There are certain medications that can not be taken if you plan to tan in commercial tanning beds.

People who are very fair and do not tan well or at all should not use commercial tanning beds. If you have a history of skin cancer in your family, use of commercial tanning beds may not be a good idea.

Did you suffer from a really bad sunburn as a child? You may want to avoid commercial tanning beds.

Some people have a medical condition that becomes worse when they are exposed to sunlight. If this describes you, you should not tan in commercial tanning beds.

If you are thinking of using commercial tanning beds you have best information so you will be able to tan as safely as possible.

When using tanning bed lamps in a high pressure bed it will not take you as long to get a tan. Tanning bed lamps in this kind of bed also make it possible to maintain your tan with less frequent trips to tanning salon.

Conventional tanning bed lamps use both UVA and UVB rays. The tanning bed lamps in high pressure beds have a system that filters ultra-violet lights really well. Some of newer high pressure beds have very advanced systems that remove higher frequencies of UVA rays almost completely. Consequently, when you tan using these tanning bed lamps you are tanning as safely as possible.

You might want to talk to owners of your tanning salon and find out what type of tanning bed lamps they are using.