Does the heat of the sunbed make a difference (i.e make me tan faster)?
The heat of the sunbed makes absolutely no difference to your tan. All of our units start tanning as soon as they are turned on. We have installed state of the art air-conditioning for a cool and comfortable environment. When skin is exposed to ultra-violet B light, cells called melanocytes in the deeper dermis layer of the skin produce increased amounts of melanin, the tanning pigment. this is then transferred to the top layer of skin, the epidermis. Ultra-violet A then acts upon the melanin near the surface by oxidising it. This turns the melanin brown and creates what we know as a tan. This process does not happen immediately, generally only four to six hours after the tanning session.
