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Tanning bed lamps are located in every tan bed or suntan lamp in the shops. When you are purchasing a new or especially a used tanning bed, make a careful examination of the lamps. Make sure that they are proper tanning lamps and meet the FDA guidelines with regard to health and safety. You should also consider how easy it is to get at the bulbs. Be sure that the bulbs are easy to change when necessary. It is very important, and a lot cheaper, if you can perform such simple maintenance yourself, if you have a home tanning bed.

There are different sorts of lamps used in conventional and high pressure beds. Make sure you buy the right tanning bed bulbs for your bed, because they are not interchangeable. If you are purchasing replacement bulbs on the Internet, check the make and model of your existing bulbs carefully. Ensure that the bulbs you are buying are suitable for your bed.

High Pressure Bulbs: high pressure beds use quartz lamps in various sizes. The gases inside these lamps have a pressure that is slightly higher than atmospheric pressure. The lamps in these beds are located in the top of the bed, so that you tan from above only. When you have tanned the skin on one side of your body for about 10-12 minutes, you turn over and tan the other side. The bed of these devices is much more comfortable than a conventional sun bed.

The biggest advantage of these bulbs is the short time you have to spend on the bed. Since you tan more quickly, you need to spend less time in the salon, which means it works out cheaper. You can achieve the level of tan you require in about three weeks of three to five sessions a week. With a conventional bed, it would take you at least a month to achieve the same depth of colour. Maintaining your tan is much easier too. You only need two or three sessions a month to maintain the colour, compared with that many sessions every week on a low pressure bed. Many of these bulbs use UVA rays only, not UVB rays which are responsible for burning.

Conventional Tanning Bed Bulbs: Conventional, or low pressure sunbeds use long tube lamps that resemble household fluorescent tubes. The lamps are located above and below the tanning bed, which means that all the body parts are browned at the together, without having to change positions during the tanning session.

Low pressure beds use UVA and UVB rays in varying levels. Some use both rays and others emit mostly UVA with some UVB rays. UVA rays are responsible for the (premature) ageing effects on the skin and UVB rays are the burning rays that produce skin burn when you are outside in the sun. It is very important to determine which type of rays your sun bed’s bulbs emit. You must ensure you replace your existing bulbs with the same new lamps after about 1,000 hours of use.

Something else to think about when selecting the type of bed you use at home or in the salon, is the tanning bed lotion you will use. Different lotions suit different sorts of beds. The staff at your tanning salon can help you select a lotion that will work for the bed you are using and your skin type. Regardless of the bed you use, you ought to definitely always use a lotion or a cream, because they will moisturise your skin and help you get a Hollywood tan more quickly.

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