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Sunless tanning, also known as UV filled tanning, self tanning, spray tanning (when applied topically), or fake tanning, refers to the effect of a suntan without exposure to the Sun. Sunless tanning involves the use of oral agents (carotenids), or creams, lotions or sprays applied to the skin. [1]
Sun tanning or tanning is the process whereby skin color is darkened or tanned. It is most often a result of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight or from artificial sources, such as a tanning lamp found in indoor tanning beds.
The arms are often tanned like a farmer's tan, but the face is untanned due to wearing a helmet. This tanning effect can be particularly pronounced since many football teams run two-a-day practices during the summer. "Tiger tan" — two tan stripes on the arm of a lacrosse player, resulting from the gaps between gloves, elbow pads, and shoulder ...
The tanning activator coumarin is known to induce thymine dimers (cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers). [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Other Web sites state correctly that: "Coumarins produce photosensitivity therefore advise the patient to avoid direct sunlight after treatment.
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After decades of advocacy and the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue during the height of the George Floyd protests, the park was named after the Kumeyaay people who are native to the region. “It corrects a romanticized, historical fantasy that these lands were ‘discovered,’” according to the director of Kumeyaay Community College .
Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather. A tannery is the place where the skins are processed. Historically, vegetable based tanning used tannin, an acidic chemical compound derived from the bark of certain trees, in the production of leather. An alternative method, developed in the ...
In 2014, Axis' fifth annual "Night of 100 Drag Queens" reportedly broke the record for the largest drag show, with 55 participants, who performed to "It's Raining Men". [17] Also in 2014, Axis hosted the inaugural Shooting Star Awards, and won the award for Best Nightclub. [18] The nightclub hosted Miss Gay USofA at Large in 2016. [19]