Staying Healthy
Ask the doctor: What do you think of these so-called sunless tanning products?
Q. My teenage daughter wants to be tan when we go down to Florida for our winter vacation in February. I have suggested one of these so-called sunless tanning products, but she says they don't look natural and wants to go to an indoor tanning salon instead. What do you think?
A. Sunless tanning products have been around for decades. The old products, especially the ones you applied yourself, were streaky and they turned the skin an orangey-brown.
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