Tanning beds

[Cambiojoe]

Before I get started let me just point out, skin cancer is the very last thing I could give two shittake mushrooms and a fudgesicle about. I live in the Pacific Northwest of USA and it rains like crazy and we have probably 40-50 sunny days a year here. I noticed on not only my trip to Panama but also my trip to Honduras, that sunshine, and a crap ton of it is pretty much the only thing I can do to positively effect my psoriasis without any prescription. Everything I've tried behind counters does nothing for me.

Anyway, a gym just opened up literally a block from my house and part of the $20 membership is all the free tanning you could want, which is awesome since the only other time I ever tried tanning was 4 months ago and it was $36/month. Also all of their beds are brand new. Hooray! So basically I've been twice now and my forehead feels less tight which is a good indicator something could be happening but still too early to tell. I will continue once every other day untill visable improvement appears and will post pics if so.

[Fred]

Before I get started let me just point out, skin cancer is the very last thing I could give two shittake mushrooms and a fudgesicle about. I live in the Pacific Northwest of USA and it rains like crazy and we have probably 40-50 sunny days a year here. I noticed on not only my trip to Panama but also my trip to Honduras, that sunshine, and a crap ton of it is pretty much the only thing I can do to positively effect my psoriasis without any prescription. Everything I've tried behind counters does nothing for me.

Anyway, a gym just opened up literally a block from my house and part of the $20 membership is all the free tanning you could want, which is awesome since the only other time I ever tried tanning was 4 months ago and it was $36/month. Also all of their beds are brand new. Hooray! So basically I've been twice now and my forehead feels less tight which is a good indicator something could be happening but still too early to tell. I will continue once every other day untill visable improvement appears and will post pics if so.

Sounds like a bargain and with only 50 sunny days I think you could do with it even just to get rid of the Blues. As you know with me I always look for the down side of anything that can help psoriasis. and just want to point out that you should make sure you protect your eyes and also use plenty of moisturiser.

One other thing I don't fully understand Tanning Beds, but I have read somewhere that "Pure UVA sunbeds are ineffective for the treatment of psoriasis". so it could be worth checking out what type it is. good luck with it and would you mind keeping us informed on this thread as it could help others.

Thanks.

Fred.