L.A. Tan in South Elgin, IL

Amazing, the best La Tan! The girls are AWESOME & i always look super bronzed. Never disappointed after coming here

The staff is sweet and professional. The area has plenty of parking and the business is always clean and welcoming. They always have great deals always going on.

Super dirty. I really love the workers and they are super kind but the owner doesn't care to take care of the place at all. Sad because it has so much potential especially with a great staff!

I have been through a lot of painful experiences in my life, but the worst physical pain I have ever felt was from the 2nd degree Burn I got on 75% of my body due to the inexperience of one of their employees. When I went in, I told the receptionist that I had only ever done tanning once before, and mentioned this several times. I told her my previous tanning had been just one week before at the geneva location, and I was trying to get a base tan for a trip in Florida I was going on, to prevent severe burning. I told her I burned easily, also something I mentioned several times, and said I had only gone in for 6 minutes at level 1 at the previous location per the recommendation of the girl who helped me in geneva (who was amazing). The south elgin associate proceeded to tell me that I should try a level 2 this time, as it helped to get a base tan faster. So to be clear, I had just told her I burned easily, I was trying to avoid getting burnt, and I had only ever been tanning once on level 1 for for only 6 minutes. She then decided it would be a good idea to recommend not only that I go in for more than twice the amount of time (15 minutes), but that I go in at level 2. I reminded her that i burn easily *for the 4th time* and said I'd prefer to stick with level one, but asked if she was sure I'd be fine at level one. She reassured me and led me to the room and didn't say a word about safety or what to do in the room. Just lead me there and left. Some of the stuff was different from geneva like the music key pad and the fan but the rest was the same. I was in there for about 7 minutes before it started getting really hot, but I thought that was normal. I just felt warm at this point, not burnt. I finished up and about two hours after I got home I became really warm and itchy. I felt like I was running a fever, and by later in that night I was. At this point it was around 6 or 7 in the day so I got up from schoolwork to look in the mirror and I was turning pink. All. Over. My legs, my feet, my entire upper body, my face, my neck. So I called your location and the girl who picked up said a little pink was normal. I wish I would have argued with her. That was the most painful night of my life. Every part of my body felt like it was on fire and simultaneously being stabbed with needles and hot knives. I tried to sleep in every position and was in so much pain I just had to stand and walk around. I couldn't even sit down. This was the absolute worst Burn I've ever had in my life. How do you sleep when it feels like the air and the bed are on fire? It was like this for 4 nights. I went to work the third day of this and my co worker literally said "oh my god what happened to your face?" My skin was radiating heat for over a week and the burn took about 3 weeks to go away and the tan lines didnt fade until over 10 weeks later. I booked an appt with a dermatologist asap but couldnt get in until 5 days with the burn. She said it was a bad case of sun toxicity and i had to get medication for it. I have been busy, and i got burnt worse on vacation just because i tried to get a base tan to prevent it. This experience happened in early March of this year, 2022. I will post a picture, just so that other people don't have to go through this.

I recently moved to the area and used to go to the LA Tan in Wheaton for spray tans. That location was so nice and clean, so I was shocked at the condition of the the South Elgin location. This place is so filthy. There is brown over spray all over the walls, peeling paint on the ceilings and old dust caked candles and coffee beans in the room. I was the first customer of the day and the garbage was over flowing from the day before. I would not recommend this location as I am certain they are not abiding by cleaning and sanitary requirements based on what I saw. I took a video to show the entire spray tan area but I'm unable to post it here. I did include a few pics. I would go somewhere else, I felt like I needed a shower after just being in this place.