I have two loves in my life. Not only do I have the greatest 3-year-old son, Sylus, I am also lucky enough to be a thriving entrepreneur. I have owned Desert Tan in Flower Mound, Texas for a little over …

Zach Medlin could be considered a veteran in the tanning industry, despite the fact that his salon, Aruba Tan – Austin, has only just celebrated its third anniversary. “I grew up around the industry. Eleven years ago my Dad invested …

Smart Tan Downtown is back and it’s Bigger, Badder and Smarter than ever before. We’ve got the conference, exhibit floor and the entertainment to back that statement up, too, and nobody embodies the energy and enthusiasm of such an epic …

America OnLine’s news division — which a few weeks ago slammed the chemical sunscreen industry and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for failing to acknowledge decade-old safety challenges to some of the chemicals in most chemical sunscreen formulas — …

Most tanning facility owners are reporting that a bigger chunk of their customer base is utilizing spray tanning services, a SmartTan.com poll conducted the last two weeks of May has revealed.

According to the poll, 70 percent of salon owners …

Rates of non-melanoma skin cancer are falling in Canada — exactly the opposite of what many in the dermatology community are telling us, a new study to be published in the British Journal of Dermatology this month shows. The study …

Widespread media reports this week that most chemical sunscreens have not undergone legitimate product safety testing and that ingredients in the products may actually contribute to skin cancer risk have the chemical sunscreen and cosmetic dermatology industries reeling to produce …

JACKSON, Mich. (May 25) — A University of Minnesota advocacy group may have “reverse-engineered” a study to bolster its own pre-existing anti-indoor tanning crusade, failing to properly cite the significance of conflicting data within its own paper, downplaying confounding data …