i use a tanning bed. what is the best thing i can put on my skin after tanning?

Question

my skin needs something good for it. what should i use?

Answer 1

Cocoa and shea butter are good for your skin. And anything that has collagen. Ocean Potion and Australian Gold have some really good products

Answer 2

If you want something good for your skin you should stop tanning.

From Cosmopolitans Skin Care Guide/Page 7 - Skin Care Myths

It's amazing how many sun-savvy chicks stretch out inside a tanning bed like a rotisserie chicken for 30 or so minutes on a weekly or even daily basis, truly believing that frying their skin indoors is somehow safer than roasting in the sun outside. But indoor-tanning beds are at least as harmful as the sun. "The typical salon uses lamps that emit UVA and UVB rays. The amount of UVA rays is about 10 times more UVA light than you'd get by lying out in your backyard," says Dr. Spencer. "So 20 minutes at a salon triggers the same damage you'd rack up after more than three hours outdoors."

A slew of studies suggest a strong sunlamp-skin cancer connection. One, from Johns Hopkins University in 2001, found that just 10 indoor tanning sessions sparked skin changes linked to cancer. Research from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in 2002 showed tanning-bed use upped a person's odds of developing squamous-cell carcinoma one-and-a-half times and boosted the risk of basal-cell carcinoma 50 percent. And a 2003 Norwegian and Swedish study revealed that one or more indoor tanning sessions a month increased a woman's melanoma risk by 55 percent.

Tanning beds may also trigger more skin damage (those wrinkles, pigment changes and broken blood vessels) because of the concentrated levels of UVA light. "When I see a patient, I can tell if she's an indoor tanner; her skin will have a 'leathery' look," says Dr. Fried. Plus, since you lie under a sunlamp naked, you expose skin that normally never sees the light of day, like your butt and boobs. "Because these areas are usually covered, you're less likely to notice a suspicious mark there," says Dr. Leffell.

Answer 3

The best thing for your skin if you're truly concerned is not tanning

Answer 4

stop tanning. that is the best thing you can do for your skin.

Answer 5

I suggest Neutrogena moisturizer.

Answer 6

lotion b/c then your skin won't get dried out.

Answer 7

me