My sun-deprived skin is feeling the effects of (what feels like) a lifetime of winter. If this drawn-out cold has revealed anything about my personality, it’s that I suffer dramatically from Seasonal ...

“Mom, I heard if you sit outside wearing olive oil you’ll tan faster.” My 13-year-old daughter Kiera says this one random June day and I wonder if I’m living in a sci-fi film in which my child has ...

Not to be dramatic, but watching our tan fade every year when summer comes to an end makes us freak out a little! Luckily, there are a number of different methods you can utilize for a bronze, ...

Students say tanning beds provide them with a short-term way to achieve the bronzed look they desire, but not without long-term health effects, experts say. “”I don’t like looking pasty,”” ...

Short answer: Not entirely. Excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation causes skin cancer, premature aging and cataracts, but a little sunshine helps keep bones strong. Here’s a look at where ...

Plenty of 2000s trends are coming back into style, like low rise jeans, butterfly clips and Ugg boots. But a 2000s trend that should never come back, according to health experts, is tanning. While ...

Some people use the UV index to determine the best time to tan, believing that a higher index signals a better chance of tanning. However, this harmful trend misunderstands the UV index. The UV index ...

For those students who spent their summer days under the fluorescent lights of their jobs or internships, artificial tanning and tanning salons offered a popular alternative to regular sunbathing. And ...

Surgeon general warns tanners after spike in deadly melanoma. Stop sunbathing and using indoor tanning beds, the U.S. surgeon general warned in a report released Tuesday that cites a 200 percent jump ...