Indoor Tanning Versus Outdoor Tanning

Written by Angela Maroevich


The benefits of indoor tanning versus outdoor tanning are widely discussed inrepparttar cosmetic and health industries.

It is ultimately up to you to decide which method is healthy and convenient for you.

When you visit an indoor tanning facility, your skin produces a tan inrepparttar 115251 same way that it does when you bask inrepparttar 115252 sun -- throughrepparttar 115253 absorption of ultraviolet light.

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One ofrepparttar 115257 benefits of indoor tanning versus outdoor tanning is that it allows you to controlrepparttar 115258 amount of UV light that you are exposed to, so that you do not get a sunburn or prepare your epidermis for a predisposition to skin cancer.

================================================= You cannot control harmful UV rays fromrepparttar 115259 sun anymore than you can controlrepparttar 115260 weather. =================================================

If you compare indoor tanning versus outdoor tanning, outdoor tanning is actually one ofrepparttar 115261 most unreliable ways to achieve that perfect tan. It is, however, a reliable way to achieve a sunburn.

Waiting for a reddish burn to fade to a brown acceleratesrepparttar 115262 aging process.

Indoor tanning equipment utilizesrepparttar 115263 same two kinds of ultraviolet light, UVA and UVB rays that are emitted byrepparttar 115264 sun. Indoor tanning procedures are highly regulated by government agencies in both Canada andrepparttar 115265 United States andrepparttar 115266 equipment is designed to mimicrepparttar 115267 effect of sunlight.

================================================= Exposure times are determined by equipment and trained professionals that take into account previous tanning sessions as well asrepparttar 115268 tanner's skin type. This minimizesrepparttar 115269 possibility ofrepparttar 115270 kind of skin damage that is common with outdoor tanning. =================================================

The Swan on the Chopping Block

Written by Tonya Zavasta


When Anderson wrote “The Ugly Duckling”, he was imagining a natural transformation from awkward youth to mature beauty. His vision did not include a meat cleaver. The new network show, “The Swan” is a travesty on so many levels that it is difficult to know where to begin. There is nothing wrong with using cosmetic surgery to correct a definitive flaw but to turn yourself over to megalomaniacs with scalpels is cause for more therapy than these women are receiving.

It is unconscionable that television should even consider anything so potentially damaging. However,repparttar women who allow themselves to berepparttar 115250 golden goose (to mix metaphors) are equally to blame. What sane women would with good conscience turn herself over to strangers without having any input into what is being done.

The Swan reflects society’s superficial attitude towards cosmetic surgery as a cure all for everything from natural aging to an unhealthy lifestyle. It is not enough that millions of baby boomers are already flocking to cosmetic surgeons to graft an artificial spring over a natural winter, now they are fiercely promotingrepparttar 115251 idea to much younger women even in those in their 20s who admittedly should look far better than they do but could substitute restraint for butchery to improve themselves without outside help. Taking individual responsibility is a far healthier solution torepparttar 115252 problem

A healthy person always looks 10 to 20 years younger than her peers. While many women would give anything for beauty, there is one thing that should never be sacrificed --health. Health and beauty are connected vessels: if you steal from one, you steal fromrepparttar 115253 other.

Your inner and outer body are two sides ofrepparttar 115254 same coin. Ifrepparttar 115255 colors and forms of your body are changing outwardly, do not be mistaken, for they are also changing inwardly. If surgery is needed onrepparttar 115256 outside, it might be an indication that surgery will soon be needed onrepparttar 115257 organs inside as well. Often,repparttar 115258 exterior flaws that can be corrected by cosmetic surgery arerepparttar 115259 result of much more serious internal problems. Ifrepparttar 115260 cause is not addressed,repparttar 115261 problem will recur.

Cosmetic surgery will not make you younger. Any surgery drastically ages your body. In fact, biologically, you will get older. Facelifts and associated procedures do take years off your face temporarily but add years to your body permanently. Is it worth undergoing 10 to 12 hours of consecutive procedures, exhausting your body, and endangering your life for superficial changes that can largely be obtained through a healthy, disciplined lifestyle?

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