I'm not trying to be stupid, but what's the difference between closing your eyes and wearing the goggles? Is it because the eyelid skin is thinner and more sensitive?
And please, save the lectures on tanning for somebody else.
2006-06-06 06:53:32 · 27 answers · asked by lifelover581 5 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
Studies show that too much exposure to ultraviolet rays, including UVA rays, can damage the retina. Overexposure can burn the cornea, and repeated exposure over many years can change the structure of the lens so that it begins to cloud, forming a cataract. Left untreated, cataracts can cause blindness.
The Food and Drug Administration requires tanning salons to direct all customers to wear protective eye goggles. Closing your eyes, wearing ordinary sunglasses, and using cotton wads do not protect the cornea from the intensity of UV radiation in tanning devices.
Long-term exposure to natural sunlight also can result in eye damage, but in the sun, people generally are more aware that their eyelids are burning. Under indoor UV lights, exposed skin remains cool to the touch. In addition, the intensity of lights used in tanning devices is much greater — and potentially more damaging to the eyes — than the intensity of UV rays in natural sunlight.
2006-06-06 06:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by Evilest_Wendy 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Eye Goggles For Tanning Beds
2016-11-14 13:15:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same thing happen to me when I got a tan for the first time. I didn't really know if I should have closed my eyes or not but out of curiosity I didn't. I began to feel a bit light headed after that but I cannot necessarily attribute it to the UV light. For one's safety it is preferable that we wear the goggles and avoid looking directly at the UV light inside the tanning bed.
2016-03-15 01:17:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always worn goggles or glasses or something on my eyes in tanning bed and the one time I look at the bulbs in the bed I was in to get the name of them and wattage off of them for my sisters tanning bed which desperately needed new bulbs, I only looked for seconds and then shut my eyes back, before I got out my eyes started watering and when I got out a white pus had formed in the corner of my left eye and in the bottom of my right eye lid, my eyes were a little itchy but later that night the pain came on it felt like my eyelid was filled with sand and scraping my eyeball every time i blinked my eyes and they both ran continuously and pus formed and they were sore to the touch and puffy and swollen , I finally found the eye drops that my dad used to use when he burnt his eyes welding Similiasan , wonderful eyedrops and put cold cucumber slices on my eyelids also both of these has helped and second day it was more bearable will go to Dr tomorrow if eyes are still producing yellow or white pus. Please wear goggles or at least keep your eyes close. Learned the hard way.
2016-04-12 09:59:26 · answer #4 · answered by Angel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, they say that wearing the goggles helps protect your eyes and if you dont wear them you could have eye damage from it. but, i do not like to wear them [goggles] because it just looks stupid when your face as tan but your eyes and around your eyes is white, which makes it more obvious that you have tanned. you are not required to wear goggles in the tanning booth, but it is recommended just for safety issues. i would just like to point out that i havent been tanning in over a year because i just dont like tanning because it's just really uncomfortable and hot...and i'm fine being white (not ghost white but not tan). and i think that once you have a nice tan you should not continue tanning for the fact that you look so fake and not right. i know a few girls who tan almost every day or every other day and they look fake...and their tan matches the color of their hair....so limit how much you tan if you want to look natural. but of you can do "checkups" like every two weeks or so, and also once you start losing the tan you can go tanning again, but not too much only to get back your "natural looking" tan.
2006-06-06 06:59:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it's really bad for your eyes to not wear the goggles. I usually just close my eyes because I don't want to have the racoon eyes tan...the light can travel through your lids and harm your retina's so it's better to wear the goggles
2006-06-06 06:56:18 · answer #6 · answered by carolinayaya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand why girls for the sake of vanity won't wear the goggles. You have to have your eyes the rest of your life. I don't know about everyone else but i'm not into going blind. No, you can't see the UV rays going into your eyes but that doesn't mean that they arn't there and that you can't go blind from them.
2006-06-06 07:02:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The intensity of the light in these beds can cause serious damage to your retinas. Those goggles you wear give you the protection you need. Just closing your eyes and thinking your eyelids will block those harmful rays doesn't cut it.
2006-06-06 06:56:53 · answer #8 · answered by curious 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get eye damage with out the goggles. Just closing your eyes does not give enough protection to the cornea and retina. If you tan alot it could eventually cause blindness.
2006-06-06 07:06:34 · answer #9 · answered by patticakes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the UV light in the tanning light hurts the cells of the cornea and can cause you a burning sensation in your eyes
shutting the eyes will help a lot but you may forget or open them for any surprise that's why you wear the goggles
2006-06-06 06:57:55 · answer #10 · answered by gnahri 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋