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-"Direct tanning". The
The Combi solarium
This Combi solarium emits predominantly
It possesses some important features which make tanning at home comfortable and convenient.
The sun lamps emit light, warmth and ultraviolet, so that it feels just like lying in the natural sun.
The lamps have been positioned in such manner that your whole body is tanned evenly, from head to toe. The appliance ensures also perfect browning of the sides of your body.
For your convenience, but also to prevent unintended prolonged exposure (e.g. after falling asleep), a timer- controlled automatic
As it is with the natural sun, it's wise not to have too much of a good thing! (See section "UV and your health".)
UV and your health
After an excessive exposure to ultraviolet (from the natural sun or from your Combi solarium), the skin may develop sunburn. Beside numerous other factors, such as excessive exposure to the natural sun, improper and excessive use of your Combi solarium will increase the risk of skin and eye disease.
The nature, intensity and duration of the radiation on one hand, and the sensitivity of the individual on the other, are decisive on the degree in which these effects can occur.
The more skin and eyes are exposed to UV, the more risk increases of diseases such as inflammation of the cornea and/or conjunctiva, damaging of the retina, cataract, premature aging of the skin and skin tumours.
Certain medicines and cosmetics increase the sensitivity to UV.
Therefore, it is of great importance
-that you follow the instructions in sections "Important" and "UV sessions: how often? And how long?";
-that you select the advised operational distance of at least 20 cm (approx. 8");
-that you do not exceed the maximum amount of tanning hours per year; (Please see the section “UV sessions (...)”)
-that you always wear the provided goggles while tanning.
UV sessions: how often? And how long?
You may have one UV session per day, over a period of five to ten days. Allow at least 48 hours between the first two sessions.
After such a course, you may rest the skin for a while.
Approximately one month after a course your skin will have lost much of the tan. You might then decide to start a new course.
On the other hand, it is also possible to have one or two UV sessions per week after a course has elapsed in order to keep up the tan.
Whatever you may prefer, make sure that you do not exceed the maximum amount of tanning hours per year.
•For this Combi solarium this is 28 hours (= 1680 minutes).
Example:
Imagine that you take a 10 day UV course, with an 11 minutes'session on the first day and 24 minutes'sessions on the nine following days.
The entire course then includes (1 x 11 minutes) + (9 x 24 minutes) = 227 minutes.
•You may have 7 of these courses over a year. (As 7 x 227 minutes = 11589 minutes.)
From the table it will be seen that the first session of a course should have a duration of 8 minutes.
This is not dependent upon individual skin sensitivity.
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If you think that the sessions are too long for you (e.g. if the skin gets taut and tender after the session), we advise you to reduce the sessions by e.g. 5 minutes.
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