The Trend Of Teenagers And Tanning Salons

by Betty P Davis

Tanning salons seem to be very trendy for teenagers that want to look and feel their very best. In fact, this is increasingly becoming a very common group of customers at any given salon. They want to be able to have a gorgeous tan for upcoming events as well as to just look their very best.

It is important to start out by looking into the laws that may pertain to this. They are different in some areas. For example you may be able to allow those 16 and older to tan without the permission of their parents. In other places a person must have permission if they are under 18. As long as you are in compliance with the laws in your area you can also implement your own policies relating to it as well.

Most tanning salons find that this is a huge market to appeal to though. They definitely don’t want to prevent them from coming in to tan. Teenagers are also the primary group that tends to tan all year long. Since winter time is so slow for many tanning salons this is a good way to have a steady flow of traffic. Of course most of it in the winter will be in the afternoon hours due to school.

Should you decide it is a good idea to allow minors to tan at your salon, you should have the parent or guardian come in to sign a release. This way you can be sure the minor does have their permission to come in. They can be very smart about forging permission slips. It is much harder to get an adult to pretend to be their parent or guardian in person.

Generally though there won’t be too much trouble with it from the parent or guardians point of view. Many of them see nothing wrong with their teenager tanning and many of them encourage it. You can help with the cost of it by offering a family package or a discount when more than one person comes in together. Tanning is often an activity that moms and daughters enjoy doing together.

Everyone that uses your tanning salon should be well aware of the possible risks involved though. This involves both adults and teenagers. Make sure they know that it is possible that they can get skin cancer. Make sure they know they can damage their eyes if they don’t use the protection you offer them. Even with this information you likely won’t lose too many customers.

In addition to having the parents sign a permission slip, each minor should be signing one as well. All of the information on the tanning process, risks, using eye protection, and other information you need them to know needs to be on it. To reduce the amount of paperwork, you can just have two signature lines on each form. One for the person tanning and one for their parent or guardian if it is applicable.

With the trend of teenagers using tanning salons, this is a corner of the market you don’t want to forget to appeal to. Make sure they know the rules of your salon though so they won’t be irresponsible. They need to show up on time for their appointments or call to reschedule. They also need to use the equipment only as it is designed. Make sure they know they can ask you about any questions they may have.

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