Sheehan Daniel J, Lesher Jack L
Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30904, USA.
South Med J. 2005 Dec;98(12):1192-5. doi: 10.1097/01.smj.0000189988.12031.ac.
In the United States, indoor tanning is a booming industry and contributes to the ultraviolet light (UVL) burden that ultimately leads to skin cancer. "Sunless" tanning methods that avoid UVL exposure may represent a safe alternative. However, the effects of sunless tanning methods on ultraviolet light-related behaviors have never been investigated.
Anonymous survey of 121 individuals who underwent a spray-on sunless tanning treatment between February and May 2004.
Women completed 107 surveys. Men completed 14 surveys. The majority of individuals reported that they had not or would not change their time spent outdoors or their sunscreen use as a result of undergoing sunless tanning. However, 73% of individuals who had used UVL tanning beds said they had decreased or would decrease their UVL tanning bed use.
Sunless tanning is associated with a self-reported decrease in traditional UVL tanning bed use among tanning bed users. Physicians should advocate the use of sunless tanning to their patients who use traditional UVL tanning beds as a means of decreasing their UVL exposure and cancer risk.
在美国，室内美黑是一个蓬勃发展的行业，它增加了最终会导致皮肤癌的紫外线负担。避免紫外线暴露的“免晒”美黑方法可能是一种安全的替代方案。然而，免晒美黑方法对紫外线相关行为的影响从未被研究过。
对2004年2月至5月间接受喷雾式免晒美黑治疗的121人进行匿名调查。
女性完成了107份调查问卷。男性完成了14份调查问卷。大多数人报告称，他们不会因为接受免晒美黑而改变户外活动时间或使用防晒霜的习惯。然而，73% 使用过紫外线美黑床的人表示他们已经减少或将会减少紫外线美黑床的使用。
免晒美黑与美黑床使用者自我报告的传统紫外线美黑床使用减少有关。医生应向使用传统紫外线美黑床的患者倡导使用免晒美黑，以此作为减少紫外线暴露和癌症风险的一种方式。
