It should be kept in mind that indoor tanning equipment produces UVA and UVB rays that enter the layers of the epidermis, dermis, and sometimes the subcutaneous layer of the skin.

During pregnancy many physical and emotional changes are occurred in the body of a pregnant woman. The hormones make pregnant women nervous and tensed. Such women can also use indoor tanning salons.

UV tanning rays are unable to reach a fetus; they reach only the outer layer of the skin called epidermis. However, indoor tanning can cause such health problems as the possibility of dehydration or overheating called hyperthermia.

In the initial stages of pregnancy hyperthermia can lead to birth defects containing heart problems, abdominal-wall defects and problems connected with the development of the nervous system.

Such complications are very rare, they are caused with the exposure to temperatures of 102 degrees Fahrenheit or more for the duration of several hours in the early stages of pregnancy.

The maximum temperature in tanning salons is limited to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It was observed that in the later stages of pregnancy a normal fetus is less sensitive to heat.

During a tanning session pregnant women should consume much fluid to be well-hydrated. In the case of health problems connected the heat tanners should finish the tanning session. This recommendation is obligatory both for pregnant women and those who are not pregnant.

During pregnancy estrogen and progesterone influence hormones that are responsible for the stimulation of pigment in the skin. The stimulation can cause sometimes exaggerated pigmentation in the skin color of the face available within seventy percent of pregnant women. Such exaggerated pigmentation is called chloasma or the “mask of pregnancy.”

The face may remain dark after delivery of a child if women don’t stop taking birth control pills with such constituencies as estrogen and progesterone.
Women who have naturally dark hair are more prone to getting a dark color, especially when they expose their skin to the UV rays for a long time. As usual the dark color of the face’s skin and pigmentation disappears after delivery.

Although it is permitted for pregnant women to tan indoors, salon owners demand them to bring written permission slips from their physician or OBGYN. Insurance companies provide insurance to pregnant women who are eager to tan indoors.