What is a solarium and how do they work?
A solarium (otherwise known as a sunbed, sunlamp or tanning booth) uses electricity to produce concentrated artificial ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Solarium users either lie down on a UV bed, stand in front of a panel or angle a sun lamp over their skin. The UV radiation causes skin cells to make pigment or ‘melanin’, which makes the skin looked tanned. Tanning happens more rapidly from a solarium compared to normal sun tanning because solariums emit UV radiation that is up to five times stronger than the midday sun.
