Are tanning beds good for Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 at
10:55 am
Please help I have been searching for hours and can’t seem to get a straight answer if it has been proven whether tanning beds are good / can help with Seasonal Affective Disorder. I keep reading that people have heard that it is good for that but can anyone tell me if it has been proven? Thank you so much! Very nice of you to take time to help.
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you need full spectrum lights not just UV
they are available at home centres a lot cheaper than tanning bed renatls in the long run
get a plug-in flourescent fixture and a couple of full spectrum or DAYLIGHT tubes
you can use them in a basement and it looks like theres a door open to outside thats how complete the light is
yeah apparantely so but skin cancer isnt!!!
"Seasonal Affective Disorder?"
It sounds more like you’re suffering from "I’m not smart enough to realize when the medical field makes up fake disorders to sponge money out of people" disorder.
You want a cure for "Seasonal Affective Disorder?"
It’s called "Spring."
Get over it and get real.
no. tanning beds are good for nothing.
Anything that can help mimic the effect of daylight will help with Seasonal Affective Disorder. Therefore, yes, tanning beds will increase the production of melatonin in your skin and will help with SAD symptoms, most people who have tried this say that it did help……
BUT they are certainly not recommended at all! In fact, they have been proven to cause skin cancer without any doubt, that many countries are trying to ban them.
It really is not the best way to help with SAD….a proper Light Box is by far better – more concentrated light so you will feel better quicker than a tanning bed, and a lot lot safer.
It’s really not worth the risk of skin cancer, tanning beds are bad news!! If you can afford it, get a Light Box, it’ll work out cheaper than tanning beds in the long run too…
Hope this helps
Avoid them like the plague!!! See SAD, in section 2, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris SOLARIUMS: Warnings about solariums
The Australian Cancer Society and the Cancer Council of South Australia have released research about the UV radiation emitted by solariums. Some people believe that getting a tan from a solarium is safe because the light used is UVA light. This is not true. All UV light, including UVA, causes premature aging and wrinkling, and all forms of UV light contribute to the development of skin cancer. UVA penetrates deeper into the skin than UVB and may cause even greater harm. The Cancer Council wants people to know that no solarium can give a safe tan. They want health warnings similar to those on cigarette packages to be displayed in tanning salons and on solariums to warn consumers and enable them to make an informed choice.
There possibly needs to be a special warning on solariums for pregnant women. It is known that having extra folate before getting pregnant and during the early part of pregnancy provides some protection for the developing baby from abnormal development of the brain and spinal cord (protection from developing spina bifida and other neural tube defects). It has also been shown that exposure to UV light lowers the level of folate in blood in tests in the laboratory. Researchers are starting to look at whether too much exposure to UV light around the beginning of pregnancy can lower folate levels enough to make the baby more likely to develop abnormally.
Resources
South Australia
If you are concerned about skin problems or skin care, you should talk to either your local doctor or chemist for information about possible treatments.
See the Cancer Council of South Australia for more information about skin protection.
http://www.cancersa.org.au/
References
Cancer Council of South Australia for more information about skin protection.
http://www.cancersa.org.au/
Cooke, K. ‘Real Gorgeous’ Allen & Unwin , 1994.
Australian Cancer Society and Cancer Council Media release ‘Warning: Solarium use hazardous to health’ 14/11/99.
Australian Cancer Society and Australasian College of Dermatologists ‘Consensus Statement on Solaria’ 1999.
Marks, R (Professor of Dermatology) Editorial ‘Solarium use’ Medical Journal of Australia 1999; 171: 456-457).
Jablonski NG ‘A possible link between neural tube defects and ultraviolet light exposure’ Medical Hypotheses 1999, 52(6) 581-582.
Dr.Mercola also warns of their dangers, at http://www.mercola.com