posted 07-18-2003 05:28 PM            

#1 - - fair skinned people tend to have overly sensitive skin. It reacts to UV light, heat, perfumes in lotions, and sometimes the chemicals used to sanitize the tanning equipment.

#2 - - if the condition IS prickly heat - using shorter exposure times, in gentler lamp strength beds with good A/C or fans to cool the room is important. Eventually - the skin will build up its tolerance to the heat

#3 - - if the condition is from an allergic reaction to the actual tanning lamps (and this is possible) it is usually an all over body rash and NOT just on body contact points.

#4 - - if there is an allergy to the chemicals - it will only present on the areas that TOUCH the glass.

Both 3 & 4 will respond to an antihistamine.

#5 broken blood vessels from overexposure to UV light is a sunburn.... the selective non-raised red spots (if truly a blood blister) would be of concern to be so abundant in my opinion.

Even more of a concern to me would be the lack of input shown here of the salon personnel.... What was their take on the situation? Did they advise that using scented lotions and body sprays in UV Beds could cause irritations and extra photosensitizing? Were they helpful at all?

Pre-conditioning the skin for time in the sun is the SMARTEST thing a person can do - - - and that does not eliminate the need for an appropriate level sunscreen either.

It would be sad if the Indoor Tanning Experience was not a good one simply due to lack of communication.