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of areas including the use of FDA-com pliant eye protection, salon and sunbed sanitation and frequency of UV sessions. No, Dr. Waibel, indoor tanning regula tions have been and are firmly in place. Millions of people weigh the risk/ benefit of UV exposure and choose to tan responsibly at a professional salon where sessions are delivered according to individual skin type and controlled by a timer to minimize risk of sunburn. Feel free to share this article with your salon guests! Q

responsibility, is MORE carcinogenic than a blistering sunburn? Uh, I think I’ll need a few peer-reviewed scientif ic studies to confirm that statement. Jill Stewart Waibel, a dermatologist with Baptist Health’s Miami Cancer Center also chimes in with “… there is very little regulation of indoor tanning salons, so there is great variability in op erator safety.” Huh? The indoor tanning industry has been regulated since 1979 (that’s 42 years) by 21CFR1040.20 and tanning systems are currently listed as a Class II medical device. In addition, 44 states have restrictions regarding minors and 22 states restrict those 18 years and under from indoor UV tanning. State and local restrictions also cover a myriad

potentially getting sunburned as they sit indoors near a window reading a book. Has this ever been documented? I have read research regarding UVA transmis sion through glass, but it would take an immense total UVA exposure to draw a conclusive link to skin cancer. So, if a doc says so, it must be true ...? Offered next: “There is no safety in tanning beds … many small doses of UV light exposure such as those an indoor tanner might receive are more carcinogenic than the sunburn a vacationer might experience.” Are you kidding? You’re telling us that one UV session at a professional salon, determined by skin type and administered in moderation and

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