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Bed Skin

My daughter is ruining her skin with the tanning bed, how do I make it clear to her that her beauty will fade?

I have tried to tell her over and over again, that the tanning bed will age her, she is 21, so she is an adult, she loves her tanned skin, but she won't believe me that in twenty years, she will have old, wrinkled skin...I am in my late fifty's with beautiful creamy, unwrinkled skin, she asumes hers will look like mine when she is old, but that will never happen, she lives in the tanning bed....I need something to tell her, that will make an inpression on her, because I am not getting through to her. Thanks for the help

First let me say overdoing anything is bad. People shouldn't lay out all day on the beach or sit in tanning beds all day, but sun is necessary for us.

Sun is necessary because it is the only way we get vitamin D. Vitamin D is crucial to calcium absorption. If you don't get enough your bones will become weak and brittle and you're chances of getting osteoperosis earlier than normal increases dramatically.

Tanning beds are a bad way to get your daily sunlight. They provide a mimic of natural sunlight, but worse rays. Encourage your daughter to get her sunlight, but in a natural way, and less frequently.

Your daughter may also be addicted to tanning. It has been proven that certain rays in sunlight give people a "happy high". It might be tough to get her away from this "high" and she might be prone to depression or sadness without her daily dose of sunshine.

I'm not sure what nationality you are, but certain ethnic groups are more prone to sun damage than others. I personally can lay out without any protection for long periods of time without fear of a burn because of my ethniticiy. I've also checked my skin damage, and I have virtually nothing.

If you want to scare you daughter and show her right now how damaged her skin is, take her into a sephora store, or invest in two blacklights. If you set up two blacklights in front of a mirror in a room of total blackness, you'll be able to clearly see the skin damage on your skin. You'll see hundreds or thousands of spots all over your face if it's severely damaged.
These spots will show up more as you get older.

As far as sunscreen goes:

The companies that make sunscreen are big hypocrites only looking to make money. They give a portion of their profits to the cancer funds, and in turn the cancer funds run ads saying to put spf on to protect yourself from skin cancer.

Why are they hypocrites, well if you look up the ingredients in spf they have cancer causing agents. If the Cancer organizations actually cared they would say to protect skin with clothing, not chemical laden spf.

How to naturally protect yourself:

You can naturally protect your skin without man made chemicals and toxins. The first is with clothing, the second plants. Certain plants have their own internal sunscreen and by taking the plants chemical, you can have a natural barrier to the sun. I believe this chemical is called chlorella, but don't quote me on that. Eating a good amount of fruits and veggies also helps to protect and help your skin rejuvinate after being in the sun.

Skin Support Supplement $24.95 Strengthen skin from within. This antioxidant enriched formulation can help boost the skin's appearance with well-known enzymes, herbs, and vitamins.

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Skin Eraser $29.99 Potent triple-acid exfoliator provides a gradual, esthetician-grade peel effect. Helps minimize dark spots, bumpiness and dull tone.

Skin Support System - Dry Skin $78.9 If you suffer from flare-ups, redness, flakiness, and blotchiness, try this protective solution combining high-grade Vitamin C and redness-fighting herbals.

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Three Step Skin Care System $69.9 Not just a cleanse, tone and moisturize. You can treat wrinkles, prevent breakouts, improve tone and pigment, and boost the quality of your skin all in a matter of 5 minutes per day.

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Acne Therapy for Oily Skin $89.89 A daily treatment of cleansing, high-potency Glycolic and Salicylic acids, and moisturizing are punctuated with a mineral-heavy clay purifier.

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Acne Therapy for Dry/Mature Skin $84.85 Treats and prevents clogged pores, pimples, blackheads and enlarged pores. Comes with potent triple-acid serum for use once a week to minimize fine lines and wrinkles.

DermCare Lotion $29.95 A revolutionary skin lotion ideal for use on the face and for children's skin. Not greasy, ideal for skin suffering from eczema but not overly dry.

DermCare Cleanser $19.95 Gently removes oils and dead skin from the surface of the skin without affecting the natural pH or drying the skin out. Ideal for use on children or anyone sensitive skin.

Refining Scrub $24.95 Dual action scrub helps clear pores and balance oily skin.

Skin - You've Made Your Bed

Tanning Bed Facts - What To Know

With the ongoing work being done by researchers studying the health effects of a myriad of environmental, dietary, and chemical factors on our bodies, we are bombarded with information on a daily basis. The negative effects of sun exposure have been well documented, as have the effects of tanning beds. But for tanning bed enthusiasts, the positive feelings associated with tanning are difficult to ignore. To weigh your risks when it comes to tanning, it's important to first understand some tanning bed facts.

One of the most important tanning bed facts to understand is that tanning beds do not eradicate the dangers of ultraviolet rays. Most of us know that the sun emits ultraviolet rays - UVA and UVB rays - that have been associated with everything from early aging to significant skin damage such as skin cancer. But what you must also understand is that tanning beds also emit these ultraviolet rays. While exposure to the more dangerous UVB rays are minimized in tanning beds, these UV rays still exist. Additionally, tanning beds actually increase exposure to UVA rays - longer UV wavelengths that reach our deeper layers of skin - to speed the tanning process. For skin that has a tendency to burn this can mean a speedier burning, rather than tanning, process.

Another one of the tanning bed facts to understand is that visiting a tanning salon does not mean you should leave your protective lotion behind. Rather, you should be just as vigilant in selecting protective lotion at the tanning salon as you would on the beach. One of the tanning bed facts that most people don't realize is that there are lotions designed for specific skin types that are meant to provide protection in tanning beds. Any reputable tanning salon will offer a full product line of protective lotion; ask an employee for help finding one that works with your skin type.

The most important of tanning bed facts is that a tanning bed does not change your skin. If you burn at the pool then you will burn in a tanning salon. If you have fair skin that tends to burn, you're better off avoiding tanning beds altogether. But if you must tan, do so responsibly and with knowledge behind you.

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