It’s also helpful to know which sun protection aids on the market measure up to their claims. Following are a few products and procedures you may have heard about. Some companies promote ingestible pills that purport to provide sun protection. Experts say there is insufficient scientific evidence to support these claims. There are bracelets that […]

Fortunately, there are safe alternatives. Most dermatologists consider spray and airbrush tanning as safe as applying makeup. The active ingredient for sunless tanning, dihydroxyacetone (DHA), is derived from raw sugarcane and sugar beets, which reacts with the skin’s amino acids to produce color. This color develops three to four hours after application, deepens over the […]

Like many people, you’d love to have that bronzed look but don’t want to expose yourself to harmful ultraviolet rays. With spray tanning and airbrushing, there are ways to get this attractive look safely. The tanned look has been popular for decades and reached a new level of sophistication in the 1970s when tanning beds […]