if u close your eyes while using a tanning lamp do you have to use protective eyewear?

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Mar,01

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The skin of your eyelid is very thin. In fact you can see light even with your eyes shut. The ultraviolet rays of the sun and artificial UV rays from tanning lamps and other sources can burn or damage your eyelids and eye structures especially the cornea and material inside the eye fluid. Too much damage causes the structures of the cells and products to mutate and could go to a cancerous condition resulting in the loss of the eye. Extreme cases could lead to death.

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8 Responses to “if u close your eyes while using a tanning lamp do you have to use protective eyewear?”

xgurl3eb, on March 2nd, 2010 at 3:27 am Said:

yes, your eyelids are very thin and won’t completely protect your eyes from the damaging rays, also they are much more susceptable to damage from those rays, it’s really best to cover them
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Desiree W, on March 2nd, 2010 at 4:17 am Said:

yes because theres something in the lights that can still damage your eyes
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sensitive1, on March 2nd, 2010 at 5:03 am Said:

YES!!! Don’t ever tan without protective eye wear. The UV rays can burn your eyes, and can also cause cataracts.
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Worked at a tanning salon. Received Certification For Indoor Tanning.
weregunnafight, on March 2nd, 2010 at 5:30 am Said:

yes you still have to wear the eyewear. Have you ever put a flash light under your hand and saw the the light come thru? its like that only your eye lids are a lot thinner then your hands.
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cowgirldetective, on March 2nd, 2010 at 6:17 am Said:

yes!! if you don;t you could damage your eyelids and that would really hurt!!
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Mittemo, on March 2nd, 2010 at 6:27 am Said:

The skin of your eyelid is very thin. In fact you can see light even with your eyes shut. The ultraviolet rays of the sun and artificial UV rays from tanning lamps and other sources can burn or damage your eyelids and eye structures especially the cornea and material inside the eye fluid. Too much damage causes the structures of the cells and products to mutate and could go to a cancerous condition resulting in the loss of the eye. Extreme cases could lead to death.
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http://www.epa.gov/sunwise1/doc/eyedamage.pdf
O, on March 2nd, 2010 at 7:02 am Said:

Yes definitely. You can just touch your eyelid and feel how thin it is. Have you thought of quitting tanning? Cancer doesn’t mean a thing to you?
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Alfred, on March 2nd, 2010 at 7:37 am Said:

Got to use but the tan line will be there.
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