Solarium for nursing. What to choose on breastfeeding: a solarium or autosunburn?

The article will tell about the pros and cons of sunburn in the solarium during the period of breastfeeding. Also we will talk about the auto tanning and its effect on the skin.

With the help of a solarium you can get a bronze shade of the skin, hide small skin imperfections, look fresh.

Is it dangerous to go to a tanning salon when lactating?

Solarium - special equipment that emits rays similar to sunlight. Recently, a woman who has given birth wants to look beautiful and fresh, but are the advantages of the solarium so obvious? Especially when a woman is breastfeeding her baby. The answers to these questions can be found in this article.

The opinion of doctors: the benefit and harm to the solarium

Most respected doctors( both Russian and foreign) agree that the solarium is harmful. The undisputed benefit of the solarium is proven by the owners of solariums.

It is important to understand that a solarium is a profitable business that thrives in our country, so it is difficult to get an unambiguous answer about the harm and benefits.

Girl in the cabin of the solarium

First consider the benefit of the solarium:

1. Beautiful smooth tan at any time of the year
2. Under the influence of the rays there is the production of a hormone of good mood - serotonin
3. Improves skin condition, healing of small wounds, invisible acne
4. The body is saturated with vitamin D,which helps assimilate calcium

Some go to a solarium before going to sea to prepare the skin for the rays of the sun.

And now about harm to solarium:

1. The skin is dehydrated, the collagen is destroyed, resulting in the skin losing elasticity and rapidly aging
2. Hair is dried and becomes brittle
3. There is a risk of malignant moles, tumors, melanoma

What are the contraindications for sunburn in a tanning salon?

In addition to the possible risks, it is important to know about the contraindications to the for tanning in a solarium:

• People who have many birthmarks
• Those who have problems with the thyroid
• People with benign lesions - mastopathy, cysts, polyps( there is a risk of tumor degenerationmalignant)
• It is forbidden to visit the solarium during the administration of certain drugs( tetracycline, doxycycline, biseptol, etc.), as well as when taking hormonal contraceptives
• With sensitivity to UV rays
• One of the importantcontraindications - pregnancy and lactation

How to properly and safely use a solarium?

If you are not afraid of risks, then follow the rules of visiting the solarium:

1. Choose carefully the institution. Check the documentation regarding the replacement of lamps. If the lamps are used for a long time, the negative effect on the skin is intensified
2. Apply UVA protection cream
3. Cover the chest area, hair, eyes
4. Stay in the booth for no longer than five minutes
5. Apply balm to the lips
6. Visit the tanning salon not every day, but at least oneonce a week

Important: The principle of exposure to the skin of the sun's rays and solarium is not the same. The rays of the solarium penetrate into the skin much deeper. By the way, being under direct sunlight is also harmful. Sunbathing can be done during the period of the least activity of the sun( before noon or after).

Video: Tanning rules in the solarium

Can I go to a tanning bed during breastfeeding?

Lactation is a contraindication to a hike in the solarium.

Important: To the taste and quality of milk, UV rays do not affect in any way, but actively affect the woman's body.

During pregnancy and lactation, the woman's level of certain hormones changes. How to react skin cells to UV rays, no one knows. Perhaps, there will be growth of moles, pigmentation, there will be unfavorable formations. A kid can give up a breast if you do not wash your breast properly after a protective cream. It is strictly forbidden to visit the solarium in the first months of the baby's life.

It is necessary to cover certain areas of the body in the solarium

Benefit and harm of the autosunburn

If you really want to have a tanned body, it is better to use an autosunburn.

Autosunburn is a cream that is applied evenly to the skin. The composition of the cream includes a substance - dihydroxyacetone, which is responsible for the brown pigment on the skin.

Arguments in use of autosunburn:

• You can quickly achieve a beautiful tan
• Can be used in pregnancy and lactation
• More budgetary means than a solarium

Arguments about harm autosunburn:

• Because of a disruption of the hormones, it is not known how autosunburn will lie
• Possible allergic reaction
• It is not always smooth tone

Autosunburn

Autosunburn lasts up to 7 days. It does not protect the skin from sun exposure, only creates a visual effect of bronze skin.

How to apply self-tanning in the home?

1. Before applying the autosunburn, take a shower and make a body peeling. The peeling will remove the layer of keratinized cells and thus ensure the maximum smoothness of the tone.
2. Apply self-tanning to dry skin.
3. . Before application, do depilation.
4. . If you dilute the tan with cream, it will lie more smoothly.
5. Apply a very thin layer of
6. to the elbows and knees area.tight fingers so that there are no stains left.
7. Wash hands periodically so that they do not become orange.

Proper application of the self-tanner ensures a smooth color without stains.

Application of autosunburn

Is it harmful for breastfeeding?

The action of autosunburning occurs in the upper layer of the epidermis, the cream does not penetrate the body. Therefore, it does not negatively affect the milk and the baby.

Still, there are some recommendations for lactating mothers regarding tanning:

1. Use cream, but do not spray. You can accidentally inhale particles and they penetrate the blood
2. Between feeding and using an autosunbare, last at least one hour
3. It is best not to apply the cream on the chest area
4. Before using, test for an allergic reaction. Even if you previously used the same remedy, the body's reaction to it during the hormonal changes is unknown.

Autosunburn from Garnier

Which is better: a tanning salon or a tanning salon?

Everyone decides for himself what is best - a solarium or a tanning salon. Autosunburn does not have such terrible risks as a solarium. But at the same time he is much less than a tan in a solarium.

If you are smart enough to visit a solarium, do not get too carried away, you can avoid adverse consequences. If you are breastfeeding, it is better to give preference to autosunburn.

Contraindications for autosunburn

There are practically no contraindications for autosunburn. But nevertheless it is not recommended to use them for psoriasis, the presence of cracks and wounds on the skin.

What to choose on breastfeeding - solarium or autosunburn: advice and feedback

Tatiana : Our neighbor in the country is an oncologist. She always works in the garden in a shirt with a long sleeves, a hat and light trousers. I think it's understandable why. To protect the body from the sun. My attitude to the solarium is negative, and in pregnancy and breastfeeding even more so.

Catherine : Not only a solarium, but the sun is harmful to koi. If you really walk, then stay in the booth at a minimum and use a protective cream. And most importantly, close your chest. No one knows what reaction will be.

Anastasia : I go once every 1.5 months. I sunbathe in a bra. My skin is very light and if not sunbathed, then the hair merges with the skin. Sunburn is the only way to look normal for me even without makeup. To the child of 6 months.

Svetlana : I love autosunbags, but I try not to get carried away. In general, we are surrounded by as much chemistry as in cosmetology, and in food. Therefore, you never know what will be fatal for you.

Take care of your health. No beauty will save you if the trips to the solarium will have a negative effect on the condition of the skin. Moreover, a woman who has become a mother, now thinks not only of herself, but also of the child.

Video: Malyshev about sunburn in the solarium