What is a high pressure tanning system?
It is a tanning system, whereby it is equipped with all High Pressure lamps, which are approx. 3-4 inches in length and are behind a special square UV filtered glass (usually dark in colour or mirrored) With this specialized equipment, tanning is taken to its purest form. The burning rays (UVB) are dramatically reduced and the tanning rays (UVA) are tremendously optimized. This means that unlike “traditional” tube lamp systems, the burning rays are not there to chase you out before the tanning rays can do their job. This means you will have a beautiful rich golden brown tan in JUST 3-4 visits. You will also only require 3-4 visits PER MONTH to maintain that tan. This is because the “burning” rays in traditional systems and in natural sunlight do the following: 1. Burn you if you get too much. 2. Even in small amounts that won’t burn you, will dry out the skin and increase the exfoliation process and take away the tan. Do not be fooled by uneducated salons telling you they have high pre
Effective low pressure systems, because of the relatively low power of low pressure lamps (typically up to 160 Watts each), use a higher percentage of UVB rays (up to 9%) than high pressure systems. The higher values of UVB do initially cause the body to produce more melanin for a good tan, but the skin’s defense mechanism causes the skin to thicken to provide protection from the UVB. Also, the damaged skin exfoliates so the tanned look quickly disappears. For these two reasons, to maintain a tan on a low pressure system requires that you tan often, perhaps as much as 3 times a week or more. High pressure tanning uses lamps of much higher power and a very low percentage of UVB. In theory there is less probability of skin damage caused by high UVB exposure and it is easier for the gentler UVA rays to provide a healthy looking tan in as little as three sessions! And with no protective thickening of the skin and no exfoliation, this tan can last for two weeks or more!
