Most everyone wants to have a great tan, making them look like the live basking in the sun. The trouble with that is the damage that the sun can do to your body. There are many different products and ways out on the market today that will let you get a tan without having to spend hours baking in the sun.

There is the ever popular tanning beds that are used greatly. While they can still do damage to ones skin, your exposure time is much less and there are a great deal of products on the market to help protect you from the harmful rays. If you are tanning in a tanning bed then you will most likely use the goggles that tanning salons provide to help protect your eyes. There are also tanning accelerators as well as sunscreens to help you tan faster or to protect areas that you do not want to get tan.

Tanning salons also offer tans that can be sprayed onto the body while you stand in a cylinder like container. They guarantee to give you complete coverage without having tan lines or any areas that are over sprayed or uneven. This type of tanning will have to be kept up as it will only last so long. You can also use self tanning products that you can buy directly from drug stores. Be sure to follow the directions carefully as it has been known that people that misuse these products tend to get an orange tint to their skin.

If you are going to use the tanning beds than you want to be sure to stick with a set time limit as over exposure can be harmful as well as painful causing a burn. When tanning in a tanning bed the goggles are very important so be sure that the goggles fit nice and snug to your eyes and that you have your own or the salon sterilizes the ones that they keep for their patrons to use to avoid eye infections.

If you will be tanning outdoors be sure to use sun screen to help avoid damage to your skin. You will need to reapply the lotions often especially if you are swimming or sweating while being out in the sun. Be sure to check with your doctor as there are some medications that make people more sensitive to the sun and that can make them burn more easily from the suns rays and even the rays in a tanning bed.

Tanning doesn't have to be taboo if you use caution and stay up to date on the tanning products that are on the market. Do not over expose your skin to the suns harmful rays to avoid damage to your skin. Keep in mind that you will need to reapply sun screen frequently to keep your protection levels up where they need to be.