Can anything good come out of the tanning bed?
It is hard to convince a society that believes “everybody looks better with a little color” to stay out of the tanning beds. This is especially difficult in the winter months and in the beginning of swimsuit season.It may become a bit easier to keep teens out of the tanning beds according to NBC 12 recent report. A potential ban on the use of tanning beds by people under 18 was among the recommendations Thursday by U.S. health advisers who said more measures are needed to protect consumers — especially teens — from skin-cancer risks posed by the devices. The panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration also recommended that the agency add bolder warning labels to tanning beds, change how they are regulated by the FDA, and require parental consent, the Associated Press reported.
Dr Krieger sees patients once the sun damage has already begun to appear.He can treat sun damaged skin with laser resurfacing, skin care services, and Thermage. Of course the best results are seen when patients also use medical skin care treatments at home. It is important that patients do not tan their skin after surgery if there is bruising. The risk of the area becoming permanently darker than the rest of the skin is probable. It is also important not to tan scars from surgery for a year as they too may become darker. Ideally patients will not tan at all.
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