Summer is coming and yet our skin is still pale ... So, to help our tan to spend the second, cosmetic laboratories compete with ingenuity. All brands or almost now offer many ranges of solar tanning accelerators. Their promise: protect the skin from UV while boosting the melanin and thus activating our tan quickly.

Well seen when there is little sun or when you do not spend a month in the West Indies . Or when you simply have clear skin that takes time to sunbathe.

How can a sunscreen tan more quickly?

To understand how these neo-protective sunscreens work, we must return to the fundamentals: tanning is a natural phenomenon of pigmentation of the skin linked to an increase in melanin following exposure to UV.
A sun protection that activates the tan contains active ingredients (Tyrosine or Copper for example) that boost this rise of melanin in a natural way. And of course, it is formulated with an SPF .
By way of comparison, solar capsules color (artificially) our skin while a sunscreen to tan more quickly (naturally) increases the synthesis of melanin. So the tan will be more homogeneous and more protective.

Bonus of these sunscreens: in addition to tanning quickly they intensify and prolong the natural tan.
These sunscreen protectors with tanning activator allow less exposure for a tanning result at the top.

How long can (hope) tan more quickly?

This type of tanning sunscreen is used at the same frequency as a traditional sunscreen . Namely, every 2 hours. But from the first application, the tan is stimulated and one finds, visually, a more intense tan after 3 or 4 days.

Caution, a sunscreen that activates the tan faster is not recommended for people who have an increased risk of pigmentation:
- pregnant women,
- people prone to lentigo and brown spots,
- people with acne,
- and people in post-surgery (undergoing healing).

Zoom on the sunscreens to tan more quickly.

Thanks to Maud Chatelain, Head of Innovation Unit of Bioderma.