People may feel that a tan makes them look good and that a tan looks "healthy." But being exposed to the light from tanning beds isn't safe. The light from a tanning device can cause skin cancer. Tanning devices are linked to basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer, and the most serious type of cancer, melanoma.

Sun exposure can help you get vitamin D and boost your mood. It also might help lower your blood pressure and help you sleep better. But unprotected sun exposure is very damaging for your skin. Tanning can change your skin permanently.

A solarium is any tanning unit that uses ultraviolet (UV) radiation to tan the skin. Solariums are also known as sunbeds, sunlamps or tanning beds. There is no such thing as a safe tan from a solarium. UV radiation from solariums increases your risk of developing skin cancer.

tanning salon (plural tanning salons) A business renting use of tanning beds to darken skin, especially in colder climates. A room within a spa or other large establishment providing use of tanning beds.