Avoiding Unsanitary Tanning Salons

Tanning salons do big business in a beauty crazy world, and unfortunately there are unsanitary tanning salons out there.
What categorizes tanning salons as sanitary or unsanitary tanning salons? When a potential tanner enters a tanning salon, he or she expects a certain standard of treatment from the salon. A high level of cleanliness and hygiene is the most important aspect of this treatment.

Things To Look For When Choosing A Tanning Salon

The tanner should see whether the salon has an overall clean appearance, whether the operators properly disinfect all instruments before use, if the salon offers disposable glasses, whether the tanning lamp bulbs are changed after at least every 800 hours of use, and whether warning signs for tanners are clearly visible. Go here for more information about tanning salons and how to avoid unsanitary tanning salons.

Unsanitary tanning salons cannot remain in business for long because customers will reject them over a period of time. According to a recent study by California Tan, customers look primarily for a clean tanning salon. It is easy for tanners to be infected in unsanitary tanning salons. A nick from a contaminated tool could lead to serious infections. Unsanitary tanning salons often do not take enough care to clean tanning equipment such as goggles, beds, towels, and bulbs. Tanning salons should also ensure that they minimize the risk of overexposure to UV radiation from tanning beds and booths. Tanning bed surfaces and eyewear should be adequately sanitized before being given to the next user.

Improperly cleaned tanning beds can be a lethal source of infections in unsanitary tanning salons. These beds, when not cleaned properly, can become breeding ground for various types of bacteria. Salons that expect users to clean their own beds actually go against the law in doing so. Beds should be sanitized with a germicide/fungicide sanitizer between uses.

The Importance Of Sanitizing Eye Goggles....

Tanners use goggles during tanning to protect their eyes. These goggles must be thoroughly cleaned before they are offered to other tanners. Most unsanitary tanning salons do not pay any special attention to cleaning goggles. When used by a person with an eye infection improperly cleaned goggles can infect the next user with pinkeye. Since it is necessary to use eye protection while tanning, hygiene conscious tanning salons prefer clients to use either their own eyewear or disposable goggles available with the salons. Goggles must be cleaned thoroughly so as to negate any risk of infection from floating debris, mascara stains, dead skin floating through the salons, and cold or flu virus.

All tanning salons must be regularly monitored to ensure that they are run in a hygienic manner, the equipment are in proper working condition, client records are regularly updated, precautionary messages are clearly visible, and that all the employees working in the salon are properly trained. Such measures and supervision ensure sanitary standards in tanning salons.

What differentiates unsanitary tanning salons from sanitary ones? It is basically the attitude to hygiene and cleanliness. If you care for the customer, you should care for her/his health. A beautifully tanned male/female body infected by some virus found in a tanning salon can be disastrous for the salon's reputation and business. It makes more sense for salons and especially for tanning salons, to be more careful and conscientious about hygiene than to simply impress with state-of-the-art techniques and equipment.

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