Details About Sunless Tanning And How Is It Conducted

By Haywood Hunter


Quite some time ago, having a tanned body was all about lying down for long under the sun. However, new age products have made it possible without this excruciating ordeal. These products can provide the required tan within much lesser time as required for conventional tanning. This is known as sunless tanning and has been around for a while now.

The body tends to absorb these products in a short period of time. However, it is quite possible that skin at a certain body parts absorbs them at different rates. It may absorb it at faster at feet than that at other parts of the body. To avoid any untoward incident, the instructions regarding their usage need to be understood completely. The useful information about the same is presented here.

Certain chemicals make up the major part of most of these products. One of such chemicals is dihydroxyacetone (DHA). Popularly known as DHA in medical fraternity, it leads to providing the skin the required tan. Different skin types have been known to maintain this tan for different time periods. However, the average duration considering different skin types is of around 7 days.

To achieve longer life of the tan, DHA is mixed with erythrulose, another bio-chemical. Their effect develops over few days, but stays for a long time. This time period is much longer as compared to that obtained by products based on DHA alone. Hence, the products that are based on combination of these two remain much popular than the other ones.

Before applying any of these lotions, gels or sprays on the body, one should test them on a patch of skin first. One may come to know whether the skin receives it well or not. This is essentially needed for prevention of infection on the whole body. One can get these lotions applied on the body with the help of someone else. Alternatively, a spray can be applied without much help from anybody.

Spas offer tanning with specialized gadgets. These gadgets include spray guns like airbrush, HVLP spray gun and LVLP spray gun. A spray of the solution is applied on the body of the client by a technician using any one of these gadgets. Most spas ensure compliance with FDA guidelines regarding the spray which is controlled with an efficient controller.

To get a tan instantaneously, one may consider temporary bronzers. The dark tan obtained with these is pretty impressive. However, it must be prevented from getting in contact with water or else, it may get ruined.

Wearing dark clothes can be considered if a temporary bronzer has been applied. Care must be taken while applying this tan, to avoid a tan with splotches. Some moisturizers tend to contain tan agents. These can be used to imbibe a darker shade into the skin.

One may go for any one of the numerous sunless tanning methods that are available. It has to be noted that water and tanning products are not good bedfellows. Hence, their contact should be avoided at all costs to maintain the tan.




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