Npf does not support the use of indoor tanning beds as a substitute for phototherapy performed with a prescription and under a health care provider s supervision.
Narrow spectrum uvb tanning lamp.
Tanning beds in commercial salons emit mostly uva light not uvb.
The secrets of uv light for healthy tanning while it is general knowledge that uv light is not only found in tanning beds and in natural sunlight what many women do not understand is that are different types of ultraviolet light which can all affect our skin differently.
Uvb light is more mild than uvc.
Treatment of vitiligo with uv lamp 311.
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The beneficial effect for psoriasis is attributed primarily to uvb light.
Not a sunlamp not a tanning lamp.
Various investigations imply that the most favorable range for the effective uvb treatment of psoriasis is in the long wave part of the uvb spectrum between 305 and 315nm.
Use of the ultraviolet spectrum which has the highest biological effect on the body affecting the immune system improving metabolism promoting the production of vitamin d etc.
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A more recent option for making vitamin d is to use uvb narrowband lamps such as the philips tl100w 01 fs72 6 foot long 100 watt t12 lamp made popular for its superior effectiveness in the treatment of psoriasis vitiligo and other skin disorders.
The following factors are the advantages of narrow spectrum light uv therapy.
The uvb percentage in a tanning bed is the key for successful use of uv light for healthy indoor tanning.
Fda has cleared philips narrowband phototherapy lamps for the treatment of psoriasis and vitiligo.
Now i believe you understand why it is essential to know how much uvb a tanning bed emits.
This lamp has a very large amount of energy concentrated at 310 311 nm and a minor peak at about 306 nm.
More than 400 independent clinical studies around the world have shown that philips uvb narrowband tl 01 phototherapy lamps are the most effective lamps currently available for the treatment of psoriasis and vitiligo as well as other less common skin diseases.
According to the regulations for lamp manufacturers the amount of uvb should be stated on the tubes as a percentage in relationship to uva.
This warrants a high therapeutical efficiency on the one hand and minimum acute and chronic risks on the other.
Uv b light does not tan the skin very much compared to the uv a lamps that are used in tanning beds.
Uv b lamps are lamps that emit a spectrum of ultraviolet light with wavelengths ranging from 290 320 nanometers.
Model 2 rayminder lamp with mid range uvb delivers powerful uvb centered around 309 nm.
