What is sun poisoning? Can I get it from tanning indoors, like I can from tanning outdoors?
Polymorphous Light Eruption, the medical community’s technical term for sun poisoning, is a skin reaction to intense exposure to ultraviolet light. Since indoor tanning lamps produce ultraviolet light just like the sun does, sun poisoning can be produced from either indoor or outdoor tanning. March and April are by far the most common months for an individual to develop the condition. The reason is that people commonly don’t stop to consider that their skin has lost that natural protection they developed by August of the previous year. Persons who have developed sun poisoning should stop any tanning activity for about a week and a half, or until the skin reaction has disappeared. Tanning should resume in reduced exposure levels until the skin has been gradually reconditioned to ultraviolet light. -top of page ……….
