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    Yuk!! I just went to the most AWFUL tanning salon!! It wasn't my regular place, I was in the area to pick some stuff up so I stopped at this salon for a quick bake...

    First of all the lady at the counter was NOT friendly and she looked really annoyed that I didn't want a membership which she was selling for 30$ for a 100 minutes; hello expensive!! And then she started the machine while I was still paying. I had to get the little glasses in the bowl full of germicide... had to wipe that off myself... waste of precious tanning minutes!

    I got in the bed, didn't know which cushion was for my feet and for my head.. had trouble lowering the thing, after 3 minutes I was really hot!! Turned on the "fan" not a big improvement... I also noticed that the top tubes were not protected. I had signed for 15 minutes, but after 10 minutes I was sooooo hot and i felt like i was burning so I got out. when I tried to get out the thing hit me in the head!! It was like weight lifting!!
    And I betcha my tan won't even be good cause the machine looked like it was 25 years old!
    That place SUCKED!! Any sucky tanning salon stories??
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    I don't have any horror tanning salon stories,but the next time you try some place new,have them bring you to the back and look at their beds before purchasing any packages or single tans.
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    that sounds terrible!!! you should have tried to get your $$$ back.

    i had a similar tanning experience once. i was home (in the suburbs) one weekend, and i wanted to go tanning (mystic), as i had a great tan from it already and wanted to keep myself dark. so since im in the 'burbs, there are no mystic tans anywhere around, so i settle for something called hollywood tan, i think it was. i went in the booth and it squirted, yes squirted, a nasty brown diluted solution onto me. definitely NOT the all-over spray like mystic. it was the kind of squirt that a bottle of windex will give you; and this squirt lasted about as long. so....i got out of the booth and there were fucking brown squirt marks all over me, running down my body!!! yuck!! it looked like someone just diahhreahh-ed on me. i tried to rub it in to no avail, and the next day i looked like a streaky wacko. haha!! wasnt as funny then, however.

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    LOL streaky diarreah tan. OMG that sucks!!! hahaha


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    Damn that sucks both your guys' stories!!!

    I remember one time I went tanning ...and I got outta the bed and I had a dark ring around my butt from sweating in the hot lay-down bed. ACKK! Yea I do stand up tan from now on!
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    TM,turning over halfway will cure the "ring around the butt" problem.
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    Complain to the management or the owner.

    I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.

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    When I was still bed tanning, I went in to a "new" salon. Stupid me didn't really check the bulbs before I climbed in the bed. I went in for 15 minutes...covered my face for 10 minutes of it. I tan super fast...and as I was getting dressed to leave, I noticed that my body had 2 "light" stripes down the front of my body.

    I complained at the front desk and they offered to give me a different bed the next time for free...but I just got my money back and found a salon that stays on top of the bulbs.

    Took me about a month for the tan to fade away enough to be able to even everything out. Grrrrrr...

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    ^They decided to be cheap and just change certain bulbs.That's a very common but awful business practice in the tanning salon industry.The proper time to change the bulbs is when it's at the half life stage of the bulbs.That way,your tan remains superb.
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    This girl in high school tanned all the time and she also worked at the same place...well one day she was sitting next to me and i noticed she had these red circles all over her body, So i asked her what are those, she said "Ring Worms", What the hell is ring worms and how did you get them...she said from the tanning booth..The doctor said that if the staff at these salons dont clean there bed good or use the right solution, that will happen, ring worms are cause from bacteria....Ill, groose, then i asked if it was catchy, she said Yes..Girls i got up and moved my desk and worked alone. You can keep your ring worms to your self....So when i go tanning i always clean the booth regardless if its clean or not...

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    I get the ring around the butt thing too, big time!! So now I alternate with stand ups. But this placce I've been going to, the beds really suck. And they say they are the best on the market right now. (yeah right)

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    Hey guys when i say "Ring Worms" I mean tiny little worms under skin, that takes a bout a monthe to get rid of and contagous.

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    That's disgusting!!! I heard of those, they are like skin fleas... That's really gross.
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    Actually ringworm isn't worms, but a fungal infection. Regardless, it's nasty, super contagious, and can be tricky to get rid of. Yuck!

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    Ara is right, ringworm is fungal. Perhaps Barbee you were talking about scabies? Either way, nasty nasty yuck puke!


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    be careful when turning over in a tanning bed tho as the acrylic can crack from the weight being concentrated on one spot and most tanning salons will make you pay for it. just a tidbit from personal experience

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    The front desk really, really pushed for me to try their tan accelerater. They insisted that I would not tan with out it. I don't visit tanning beds unless I'm feeling depressed and need UV light to cheer me up. I know nothing about tanning. I told them that I hadn't been out in the sun for months. They continued to upsell. I thought, hey why not?

    I got a burn so deep that it took a week before I could sit down comfortably, then another 2 weeks of peeling. I never burn. Yet my legs -- MY LEGS -- were burned. It was unprecedented. I didn't use the lotion on my face and it was fine there.

    Dang upsellers. The salon may have gotten an extra dollar. Because of that extra dollar and a big fat avoidable burn, I am never going back to them.

    So sweat causes ring around the butt? I was wondering how that happened. Thanks guys!

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    Celeste - which tanning salon was it? I am certainly going to avoid it!

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    Celeste- I said this on another post but the stupidity of most salon tanning employees does not surprise me. I have seen brite white people told and sold the strongest bronzing tingles along with full time in the tanning bed. That's why especially in tanning salons it is important to go with some knowledge since most of the employees are trying to just get rid of overstock of lotions and do not care if it is the best for you. ALWAYS get lotions online they are super cheaper this way. plus always know your skin type via skin typing before you go into a salon.

    Butt moons are sometimes just caused by being in a lay down bed with your butt flap (LOL I don't know what to call it) hanging over. That's why I try to alternate with a stand up. Or I'll try changing positions in the lay downs like on all fours, froggy, etc.

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    Mtl dancer it's "Le Soleil d'Or" on Ontario corner of Pie-IX. Dont go there!!

    I usually go to Bronzage Hogan; the man there knows his stuff, I've never burned with the creams he sold me; he has even stopped me from buying creams that were too strong for me. (and they were more expensive) That place is so clean you could eat off the floor! And the beds are brand new and very well ventilated. It's super. (Oh, and it's on Sherbrooke and Hogan st.)

    I only went to that other place cause I had errands to run around there.. damn Hochelaga-Maisonneuve!

    Muyaha, the changing positions I learned quickly; I'm constantly changing positions in the tanning bed. No "ring" around my butt!!!
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    Oh and thanks for the online info... will check if they have my favorite cream online.. in canadian dollars!!
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    Eeeek, girls, GOD. This is why, (even w/all the issues) I prefer "home tanning". Only is VERY knowledgable, she should have her own tanning place!


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