tanning bed
Artificial sun chamber
A tanning bed is an enclosed apparatus fitted with ultraviolet lamps that darken the skin, simulating sun exposure.
Users lie inside for timed sessions to achieve or maintain a tan year-round.
Despite known skin cancer risks, tanning beds remain popular in salons and homes: She used the tanning bed twice a week before prom.
- solariumGlass-walled room for light
- lay downEstablish or recline
- melanomaAggressive pigment-cell cancer
- skin cancerMalignancy of the dermis
- bronzingAcquiring sun-kissed color
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- radiation sourcessun, uranium, plutonium, radium, radon
- UV lightUV light, UV rays, UVA, UVB, UVC
- tight spacescloset, cubbyhole, cubicle, nook, cranny
- tanningbronzer, UV lamp, sunlamp, spray booth
- cosmetic proceduresBotox, facelift, rhinoplasty, liposuction, breast augmentation
- Bronze effectsbronzer, patina, antiquing, oxidation, weathering
skin coloring approach
tanning bedskin lightening
Reducing melanin in dermis
whitening cream · spray tan · self-tanner · bronzer · pale skin
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