PHILIPS HB181/01
Owner's Manual

English
Important � Before connecting the face tanner to the mains socket, check if the voltage indicated on the rating plate corresponds with the mains voltage in your home. � Water and electricity are a dangerous combination! Therefore, do not use the face tanner in wet surroundings (e.g. in the bathroom or shower, or near a swimming pool). � If you have just been swimming or have just taken a shower, dry yourself thoroughly before using the face tanner. � Remove the mains plug from the wall socket after use. � Take care that children cannot play with the appliance. � Let the face tanner cool down first (± 15 min.) before storing it away. � Keep the ventilation openings at the back clear of obstruction when using the face tanner. � Do not exceed the advised session times or the maximum amount of "tanning hours". (See section "UV sessions: How often? And how long?") � Do not tan the face more often than once a day. Avoid intensive skin exposure to natural sunlight on the same day as a UV session. � If you have any symptoms of illness, if you take any medicines and/or apply cosmetics which increase skin sensitivity, you should not have a UV-session. Special care is also necessary in cases of pronounced individual sensitivity to ultraviolet. When in doubt, please consult your doctor. � A face tanner is not to be used by people who get sunburnt without tanning when exposed to the sun, by persons suffering from sunburn, by children, or by persons who suffer (or have previously suffered) from skin cancer or who are predisposed to skin cancer. � Consult your doctor if ulcers, moles or persistent lumps develop on the skin. � Always wear the protective eye goggles while tanning to protect your eyes against excessive doses of ultraviolet, visible light and infrared. (Also refer to section "UV and your health".) � Remove creams, lipstick and other cosmetics well in advance of a UV session. � Do not use sunscreen lotions or creams. � Do not use suntan lotions or creams. � If your skin should feel taut after the sun tanning session, you may apply a moisturizing cream. � Never use the face tanner if the timer has become faulty. � Colours may fade under the influence of the sun. The same effect may occur when using the appliance. � Do not expect the face tanner to yield better results than the natural sun.

The Sun

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The sun is the source of energy on which all life on earth depends. There are various kinds of solar energy: the sunlight enables us to see, we feel the warmth of the sunshine on our skin, and under the influence of the sun our skin is tanned. These three effects are due to three specific components of the sun radiance spectrum, each of the components having their own wave lengths. The sun radiates electro-magnetic vibrations with widely different wave lengths. The wave lengths of heat rays or "infrared" (IR) are longer than the wave lengths of visible light. And the wave lengths of "ultraviolet" (UV), which tans our skin, are shorter than these. Science has managed to reproduce these three kinds of solar radiation: heat (e.g. Infraphil), light (lamps) and UV (solariums, sun couches etc.)

UV-A, UV-B and UV-C Ultraviolet (UV) is subdivided into UV-A (longer wave lengths), UV-B and UV-C (shorter wave lengths). UV-C seldom reaches the earth as it is filtered out by the atmosphere. UV-A and UV-B cause the tanning effect of the skin. In fact there are two processes which produce tanning, and they are simultaneously effective: - "Indirect tanning". Primarily UV-B stimulates the production of a substance called "melanin", which is necessary for tanning. The effect does not show until a couple of days after the sunbath. - "Direct tanning". The UV-A and also a part of the visible light cause quicker browning without reddening or "getting sunburnt".

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