WHAT IS DHA AND HOW SAFE IS IT?
DHA is dihydroxyacetone, a carbohydrate (monosaccharide sugar) compound approved by the FDA for use in extremlly applied sunless tanninf solutions. DHA is usally derived from a vegitable source like beets or sugar cane. Its properties as a skin darkener were discovered in the 1920’s but weren’t marketed as such until the 1960s when Coppertone introduced Quick Tan. It swas added to the FDA’s list of approved cosmetic ingredients in the 1970s. DHA is the tanning ingredient used in the Mystic Tan Tanning Myst that has produced more than 15 million sunless tans with no documented reports of adverse effects.
