Environmental Effects Of Tanning

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A superficial skin beauty tone called tanning can be achieve in different ways; by sun exposure, artificial tanning and a tanning spray. Tanning spray is a liquid spray it is like a wash and wear, and not as damaging as being exposed to the ultraviolet rays of artificial or solar. Tanning is the darkening of the skin in correlation to a healthy outdoor activity, but at the same time, it is mean skin damaged. Without proper skin care and protection from prolonged exposure to the sun or artificial tan machine can result in early aging (Levine, 2004). Specifically, the ultraviolet radiation from an artificial source like tanning beds or UV of the sun is the result of an early fine line and wrinkles which most younger women are not happy to see

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