds Of Cheap Tanning Lotions

By Haywood Hunter


The cost of protecting ourselves from the harmful effects of radiation from the sun can seem shockingly expensive. We spend the money because it is preferable to damaging our skin and risking cancer. If we are prepared to look, it turns out we can find top quality, big name brand cheap tanning lotions.



Specific situations require specific solutions. Outdoors, it is necessary to use cheap tanning lotions that provide protection from the sun's harmful UV rays. These come in different strengths and provide different levels of protection as indicated by their sun protection factor (SPF). The higher the SPF, the more time the user is able to safely stay in the sun. For those people who do not desire such protection, cheap tanning lotions exist that actively serve to attract sunlight to the skin's surface to accelerate tanning.

Babies, as well as little children, should always be protected by an application of high-SPF product when they are out in the sun for longer than a few minutes. Anybody with a pale complexion or who has freckles should also use moderate to high-SPF cheap tanning lotions. The risk of getting skin cancer increases with exposure to the sun so everyone who spends a lot of time in the sun should use at least low-SPF protection some of the time.



There are specially designed cheap tanning lotions for people who prefer to work on their sun tan indoors on special beds. Indoor products speed up the process by accelerating the production of melanin, a dark pigment naturally produced by the skin to protect organisms, including humans, from the toxic effects of Vitamin D, a by-product of exposure to the sun.

These cheap tanning lotions are created especially for use with an ultra-violet light source such as a bed or a booth. They do not offer protection from the sun nor do they contain sunscreen. Another effect of these cheap tanning lotions that accelerates development of a sun tan is by increasing blood flow to the skin.

Common ingredients in cheap tanning lotions for indoor use include melanin and L-tyrosine, a non-essential amino acid. Indoor lotions may also contain green tea extract, tea oil and copper. Tanning beds have protective shields that contain acrylic. Mineral oils, such as those commonly found in outdoor lotions, cause damage to the surface of acrylics. For this reason, outdoor cheap tanning lotions should never be used on indoor tanning beds.

There are also products available that help the user mimic the appearance of a suntan without exposing themselves to harmful UV rays from the sun or from an indoor source. These cheap tanning lotions are gaining popularity as reports linking UV exposure to skin cancer and other types of damage continue to appear in the popular press. Many of these products use carotenoids, chemicals that occur naturally in fruits and vegetables, especially carrots.

One carotenoid that is safe for use at high chronic doses is Lycopene. This may also provide protection from certain forms of cancer. Not all carotenoids are this safe. Products for all types of suntan generation can be found in the form of cheap tanning lotions. This article is intended for the sole purpose of providing information and is not to be considered as medical advice.




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