UPDATE: EAST LANSING - People are heading to the tanning beds to get their dose of sunshine.

"When you tan, like after you've tanned for awhile you just like feel better about yourself like you just look tanner which a lot of people it makes their self confidence rise," said MSU Sophomore Kayla Vogrin.

Anna Veksler, an MSU Sophomore also said, "It's like the feeling you get when you get out of the tanning bed, your skin just feels really good and you get like vitamin D in your skin so it's kind of like a natural high."

"It naturally boosts the serotonin in your brain," said Sarah Munkacsy, Co-Owner of Bronze Bay Tanning Salon in East Lansing.

So what happens when it is taken too far?

"And I have seen them tan at another place in East Lansing and then come to our place. And I've also pulled them aside and just told them, that is not healthy," said Munkacsy.

So when is it healthy?

"Being in the sun, inside or outside as long as when your outside your shadow is longer then your body and when you come inside, twenty minutes." said Munkacsy.

An alternative to a UV tanning bed is red light therapy. The lamps do not transmit any UV rays but instead an infrared that can be beneficial for acne, wrinkles, or age spots.

Munkacsy's number one advice is, "If we could just say to everyone that is out there, don't ever ever burn. Ever."

It is recommended to tan for twenty minutes twice a week to give your body a healthy amount of vitamin D.


ORIGINAL STORY: EAST LANSING - A local tanning salon discusses tanning addiction. Watch Healthy Lifestyles, to learn how much is too much.