Has anyone ever tried tanning pills?

do they actually work? and, how do they work?

Has anyone ever tried tanning pills?
They basically just use the carotenoids (what makes shrimp and carrots orange) to give you a tan appearance by coloring your tissue.





Not very appealing....at least to me.





Sunless tanner is better.
Reply:They have tanning pills now? Well you learn something new everyday...
Reply:From what I've heard these can be dangerous. Try the spray tanning. It is approved and safe..





Why Tanning Pills Don't Work





Three years ago, the feature Sunless Tanning: Facts and Myths attacked the effectiveness of tanning pills.





But tanning pills have proven to be the hardest sunless tanning myth to kill. Nutritional supplements, or tanning pills, that "promote" tanning proliferate, and ads for them are everywhere.





Why? The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act passed by the United States Congress in 1994 allows the marketing of products as a "dietary supplement" without the approval of any government agency, as long as the labeling includes a disclaimer saying that it has not been evaluated by the FDA and the product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If a question about safety arises, the burden of proof is on the FDA, not the manufacturer.





There are only two things that matter in the production of melanin: your genetics and your degree of exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Nutrition simply does not play a part for the normal, well nourished individual [if you are an American, you are more likely to be over nourished].
Reply:What the hell?