How Does High Pressure Tanning Work?
Humans normally exfoliate (shed) their skin about every 28 days. Constant exposure to UVB light in conventional tanning beds accelerates this cycle to somewhere between 5 and 10 days. Since UVB light tans only the outer layer of skin, which then exfoliates every 5 to 10 days, your tan fades if you let more than just a few days go by between tanning sessions. Also, in response to UVB, your outer layer of skin thickens as a natural barrier to further UVB exposure. High pressure beds tan with virtually 100% UVA rays, allowing your skin to return to its normal 28 day cycle. High pressure tanning also tans deeper, so even as your outer layer exfoliates, the layer beneath is still tan. What puts the Sunsport bed above the rest? High pressure lamps increase the amount of energy that is released so that the tanning process is triggered in much less time. One 30-minute treatment could be compared to 8-12 sessions in a conventional low pressure bed, or a whole day in the Caribbean sun. A series
