People take risks with their health every day. Some people neglect their bodies all together by smoking, drinking, or eating lots of junk food. Ever wonder what risks we chance when lying out on the front lawn anticipating your perfect golden glow for summer. Effects of tanning on the skin may be harmful to your body in many ways, including increasing your chances of skin cancer.  

There’s a couple different types ofUV (Ultra Violent) rays that will cause damage to the skin. UVA is the prominent of the two, and usually is the responsible for cancer of the skin. UVB rays are what make sunburns red. What also can lead to skin cancer are getting a lot of sunburns. If you do take that chance, use a sunscreen that protects from both types of UV rays.

People who have a large amount of freckles or moles on their body have an even greater risk of developing skin cancer. Yet another effect of tanning premature aging. Who needs to get older quicker? Other related problems are skin losing elasticity making an early introduction of wrinkles.  

Another method of tanning is to do so in a tanning bed. Tanning beds penetrate deeper so they too are accounted for rapid-aging. The effects of tanning in a bed hardly seem worth the risk.

Sunless tanning is by far the safer and healthier alternative. It will give you a safe tan all year round without any harmful exposure to UV rays. At many health clubs spray tanning booths are offered. Sunless tanning is not what it used to be. The science of tanning without the sun has been perfected.

Yet another healthy alternative are tanning creams you can apply to your skin it will bronze your skin the way you like. There are also make-up products that will give you the perfect tanned look without any harmful effects of UV’s.