Tanning Beds

As sun care, sun exposure and UV (ultra violet) damage become an increasing concern for many, tanning beds provide customers with indoor tanning options like tanning beds, tanning lamps and sunless tanning. An estimated 28 million Americans are tanning indoors every year, and there are nearly 25,000 tanning salons around the country.

Salons spend millions of dollars a year in expensive salon equipment, including tanning beds. Manufacturers like Wolff lead the way in producing quality salon tanning beds for this two billion-dollar-a-year industry. Wolff tanning beds come in a variety of shapes and sizes and range in manufacturer suggested price from $500 to $2,000 or more. That said, these same beds can be found at a signficant discount on halfvalue.

For home tanning purposes, Wolff offers machines that work as face tanners, canopies, full tanning beds (with six- to 26-lamp units) and more. For commercial use in professional salons, Wolff offers beds with total surround tunnels, faster performance and a larger number of lamps (24- to 52-lamp units). Every lamp in Wolff's home and commercial beds is 100 watts.

Reducing UV Exposure
Studies on the market suggest that tanning beds are not any safer than natural sun exposure, because tanning beds also expose users to UV rays. Although there is much debate surrounding this issue, self-tanning products are arguably the safest sun tanning process on the market. They use DHA, or dihydroxyacetone, to stain the skin for three to five days without exposure to the sun or its long-term effects. Sunscreen is still recommended for use with self-tanners. SPF 30 is the minimum recommended, with reapplication every two to three hours.