That's why the question of whether it is possible for pregnant women to go to a solarium, excites many lovers of a beautiful sunburn. After all, you want to be attractive in this difficult period. Let's find out the possible risks from artificial ultraviolet radiation.
The principle of the solarium
To understand whether it is possible to go to a solarium during pregnancy, it is necessary to know the specific features of the tanning device and the possible risks from its use. Regardless of the type - horizontal or vertical, - the lamps used in the device are the same, and hence the principle of their operation is identical. If desired, the client can either lie down, or stand a certain time to get an even tan.
Lamps are of two types - low and high pressure. Both those and others are not always safe in certain conditions, since they lead to skin cancer, which is scientifically proven. But, despite the potential risks, the desire to get beautiful skin prevails over the voice of reason.
In some solariums there is a function of turning off or blocking the session, if a person suddenly feels sick inside. In addition, more expensive models have built-in music speakers, which can brighten up the procedure.
Can a solarium harm a child during pregnancy?
Theoretically, to harm a baby in the womb can only excessive overheating during a long stay in the solarium chamber. Since thermoregulation is not yet formed, the body can not lower its own temperature by sweating. But you can reach this state only with a long session, sunbathing, as they say, "daughter", which, of course, no prudent future mother will not allow.
Warning
Unfortunately, the adoption of ultraviolet procedures by mother can also do much harm. The impact of artificial rays on the human body, or more precisely, the long-term consequences, are not fully understood. Especially the solarium can be harmful during pregnancy in the early periods, when a real revolution takes place in the woman's body. The raging hormones, which are intensively beginning to be produced in large quantities, - already stressful for the female body, and in combination with other negative factors, all this can lead to various autoimmune disorders in the embryo.
At any stage of pregnancy, the woman is unstable in the process of releasing hormones responsible for the pigmentation of the skin and because of this on the face, breast, in the groin area, the so-called pigmentation of pregnant women occurs . And if against a background of this visit a solarium, then for some pregnant women this can be a real problem, getting rid of it will be very difficult.
Future mummies who have problems with pressure, during the session of therapy with ultraviolet rays can get even hypertensive crisis, because heart activity during it is activated several times, and the process of sweating is very active. To aggravate the situation can dehydration, which affects not only the mother, but also the baby.
Having doubts about whether you can visit and sunbathe in the solarium during pregnancy, you should contact your gynecologist. Most often doctors are not strongly recommended for the sake of beauty to risk their own health and unborn child, but as always the choice is left to the woman.