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Mil '■ l I ■■■ A customer at The Pink Flamingo, 4003 0 St., soaks up rays in a tanning booth. Sun, tanning beds can damage skin By Larry Peirce Senior Reporter Tanning beds are safer than the sun’s unpredictable rays, but can damage skin if not used wisely, ac cording to a tanning shop operator and a Lincoln dermatologist. Sherrie Hanneman, who manages Bodies by Design, a tanning and aerobics shop at the Reunion, 16th and W streets, said she tells people to start slowly on the tanning beds. About 55 Bodies by Design mem bers use the shop’s two bods each day, she said. If someone is tanning heavily, she said, her staff suggests that the person take a day off. “You can abuse it,’’ Hanneman said. Dermatologist Rodney Baslcr said he has treated some “terrible burns’’ people have received from tanning loo long. Tanning bed users should start “real slow” to sec how their skin reacts, he said. “The problem is, people get hooked on this,” Baslcr said. • f f r* . • The responsibility for a safe tan lies with the consumers, said Julia Hcwgley, a consumer affairs officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Admini stration. Hewgley said tanning bed users should make sure salon operators arc responsible and the beds arc properly maintained. A careless employee could install a wrong bulb which could harm the people who use the beds, she said. “They need to be trained in that,” she said. “It’s not a casual thing.” Tanners also need to wear proper eye wear in tanning beds to prevent eye damage and possibly cataracts, she said. Tanning salons are required to post information about the dangers of exposure to ultraviolet light and safeguards which should be used to protect consumers, she said. Consumers should know their skin type and should be aware that certain chemicals in foods, medicines and cosmetics may cause them to become extra sensitive to ultraviolet radia tion. This sensitivity may cause tan • f • ner’s bodies to have allergic reactions like scaly skin and rashes, Hewgley said. Hanneman said people get burned in tanning beds because they don’t know when to quit. She said people can be warned, but don’t always lis ten. Some people tan at two different shops in one day, thinking the in creased lime will make them darker, she said. “You only get so dark,’’ she said. Hewgley, who informs college age people about tanning dangers, agrees. “That’s abuse,’’ she said. “It’s the consumer’s irresponsible behav ior.’’ The amount of melanin a person has determines how dark that person can gel, Hanneman said. Hanneman said people shouldn’t believe salon operators who claim their machines won’t bum them. “If they say their beds won’t burn you, their beds won’t tan you,’’ she said. See TAN on 5 r--=r- - tsouer maijimcuon causes minor explosion From Staff Reports A malfunction of a boiler at the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at 519 N. 16th St. Monday night broke a win dow and caused an estimated SI00 damage, said David Willman, presi dent of the chapter. According to Willman, pressure built up in the boiler and “burst” the door of the boiler open. At the same time the window next to the boiler i broke. Willman said he called the fire dcpariment to take precautions. Willman said there were no gas leaks and no one was injured. The accident occurred at about 11:20 p.m. Steve Reasc, Kappa Sigma vice president, said a similar explosion occurred about 24 hours before Monday’s. 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