Tanning beds and a rash

[3toboot]

Ok. This is the deal. I have a tanning bed, and have had it for quite some time. I am fair complected, and use it so that I do not burn when I go out into the sun, this way I can work my way up slowly: 5 minutes, 6 minutes, etc. I have never had any problems.

This year, I have a TERRIBLE rash on certain parts of my body: arms, back of my knees, neck and chest. It is driving me nuts! It itches pretty bad, and you can actually see the little bumps.

I switched the tanning accelerator that I was using, and I do not use anything that has a bronzer in it.

Any suggestions or ideas what it might be? Or anyone else had this problem before? I do have sensitive skin. I know - I will get lots of posts telling me to quit using the tanning bed...I was just wondering if anyone else had this happen to them and what they did for it.

THANKS!!

[GaPeach11]

This is my third summer going to the tanning bed.  I don't over do it maybe 2 - 3 times a week until I get a light tan then usually 1 to 2 times per week. I build my time up a minute at a time and do not turn pink or red. This year I have been 3 times and all three times i ge pin pricks in my legs after about 3 - 4 minutes.  I am staying in currently 8 minutes.  The even twitch a little.  The twitching stops when I get out but the pricks continue for maybe up to 1/2 an hour.  Any ideas?  Tanning relaxes me so much I hate not being able to go but I dread it now instead of look forward to it because of the pin pricks.

[amanda132255]

Finally someone got something good to say about a tanning bed! there are advantages! and I think you take your own risks and make your own choices !

[Beautyfreak]

misinformed about uvc rays. If you are up to date about the enviroment yooooooooooo uld know the pollution is causing the protective layer                that keeps the uvc rays uto thin and that they are in fact now able to penetrate through. last time i heard about it was in school and then they called the hole in the atmosphere. not that its a hole is just thinning due to all the polutants and thats why uvc rays can now reach planet earth.

[nurseg443]

okay, just one comment on the one who said you can't get cancer from a  tanning bed.......YOU need to do your research before you tell people they can't get cancer from tanning beds.  first of all tanning beds emit UVA rays!!!!  these are the rays that tan your skin - cause the melanocytes in your skin to darken.  AND YOU MOST CERTAINLY CAN GET CANCER FROM UVA RAYS-IT'S CALLED MELANOMA!!!! AND it's deadly.  it's really sad and infuriating when people post things they know nothing about especially when it can cause someone their life.  

[jeans530]

I have been tanning for a few days now in a lay down tanning bed.  I clean the bed before I go in and im not allergic to the lotion i use.  I have noticed that i have a bump on the palm of my hand and a few bumps on my wrist and fingers.. im not sure what it could be its not itchy or anything im just worried i dont want it to be anything bad

[Catty81]

I go to the tanning bed every year, and its usually the lay down bed. I got a rash from one place so I switched and i didnt get it anymore. Well this year I still go to the same place and I go in the cyclone(stand up bed), and my body is not touching any of the bulbs I just stand there. I broke out in a rash really bad on my thighs, stomach back of my arms. I figured I had to switch the tanning lotion to something with not so high in bronzer. I will see how that works. Any suggestions?