UV Tanning

Cosmetic tanning is a pleasant exercise of one of our bodies’ natural functions.

When sunlight, or artificially created ultraviolet light, contacts human skin, a tanning response takes place. Actually, this response is the body’s creation of a protective “umbrella” through the darkening of the cells in the upper layer of the skin.

How this happens actually involves a little bit of physics and a little bit of photobiology; but don’t let that scare you – the concepts are easy enough to grasp! The first step in the tanning response is a reddening reaction called erythema. This is the skin’s response to UV-B. Erythema also causes the formation in the skin of a protective substance called melanin. This naturally synthesized material is intended to reduce the transparency of the upper layers of skin – thus protecting it. As the melanin rises to the surface, the UV-A rays contained in a tanning exposure oxidize the melanin and cause it to turn brown. And thus, a tan is born!

Conveniently located in the Anthem area of Henderson, Nevada, we are the Las Vegas Valley’s go to for hassle free tanning. Come see why so many people in Las Vegas call us their tanning destination.