Buying a Used Tanning Bed

People who utilize tanning beds will often get tired of going to a salon or spa to use the service.  When this happens, they will often look for a home tanning bed that they can keep in a spare bedroom or garage of the home so that they can tan whenever they want to do so.  Buying a used tanning bed sometimes seems like a good option since new tanning beds can be very expensive.  However, the technology in tanning beds has changed rapidly through the years, so when buying a used tanning bed, it is important to do some research first to make sure that parts are still available and that the bulbs that are used have the least amount of UVB rays in them as possible.  New beds in the conventional style will cost about fifteen hundred dollars on the bottom end of the pricing scale, so the used tanning beds should not cost more than that in most cases.  The high pressure beds will cost ten thousand dollars on the bottom end of the market, so a used tanning bed in that style should not cost more than that in most cases.
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Going to a Tanning Bed

When going to a tanning bed, there are some precautions that should be taken so that the skin is protected as much as possible while still obtaining that glow on the skin from the tanning rays of the bed.  There are different styles of tanning beds on the market today, including some that can be used at home and others that are made for commercial use.  There are tanning bed lotions that are designed for the particular rays that are experienced in the tanning beds versus the sun’s rays outside.  There are also goggles that can be used on the eyes to prevent damage while in the tanning beds.

Types

One type of tanning bed is the conventional one, which uses long lamps that are placed in the top and the bottom of the bed.  These lights look like fluorescent lights and used to be the only kind of tanning bed that there was on the market.  The lights that are used in these beds are not good for the skin at all and should be used very carefully.  The problem with these bulbs is that they emit not only the UVA rays which are the ones that provide the tan to the skin, but they also emit the UBB rays, which have both the good Vitamin D but also the bad burning rays.  These tanning beds are likely to burn the person that uses them, especially if the person does not have a good base tan to start out with.  These tanning beds usually require about four weeks to develop the base tan, going three to five times per week for about twenty minutes per time.

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