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| There are a number of benefits and advantages of sunless spray tanning. It is a practice that is becoming increasingly popular every day, because of its convenience and because it does not cause skin damage or skin cancer. Sunless tanning used to be much more expensive, but with new spray technologies and safe sugar based tanning sprays the cost has become affordable. |
How do sunless tanners work?
Sunless tanners contain dihydroxyacetone [DHA] which reacts with the amino acids in the top [or "dead"] layer of
your skin. DHA combines with the amino acids to form brown-colored melaninoids.
Tell me everything you know about dihydroxyacetone.
The DHA in your sunless tanner was derived by some mystical process from a vegetable source, most likely sugar
beets. Some apparently sloppy German scientists in the 1920s were messing around with DHA [it's used in the
X-ray process] and noticed that it turned the skin brown. Then World War II occurred. After that, DHA was used as
a treatment for vitiligo. In 1960, Coppertone introduced QT or Quick Tanning, a product which almost
singlehandedly destroyed the market for decades. In the 1970s the Food and Drug Administration added DHA to
their list of approved cosmetic ingredients. Then, sometime in the 1980s, the cosmetic companies found a way to
produce better results [browner, less orange] with DHA. The secret: better refining processes now produce higher
quality, more predictable DHA.
Sunless tanners contain dihydroxyacetone [DHA] which reacts with the amino acids in the top [or "dead"] layer of
your skin. DHA combines with the amino acids to form brown-colored melaninoids.
Tell me everything you know about dihydroxyacetone.
The DHA in your sunless tanner was derived by some mystical process from a vegetable source, most likely sugar
beets. Some apparently sloppy German scientists in the 1920s were messing around with DHA [it's used in the
X-ray process] and noticed that it turned the skin brown. Then World War II occurred. After that, DHA was used as
a treatment for vitiligo. In 1960, Coppertone introduced QT or Quick Tanning, a product which almost
singlehandedly destroyed the market for decades. In the 1970s the Food and Drug Administration added DHA to
their list of approved cosmetic ingredients. Then, sometime in the 1980s, the cosmetic companies found a way to
produce better results [browner, less orange] with DHA. The secret: better refining processes now produce higher
quality, more predictable DHA.
| Advanced appointments are recommended. Walk-ins Welcome |
| Advanced appointments are recommended. Walk-ins Welcome |
