What level tanning do I need to use?
Labels:
health and beauty level 1
roo
I've been tanning a couple times before, and now that winter is coming around, I'm getting extremely white. I just want some advice as to what tanning bed I should use. When i went tanning before, I went on Level 1 for 8 minutes, and that didn't really work at all, I barely achieved the tan I was looking for. Some advice on that would help, and also, do I have to use the goggles they give me when I go tanning? I didn't use goggles before, and my eyes were fine, but people tell me that the UV rays still get into your eyes even though you close them. I didn't wear them because I didn't want raccoon eyes. Thanks to anyone who answers!
Answer
âBEAUTY FADES. DUMB IS FORVERâ â Judge Judy.
No RATIONAL and RESPONSIBLE Yahoo! Answer member is going to help you SCATHE your skin, RAVAGE the health of your skin, and DIE young in the name of beauty â a foolish one, in fact.
There is NO such thing as a safe tan from the sun or sunbed! The ONLY safe way to tan is with a well-formulated self-tanner for your specific skin type.
FACT â Both indoor tanning and sun tanning cause sun damage!
FACT â Tanning bed damages your skin at a higher intensity of UV radiation than the already dangerous sun exposure.
FACT â Ultraviolet-A ray penetrates the dermis and deteriorates collagen and elastic fibers.
FACT â Ultraviolet-B ray penetrates the epidermis and induces inflammation.
FACT â Both UV-rays cause sun damage and significantly increases your risk of skin cancer.
You may have a counter-argument for me, for example:
1)Light (UVB) therapy is used to treat psoriasis.
Rebuttal: True! However, phototherapy should ONLY be performed by a health care provider such as a board-certified dermatologist. The National Psoriasis Foundation recommends at-home UVB light bulb to treat psoriasis. There is a major difference here; that is, you do not need to tan or expose your whole body to high levels of UV radiation to treat psoriasis. Even with at-home treatments, it is imperative to have check-ups with your physician for sun damage and skin cancer. The National Psoriasis Foundation DISAPPROVE S people from using tanning bed to treat psoriasis. When performed in a doctorâs practice, psoriasis clinic, or hospital, the UVB intensity is controlled and minimal as well as constant doctor supervision. Lastly, there are a several other effective treatment options for psoriasis. There is no need to consider light there unless you have exhausted all of the other conservative and safer modalities.
Bottom Line: The research is CLEAR and the American Academy of Dermatology, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and World Health Organization all concur: indoor tanning and sunbathing are dangerous â PERIOD.
End of story.
âBEAUTY FADES. DUMB IS FORVERâ â Judge Judy.
No RATIONAL and RESPONSIBLE Yahoo! Answer member is going to help you SCATHE your skin, RAVAGE the health of your skin, and DIE young in the name of beauty â a foolish one, in fact.
There is NO such thing as a safe tan from the sun or sunbed! The ONLY safe way to tan is with a well-formulated self-tanner for your specific skin type.
FACT â Both indoor tanning and sun tanning cause sun damage!
FACT â Tanning bed damages your skin at a higher intensity of UV radiation than the already dangerous sun exposure.
FACT â Ultraviolet-A ray penetrates the dermis and deteriorates collagen and elastic fibers.
FACT â Ultraviolet-B ray penetrates the epidermis and induces inflammation.
FACT â Both UV-rays cause sun damage and significantly increases your risk of skin cancer.
You may have a counter-argument for me, for example:
1)Light (UVB) therapy is used to treat psoriasis.
Rebuttal: True! However, phototherapy should ONLY be performed by a health care provider such as a board-certified dermatologist. The National Psoriasis Foundation recommends at-home UVB light bulb to treat psoriasis. There is a major difference here; that is, you do not need to tan or expose your whole body to high levels of UV radiation to treat psoriasis. Even with at-home treatments, it is imperative to have check-ups with your physician for sun damage and skin cancer. The National Psoriasis Foundation DISAPPROVE S people from using tanning bed to treat psoriasis. When performed in a doctorâs practice, psoriasis clinic, or hospital, the UVB intensity is controlled and minimal as well as constant doctor supervision. Lastly, there are a several other effective treatment options for psoriasis. There is no need to consider light there unless you have exhausted all of the other conservative and safer modalities.
Bottom Line: The research is CLEAR and the American Academy of Dermatology, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and World Health Organization all concur: indoor tanning and sunbathing are dangerous â PERIOD.
End of story.
My 1 Year old chocolate lab has been having trouble with her ears?
thetallywa
She has been to the vet and has had a course of antibiotics and ear drops but she is still shaking and rubbing at them, i am taking her back to the vets, has anybody else had this problem with a lab are know what might be happening?
Answer
My friend has had Labs for years, she takes them to the Vet constantly, they always have ear mites or some kind of infection. The Vet told her that it was because the labs ears flop over and the ear canal doesn't dry out making a perfect environment for ear mites, fungus growth and infection. I researched this problem and found this formula that dog handlers and dog show participants use to prevent these problems, because the AKC won't allow dogs to be shown without a clean bill of health.
Formula:
Warning: Do not use this ear cleaning solution on dogs with ruptured ear drums, or on dogs with open sores or wounds in the ear area.
An ear exam by a veterinarian is recommended prior to beginning treatment with this ear cleaning solution.
The ingredients you'll need are white vinegar, powdered boric acid, isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), and Betadine antiseptic solution. Generic versions of the Betadine are known as Povidone-Iodine, and those are fine, too. Just be sure not to use "Betadine Scrub", which is Betadine with a detergent added. What you want is "Betadine Solution" or generic "Povidone-Iodine Solution".
The first time we looked for the boric acid and the Betadine, we had no clue where to find it... but our local Pharmacist was happy to point us in the right direction. They used to keep boric acid in stock out in the pharmacy section of drug stores and you could buy it "over the counter". Recently, it's gotten a little harder to get after the regulations got tightened regarding selling it... since boric acid can be used to manufacture illegal drugs. These days, you usually won't find it just sitting out on the shelf of your local drug store. You usually do have to ask the pharmacist for it.
You'll also need an empty bottle to store your ear cleaning solution in, and from which you will squirt the solution in to your dog's ear. We recommend use of a plastic bottle with a long applicator snout, and with markings on the outside that show fluid levels in ounces. This makes it very easy to measure the ingredients as you pour them in to the bottle. A great place to find these is at beauty supply stores, as they are commonly used for hair-coloring solutions.
What you see in the picture to the right is our final product. Here are the directions for mixing the solution together. Be sure to follow them in the order listed... I'll spare you the explanation of the chemistry involved, but trust me... to get the boric acid to dissolve properly, you need to do it exactly like this:
Pour 6 ounces of isopropyl alcohol in to your applicator bottle. (This is where those ounce measuring lines on the outside of the bottle really come in handy.) Next, add 1/2 tablespoon of boric acid powder. An easy way to do that is to measure the powder, dump it on to a piece of paper, fold the paper in half and use the paper as a funnel to get the powder in to the plastic applicator bottle. Be careful not to get any boric acid on your skin or clothing. If you do, wash it off immediately.
Shake the solution up really well, until the boric acid powder is fully dissolved. Next, add 2 ounces of white vinegar. Shake it up some more. Finally, add one teaspoon of the generic Betadine antiseptic, and shake it some more. The solution should take on coloring similar to ice tea. Be careful not to get any of the Betadine on your skin or clothing. If you do, wash it off immediately.
That's it! You're ready to move on to the hardest part now... getting your Lab to let you squirt this stuff inside the ear canal.
Applying this in to your Lab's ears is usually easiest if you have a two-person team... one to hold the dog still with the ear up and out of the way, and the other person to squirt the solution in to the ear. All you have to do is squirt it in there until you have completely filled the ear canal with cleaning solution. But don't let go of the dog quite yet. Fold the ear back down over the ear canal, and use your hand to rub things around so that the ear cleaning solution gets sloshed around inside there pretty well. Keep the dog still for a minute or so... because as soon as you let go, the dog's going to shake his head, and a lot of that cleaning solution is going to go flying out. If you get any of the ear cleaning solution on your skin, wash it off as soon as possible.
If you don't have someone who can help you hold the dog while you apply the cleaning solution, an alternative is to use a grooming table with a noose. The noose will keep the dog's head immobilized enough for you to do the job yourself.
Apply the cleaning solution to your dog's ears daily until you start to see some improvement. Once things get better, you can cut back to once a week... and when you're fully satisfied with the condition of the ear you can go two weeks between treatments. The ear cleaning solution can be stored at room temperature and, as far as I know, does not go bad with
My friend has had Labs for years, she takes them to the Vet constantly, they always have ear mites or some kind of infection. The Vet told her that it was because the labs ears flop over and the ear canal doesn't dry out making a perfect environment for ear mites, fungus growth and infection. I researched this problem and found this formula that dog handlers and dog show participants use to prevent these problems, because the AKC won't allow dogs to be shown without a clean bill of health.
Formula:
Warning: Do not use this ear cleaning solution on dogs with ruptured ear drums, or on dogs with open sores or wounds in the ear area.
An ear exam by a veterinarian is recommended prior to beginning treatment with this ear cleaning solution.
The ingredients you'll need are white vinegar, powdered boric acid, isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), and Betadine antiseptic solution. Generic versions of the Betadine are known as Povidone-Iodine, and those are fine, too. Just be sure not to use "Betadine Scrub", which is Betadine with a detergent added. What you want is "Betadine Solution" or generic "Povidone-Iodine Solution".
The first time we looked for the boric acid and the Betadine, we had no clue where to find it... but our local Pharmacist was happy to point us in the right direction. They used to keep boric acid in stock out in the pharmacy section of drug stores and you could buy it "over the counter". Recently, it's gotten a little harder to get after the regulations got tightened regarding selling it... since boric acid can be used to manufacture illegal drugs. These days, you usually won't find it just sitting out on the shelf of your local drug store. You usually do have to ask the pharmacist for it.
You'll also need an empty bottle to store your ear cleaning solution in, and from which you will squirt the solution in to your dog's ear. We recommend use of a plastic bottle with a long applicator snout, and with markings on the outside that show fluid levels in ounces. This makes it very easy to measure the ingredients as you pour them in to the bottle. A great place to find these is at beauty supply stores, as they are commonly used for hair-coloring solutions.
What you see in the picture to the right is our final product. Here are the directions for mixing the solution together. Be sure to follow them in the order listed... I'll spare you the explanation of the chemistry involved, but trust me... to get the boric acid to dissolve properly, you need to do it exactly like this:
Pour 6 ounces of isopropyl alcohol in to your applicator bottle. (This is where those ounce measuring lines on the outside of the bottle really come in handy.) Next, add 1/2 tablespoon of boric acid powder. An easy way to do that is to measure the powder, dump it on to a piece of paper, fold the paper in half and use the paper as a funnel to get the powder in to the plastic applicator bottle. Be careful not to get any boric acid on your skin or clothing. If you do, wash it off immediately.
Shake the solution up really well, until the boric acid powder is fully dissolved. Next, add 2 ounces of white vinegar. Shake it up some more. Finally, add one teaspoon of the generic Betadine antiseptic, and shake it some more. The solution should take on coloring similar to ice tea. Be careful not to get any of the Betadine on your skin or clothing. If you do, wash it off immediately.
That's it! You're ready to move on to the hardest part now... getting your Lab to let you squirt this stuff inside the ear canal.
Applying this in to your Lab's ears is usually easiest if you have a two-person team... one to hold the dog still with the ear up and out of the way, and the other person to squirt the solution in to the ear. All you have to do is squirt it in there until you have completely filled the ear canal with cleaning solution. But don't let go of the dog quite yet. Fold the ear back down over the ear canal, and use your hand to rub things around so that the ear cleaning solution gets sloshed around inside there pretty well. Keep the dog still for a minute or so... because as soon as you let go, the dog's going to shake his head, and a lot of that cleaning solution is going to go flying out. If you get any of the ear cleaning solution on your skin, wash it off as soon as possible.
If you don't have someone who can help you hold the dog while you apply the cleaning solution, an alternative is to use a grooming table with a noose. The noose will keep the dog's head immobilized enough for you to do the job yourself.
Apply the cleaning solution to your dog's ears daily until you start to see some improvement. Once things get better, you can cut back to once a week... and when you're fully satisfied with the condition of the ear you can go two weeks between treatments. The ear cleaning solution can be stored at room temperature and, as far as I know, does not go bad with
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
Post a Comment