Not medical advice: According to sources, a sauna or steam room will not affect a regular suntan. Saunas and steam rooms do not give off any UV radiation. Using a sauna or steam room will not give you a suntan or increase the body’s production of melanin.
However, sauna will help promote exfoliation, so if you haven’t seen the sun in a while, a sauna or steam bath can speed up the loss of your bronzed color by a few days as that outer layer of tanned skin cells goes away.
Find out health benefits of a sauna here.
Learn how to exfoliate after tanning at eHow.
Tip! Check out steps to get the perfect tan at St. Tropez.
Of interest, more than a half million students at some of the country's best colleges and universities have access to tanning beds on their campus, according to a new study from the University of Massachusetts Medical School published in JAMA Dermatology.
Among U.S. News and World Report's 125 top colleges, the researchers found, nearly half had indoor tanning on campus or in nearby off-campus housing. For the ones with tanning beds in off-campus student housing, most offered them free of charge to residents, while many on campus allowed students to pay with campus cash options. Read more at the Huffington Post.