Is tanning worth the risk?

I think many Americans are aware of Patricia Krentcil, the New Jersey mom so obsessed with tanning that she even dragged her five-year-old daughter into a tanning bed salon. I mean not even me after living in Florida for more than 20 years have ever been ever obsessed with tanning especially tanning salons.

As a matter fact for the last 2 to 3 years I have switched over to airbrush tanning. Yes even here Miami spray tanning salons are catching on! After all, it makes sense. You go in and in 15 to 20 min. you have a beautiful golden tan without having to deal with the risk of direct Sun tanning and what is an even worse tanning bed.

It is unconceivable the number of tanning salons using tanning beds that are still in business. In more than one occasion the FDA has put out some very strong language regarding the side effect of these devices. It is said that your chances of developing skin cancer from tanning beds is as much as 70%. However, in California as well as here in Miami you still find plenty of tanning salons employee tanning beds.

While the number of Miami spray tanning salon is increasing I don't think and enough marketing and or advertising is being done about it. It is almost like if you know you know and if you don't know you don't know. Most high-quality airbrush tanning solutions are made out of natural organic ingredients and yes, anything you put in your skin including lotions may have some kind of side effect. However, the side effects of an airbrush tanning solution, specially an organic one, has to be considerably less than a 70% chance of getting skin cancer from a tanning bed.

If you live in South Florida and you have pale skin like me do yourself a favor Google “spray tanning Miami”, look for a place offering organic formulations, make an appointment and get off the sun. Trust me, a little color on your skin if not worth dying for! And regardless of whether commercials may say, tanning beds are not a part of a healthy lifestyle and yet a major cause of melanoma, one of the deadliest skin cancers.