Tanning Skin

Tanning beds give off UV lights or radiation. When your skin is exposed to UV rays, it is the reaction to make more melanin. This makes the skin darker. The two types of radiation that enter the skin is UVA and UVB rays. UVB hits the top of the skin and are more responsible for most sunburns. UVA rays mostly target deeper layers of the skin. They can cause allergic reactions, and rashes.
If you put the two rays together you can get skin cancer way faster. If you go to a tanning salon the lamps that they use give off both rays. Melanoma is considered the deadliest form of skin cancer. You can develop skin cancer really easy if you …show more content…
Most can’t be seen by a normal human beings eye. UV rays are only one type of EM energy. All EM rays are made up of particles called photons that travel in a wave like pattern that can move at the speed of light. The three types of UV rays that come from the sun are, of course, UVA and UVB, but also UVC. UVA rays have the longest wavelength of the three.
When you are exposed to UVB it helps with your skin producing vitamin D. There are lots of ways to determine how much UV rays you are exposed to. These include altitude, weather conditions, geography, and more. The closer you are to the equator the stronger the UV rays. If you are in an area with snow, water, pavement, and sand your exposure to UV rays is greater. This is due to the properties having reflective surfaces.
Warning signs of skin cancer are as follows. Increases in skin size, abnormally shaped lumps or bumps. Spots that appear multi colored. Any sore that doesn't heal and then reopens. Random spots that grow and may hurt, itch, bleed, or scab. If you have a mole, it might change texture, change color, or is weirdly shaped and/ or suddenly begins growing