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Wednesday, March 18, 1987 Daily Nebraskan Page 5 Salons give tan-seekers a jump on nature By Lee Rood Staff Reporter Spring break begins Friday and now is the hottest time of year for bronzing bodies, say several tanning salon mana gers. The beginning of February marked a dramatic increase in sales, which should continue to boom until June, local managers said. Most of their busi nesses tend to suffer a little during the summer because real sun is readily available, they said. Leanna Walbridgc, manager of the Tubbery, said their two tanning beds are almost always full, averaging about 50 tanners a day. Walbridge said she thinks clients want a good base tan for spring break and want to prevent burning when they start laying out. A base tan is what people in the business call a noticeable tan that won't disappear after a few days. Depen ding on a person's skin type, it takes five to eight sessions to establish a base tan. A session in most tanning salons can last from 15 to 30 minutes depending on the intensity of rays of the bed and the length of time the salon allows. Individual sessions cost about $3.50 to $(. Walbridge said tanners should try to find the kind of bed that best fits their needs. Some salons use beds with more intense rays than others. Students also should listen to the person behind the desk because he or she knows what's best for the client, Walbridge said, and remember that good tans take time. Clients should have clean skin and Tom LauderDaily Nebraskan Tips for surviving sunlight By Lee Rood Staff Reporter While most Americans have been told repeatedly that too much sun bathing can harm the skin, some still equate a healthy tan with a healthy body. According to Dr. Rodney Busier, a dermatologist at the University Health ('enter, there is" no such thing as a "healthy tan." Busier said tanning is an obvious sign that the skin has been injured, because the ultraviolet rays that tan t he skin (outside or in a tanning salon) damage and age the exposed skin cells. Busier said he thinks tanning salons are safer than laying out because peo ple tend to lose track of time outdoors, and artificial tanning gives a person some protection against the sun's most damaging rays ultraviolet B. The problem with tanning beds, Busier said, is that they destroy some.of the skin cells that naturally protect the body from skin cancer. The trick to sunbathing, Basler said, is to not over do it and to allow the body to replenish those cells. Basler said that means not trying to keep a tan all year. No matter how much the American public is warned about skin cancer and the negative effects of sun bathing, Basler said, it would be virtually impossible to try and rid our culture of its belief in a healthy tan. Because people will continue to sunbathe, Basler said he hopes they at least remember to use sunscreen (at least 8 or 10 SPF for this time of year), and to protect the face because it is sensitive to the sun. Proponents seek treaty to save defense initiative KRAUT from Page 4 corned the proposal. (With the usual exception: France, which refuses American missiles on its soil, wants the rest of Europe to take them. Such are the prerogatives of grandeur.) Privately, European officials are worried that the removal of American Euromissiles will weaken the American nuclear guarantee which is the pillar of their security. This fear is shared by Hyland, Henry Kissinger and others traditionally associated with arms control. They -Dpose the zero option. On the other hand, the Keagan administration, hot bed of nuclear hardliners reputed to view arms control as a symptom of Western decadence, responded with enthusiasm. Within four days of the Gorbachev offer, the administration had put a draft INF treaty on the table at Geneva. What is going on here? Reagan wants the INF treaty not just because of the Iran affair. True, a treaty would make Mrs. Reagan and Congress happy and almost certainly lead to a summit photo-opportunity with Gorba chev, a chance for Reagan to prove that he is still president. But the adminis tration was quite prepared to accept the zero option six months ago, long before Iran, long before it became a political necessity for an enfeebled president. In fact, the Reykjavik sum mit was meant to be an INF summit until Reagan and Gorbachev got to dreaming'of a nuclear-free world and wear only oils or lotions specifically designed for tanning beds, the manag ers said. Oils, lotions and even some makeup inhibit the tan and some can cause a reaction. Karen Smollen, manager of Great Tan, said tan-seekers should be honest about the medications they are taking. Smollen said people using forms of tctraeyclcnes, makeup with tar in it and even birth control pills can have reactions. Oral contraceptives can cause sensitivity to light indoors or out in some women, Smollen said. The tanning bed operators agreed that wearing protective goggles in the beds is important because the eyes are sensitive to ultra violet rays. "Ten percent of all cataract opera tions are due to ultraviolet rays," Wal bridge said. After tanning, indoors or out, man agers recommend using a good moistur izer. Jan Beck, manager of Body Flex, recommends moisturizers without water that are rich in ingredients like aloe and Vitamin E. "If you are going to be tanning, you better be taking good care of your skin," she said. Beck said she tells her clients not to take a shower immediately after tan ning because it tends to dry the skin. Waiting at least two hours is best, she said. Because all ultraviolet rays from the sun or a bed can damage and dry the skin, managers say the beds are better than laying out in the sun because clients can control the amount of rays hitting their bodies. "You are taking your chances whether you are inside or outside," Beck said. Tanning inside just makes better com mon sense." Managers say beds are better because they block most of the ultraviolet-B rays which are harmful to the skin and use ultraviolet-A rays which are least harmful and the ones that tan skin best. The most harmful ultraviolet rays are C rays, but they are filtered by the earth's ozone layer. Some relatively new products in the tanning business this year are tanning accelerators. Accelerators are lotions worn before tanning that help ultravi olet rays reach deeper into the skin's layers, causing the tan on the surface to be deeper and longer lasting. Some accelerators only can be used in tanning beds, while others can be used outside. Beck said students should buy only accelerators with L-tyrosine complex, the ingredient she says intensifies the tan. Other ingredients in the accelera tors include various moisurizers, natu ral oils, aloe gels and vitamin E. Walbridge said the accelerators help keep the skin soft, protect against wrinkles and reduce dryness. Jean Barker, manager of Headlines, said acceleraors are good if a person doesn't notice a big difference between tanning sessions. But patrons should see some differ ence after each visit even without accelerators, Barker said. If they aren't, Barker suggested trying a different salon, because the bulbs the salon uses could be either old or of poor quality. the summit blew up over SDL Why do hardliners want an INF treaty? It will shake European elites who fought for deployment of American Euromissiles and who fear a "decou pling" that will feed European neutral ism. But they prefer the benefits: Neog itating an INF treaty will take up the remaining months of Reagan's presid ency and show his bona fides as a peace v lover and arms controller. That will leave little political impetus and no time for derailing SDI, either by emas culating it in Congress or bartering it at Geneva. Given the choice between a nervous Europe and an undefended United States, they choose a nervous Europe. The INF treaty is God's gift to American unilateralists who are tired of having to play psychiatrist and body guard to allies who ought to be defend ing themselves. The hardline unilateralists argue that the purpose of American Euromis siles is to deter the Soviet SS-20s. If both systems come out, that deterrent function has been fulfilled in a rather convincing way. No, say the Atlanti cists. That is only one purpose. The other role of the U.S. missiles is psycho logical. The war over INF has just begun. But the outcome can be predicted. The uni lateralists will win. 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