There’s a power struggle going on in the indoor tanning industry. It’s happening every day in salons across the country. It’s likely that right now, as you read this, a tanning customer and a tanning salon operator somewhere are discussing exposure times and perhaps even haggling over who should control the amount of time the customer spends in the tanning unit. Who wins that power struggle in your salon? You or the customer?

Here’s what the answer should be: As the indoor tanning professional in your salon, you — the salon operator, the professional — are in control of the tanning process. Always. In fact, determining proper exposure schedules for clients is one of the indoor tanning salon operator’s most important responsibilities.

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