You don't necessarily HAVE to but it dries out your skin quickly, lessens your ability to tan and probably even more unhealthy for your skin. Also, I've found if you don't use lotion you kind of stick to the bed and it's very uncomfortable.
Depends on if you used a lotion or not. Most lotions have DHS in it, which is like a tinted moisturizer. If you used a lotion you should wait 4 hours so the DHS has had time to completely soak into your skin, after the 4 hour wait you can shower. If you didn't use a lotion you can shower whenever you feel like it.
Don't do it! It does get into your blood stream. Tanning very bad for you skin. I'm sure your skin is a beautiful color, let it be.
no unless its like been sitting in one spot for the past 6 years
Many indoor tanning lotions contain bronzers which are heat activated-- if they are left in the heat the bronzers activate themselves and become inaffective. Lotions left in the heat also get really thin and start to smell bad.
Not really. It's best if you use sunscreen. However, sunscreen may also cause skin cancer if your out in the sun for too long. its also bad if you use no sunscreen at all and go spend the whole day in the sun. You dont want to get sun burned to i suggest you look for a good sunscreen to prevent sun burn. If you use a tanning lotion, there is absolutly no need to go out in the sun, because the tanning lotion will tan you skin temporarily depending on which tanning lotion you buy. The two tanning alternatives above are better than tanning in a salon or in a tan bed. Tan beds cause skin cancer, eventually (or puts you higher at risk for it).
suntan lotion is bad because it does bad things for your skin.
The effects of tanning are definitely that the bad outweighs the good. You could possibly get skin cancer from using a tanning bed, and it's really bad for you.
Yes, it actually is.
It is not recommended that you use an outdoor tanning lotion in a tanning bed. Several reasons apply. First of all, a lot of outdoor tanning lotions contain oils which can damage acrylics. Second, indoor tanning lotions are specifically designed to put the vitamins and minerals depleted during sun exposure back into your skin, an effort to prevent pre-mature aging and other less than beautiful side effects of tanning. Finally, in order to get optimal results from tanning in a controlled environment than you need to use something designed to quickly activate melanin production - intensifying your ability to tan in a rapid session. Some tanning lotions, most of the Designer Skin line, are designed for use indoors and outdoors. This would be the way to go if you are looking for a lotion that you can use successfully in both settings.
Tanning on tanning beds is bad for you in general. It has been known to cause several skin conditions, and lead to skin cancer over time.
Yes, but tanning is still bad for you!
Tanning is bad because 7 out of 10 people will get skin cancer. That means if 10 people went to a tanning bed regularly, 7 of those people will more than likely have skin cancer.