Talk:Sunless tanning

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This article needs a lot of work. It has a good structure and has enough merit to warrant inclusion in Wikipedia, but it needs to be edited for tone and point of view, as it's mostly written in a sensationalist style. It also contains a lot of factual inaccuracies. It contained a lot of external links (most of which I deleted). Also, it contains a lot of broken links that all seem to be really the same thing; for example, it has self-tanning lotion and self-tanning cream. — Brim 15:29, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)

Beyond that, most of this article seems to be copied verbatim from HowStuffWorks.com... Possibly copyright vio? 24.0.253.136 13:50, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Some of you people really, really need to learn how to use links. Adding a backslash (/) after a file name at the end of a url will screw the link more often than not. If you're going to contribute to an article, take the time to do it right and check your work. Others are supposed to be contributing their findings, not cleaning up your mess.

[edit] No sun doesn't equal no skin cancer risk

Edited the page out with misleading quotes that state that artificial tans remove the risk of skin cancer. People who get NO UV and people who get too much UV both share a higher risk of skin cancer, so total avoidance isn't prevention, and we should be careful not to imply this. Pharmboy 23:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inclusion of a helpful link

While doing extensive research on formulation of a sunless tanning product (I am a formulation chemist) I saw many (most?) of the internet resources on Sunless Tanning, DHA, Erythrulose, Melanotan, tyrosine, etc... The resources I found most useful were this article on Wikipedia and a website called Sunless.com[1].

I added this link to the bottom of this page as it has MANY resources for both straight forward information on sunless tanning products, health & safety, and cosmetic concerns as well as a forum for users to respond. This sunless tanning product user feedback section was extremely helpful to me as I looked at options for creation of a new product. I'm fairly sure that this information would be of benefit to someone looking for more information on sunless tanners in general as it discusses the real-world usage experiences of many people.

I am not affiliated with the website. To my knowledge the website is not a commercial site; although it does have that appearance on first inspection.

I would propose that you/we add a link to this website to the wikipedia article as it provides additional information and provides a forum for those who wish to discuss sunless tanners. Kemistboy 15:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changed tag from Unreferenced to Clean Up

There are plenty of links on the page, but they are put in the article instead of used as footnotes. I feel there are plenty of citations in the article to verify the claims made on the page, and organization is the problem. Will see about fixing that soon. Pharmboy 22:57, 24 July 2007 (UTC)