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There’s a good rule of thumb when it comes toTikTok beautydiscoveries: look into it.
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So that’s precisely what I did after seeing a video for a “tanning nasal spray.”
As aself-tanningfiend, paint me intrigued.
But as a reporter, consider me skeptical.
A quick Google brings up a bevy of nasal sprays that promise a golden tan.
For best results, lay in the sun for a short amount of time.
(Record scratch their words, not mine.)
The purported result is a semi-permanent tan that gradually fades over time, no scrubbing necessary.
But at the expense of potentially gettingskin cancerfrom sun exposure?
In the words of Justin Bieber, “Immediately no.”
But where’s the education in that?
Here’s what to sniff out about nasal tanning sprays.
What’s in tanning nasal spray?
Finding theINCI listfor many of these sprays wasn’t as simple as it should be.
Florida-based cosmetic biochemistKrupa Koestlinenotes that we often find tyrosinase inhibitors in our skin-care products.
Essentially: more tyrosine, more melanin.
Dihydroxy methylchromonyl palmitate is a self-tanning ingredient which helps increase melanin production when used topically.
The ingredient was launched inpharmaceutical company Mercksself-tanner,RonaCare Bronzyl.
This is likely one of the reasons you find DHA more commonly in topicalself-tanningmousses,sprays, and foams.
Why are these sprays concerning?
Let’s get to the schnoz of it all.
Are these ingredients safe to inhale in this manner?
As for L-tyrosine, it most often appears in oral supplements.
“It doesn’t really seem to work that way.
It sounds like it makes sense, but it doesn’t.”
And, of course, laying in the sun for any amount of time increases your risk of melanoma.
Plus, there are additional concerns about the formulation of many of these sprays.
I would like to see long-term safety in use testing for the product so that feel comfortable recommending it.
Whether or not it works, we don’t know.
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