The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, January 15, 1986 - Page 3 I HEALTH & FITNESS Indoor tanning has Ienefits: also has risks .jn%,ff 1%,.ooF MI6.MI6 Iwof -ME- M16 'qM- W...O 7 Illbopqw dmn- F%..Ov -R.P- - - mqlmpmw r By MICHAEL LUSTIG The days of sunbonnets and ivory complexions are over. If you want to look healthy, you now must be tan, not pale. To be tan, there Ore several options : Spend hours in the sun in an exotic place such as the Bahamas or Mexico; or spend a fw hours a week in a tanning booth soaking up a little ultraviolet. FOR STUDENTS on a tight budget, heading to the tanning booth instead Of the beach is a lot more affordable. But the price of beauty - a good tan - is not exactly cheap whether you choose the beach or the booth. In pursuit of the deepest, darkest fan, customers can expect to shell out Petween $18 and $70, depending on the particular tanning package chosen. Dermatologists also warn that there is a physical cost to pay when one substitutes the tanning booth for patural sunlight. AV Thomas Anderson, a University iospitals dermatologist, says that all types of exposure to ultraviolet light Dance instructor Sara Randazzo $re harmful. But he adds that natural on E. Liberty St. sunlight is better than tanning beds because the sun and the body provide ministration isssues guidelines a natural defenses against harmful warnings to regulate the tanni rays that the beds do not. business, Anderson warns: "They a "TANNING beds rarely cause dangerous and should be banned." serious problems and sunburn," An- But the risk and the expense hasn derson explains, "but UV light is stopped local businesses from prof radiation which can cause skin can- ting off the recent tanning craze. der." He advises people who frequen- At least three tanning centers ha tly use tanning beds to see a doctor or opened their doors to Ann Arb aermatologist to make sure there are residents within the past year - E dot any problems caused by their dless Summer, Eurotan, and Ha visits. Express - and twelve tanning salo Although the Federal Drug Ad- are listed in the Yellow Pages. ,,,HAPPENINGS tele are students, 60 percent are women, Myers estimates. Many customers tell him they tan at a salon because it helps them feel good about themselves, look good, and feel relaxed, he says. ENDLESS SUMMER, located at 1896 W. Stadium Blvd., reflects the casual and friendly nature of the owner, Pat Nowak. The carpeting is a rich green and the white walls are trimmed with oak. Nowak says he is on a first-name basis with all of his customers. Nowak conceived of the business af- ter attending a medical supply and fitness convention last summer at Cobo Hall, opening his shop in Oc- tober of last year. Since he says he wasn't concerned about operating costs, he chose the more expensive Magna 2 Silver Solarium tanning beds over less expensive varieties. Each of, Nowak's six beds, which are imported from Denmark, costs around $10,000, whereas other beds run as little ag $3,000, he says. Magna 2 beds release only one- tenth of one percent UVB light and have several more UVA lightbulbs than most other beds. Each bed also, has two separate face tanners. "They provide the highest safety at °a minimum risk," says Nowak of hig tanning equipment. Endless Summer offers packages of four to 50 visits,; a four visit package usually costs $24.95. Nowak notes that; many of his customers are women who work in sales, although about] half are men; only about 10 percent are students. Daily Photo by JAE KIM enjoys the music as she lies on one of the Profimax tanning beds at Eurotan nd ing re W't fit- ve bor En- air ons Highlight The Black Student Union will begin a series of events commemorating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a memorial service tonight at 7 p.m. at Trotter House. Films Ann Arbor Film Co-op - Wizards, 7 & 10 p.m.; Allegro Non Troppo, 8:30 p.m., MLB 3. Michigan Theater Foundation - The Turning Point, 8 p.m., Michigan Theater. HillSt. Cinema - Annie Hall, 8 p.m., 1429 Hill St. Performances Laugh Track - Student and professional comedy, 10 p.m., University Club. University Musical Society - The English Concert, baroque ensemble, 8 p.m., Rackham Auditorium. Speakers Program in Human Values in Medicine - Carl Cohen, "Presuming Consent in the Use of Dead Bodies," noon, Med. Sci. II Bldg. School of Business Administration - Bernard Fauber, "Managing Change: No Magic Formula," 4 p.m., Hale Auditorium. Russian and East European Studies - Brown bag lecture, Kevork Khelorpian, "Value Orientations of Soviet Armenian Youth," noon, Commons room, Lane Hall. Statistics - Thomas Liggett, "Interacting Particle Systems: An In- troduction to the Stochastic Ising Model and the Contact Process," 4 p.m., room 451, Mason Hall. Biology - Fred Gould, "Genetics of Multispecies Coevolution," 4 p.m., lecture room 2, MLB. Chemistry - John Foley, "Applications of FTIR Spectroscopy to Elec- trochemistry," 4 p.m., room 1200, Chemistry Bldg. Sigma Theta Tau - Helen Grace, "Nurses as Pawns in the Economic Chess Game of Health Care," 8p.m., Sheraton University Inn. Research Club - David Huntington, "An American Versailles: Olana, the Home of Frederic E. Church," 8p.m., W. Conf. room, Rackham. Progress in Medical Chemistry - Charles Sih, "Enzymes in Organic Synthesis," 3p.m., room 3554, C.C. Little. Industrial Operations Engineering - Santosh Kabadi, "Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Automated Manufacturing," 4 p.m., room 241 IOE. Meetings Undergraduate Political Science Assoc. -7 p.m., Pond room, Union. Climbing Club - Organizational meeting, 7:30 p.m., Anderson room, Union. UStudent Counseling Services - Adult children of alcoholic parents, 10:30 a.m. GEO - Membership meeting, 8 p.m., Anderson room, Union. Dissertation Support Group -8:30 a.m., room 3100, Union. Ensian Yearbook -7 p.m., Student Publications Bldg. Science Fiction Club - Stilyagi Air Corps, 8:15 p.m., League. Michigan Gay Union - 9 p.m., 802 Monroe. Miscellaneous Nectarine Ballroom - Ladies Night and the Greatest Hits of All Time with D.J. Jim Michaels, 510 E. Liberty. Guild House - Beans and rice dinner, 6 p.m., 802 Monroe. Recreational Sports - Cross-country ski lessons, 7:30 p.m., Mitchell t Field. Hillel - Progressive Zionist Caucus, video and discussion on "Kahanism and Anti-Semitism in Fundamentalist America," 8 p.m., East Quad: Workshop on the prevention of sexual assault and coercion, LSA SENIOR Mae Tighe's reason for going to Endless Summer is shared by many tanning salon patrons: "I wanted to get a base (tan) before I went on vacation, and now I want to keep the tan I got." Ann Arbor resident Nancy Plantz goes to Eurotan for other reasons. "It is relaxing, and it feels good to be warm when it is cold," she explains. Other patrons say they simply don't want to "look like a ghost." Tanning salons attempt to duplicate the affect that sunlight has on the skin. Three types of ultraviolet light (UV) are emitted by the sun: A, B, and C. The most harmful type, UVC, is blocked by the ozone layer and is not reproduced by tanning machines. UVB light activates melanin in the skin, allowing it to tan. But too much UVB will cause sunburn, so tanning booths must emit just the right dose. UNDER CURRENT FDA guidelines, a tanning machine may release no more than five percent UVB light. All indoor tanning machines must carry the warning: "Repeated exposure may cause premature aging of skin and skin cancer." The FDA also recommends that tanning bed users wear goggles over their eyes at all times. Each of the three tanning salons surveyed by The Daily say they sup- ply goggles and ask if a customer has had previous problems with suntan- ning and sunburn. Some require customers to complete a survey. A list of different medications - in- cluding some allergy medicines and oral contraceptives - is provided with the warning that a person taking any one of the medications listed should consult a doctor before their visit. Hair Express, located at 621 E. William St., opened last December. It is owned by the Fiesta company - a chain of hair styling and tanning shops covering Ohio, Indiana, Ken- tucky, and Michigan - and all of the shops are located on college cam- puses, including Michigan State, Ohio State, and Purdue. Hair Express manager Karla Cowen saysathat her shop's four tan- ning beds are made by the Wolff system and emit just under five per- cent UVB light. BECAUSE a high exposure to UVB light increases the risk of sunburn, Cowen limits a customer's first few tanning sessions to five to ten minutes. Hair Express' basic package includes eight tanning sessions for $18, which, she says, will give a person a base tan. Hair Ex- Post Office investigates mail order business (Continued from Page ) The Indianapolis Better Business Bureau has also received customer complaints about the mail-order company, according to Arnie Batemon, a counselor at the bureau. He was unable to elaborate, but he added that the National Director of University Care Services came to the bureau's office on Monday and left an address that people can write to for refunds. GREENE said she was unable to rnntart ta +yn hn' .,tTllna r. press also has a monthly unlimited visit package which costs $35. Most of the business is done from December to May, according to Cheryl Gross, Hair Express assistant manager. But business doesn't stop once the sun appears. "In summer, people who work come in because they can't normally get out in the sun," Gross says. "Also, indoor tan- ning is not as messy; no oil or bugs." Eurotan, located at 227 E. Liberty St., tries to create a beach at- mosphere for its customers; the car- peting, chairs, and walls are all in earth tones and a large rack of Panama Jack suntan supplies stands next to the reception desk. Jesse Myers, Eurotan owner and manager, says he has a four-bed salon. Two of the store's four beds are made by the Eurotan chain and others by Profimax. All of the beds emit one-third of one percent UVB light and each bed has a separate face tanner. PROFIMAX beds close automatically and are equipped with an AM-FM stereo cassette, while the Eurotan beds must be closed manually and only contain a radio. A fan is provided in each room as is water. (Hair Express provides a radio-tape deck in each tanning room, but it is not part of the tanning bed.) Myers boasts that it is "physically impossible to burn after 20 to 30 minutes" on one of Eurotan's bads. A single 20 minute tanning session runs $6, with an unlimited monthly visit package costing $69 and a 6 visit package $30. Other packages are available. It is "safer to tan inside," Myers says, because his beds expose a per- son to less UVB light than natural sunlight, reducing the chances of dry skin and sunburn. 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