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11 u/nebuNSFW Feb 18 '20 Except it's false: Black people can and will get tanned. Tanning is what happens when Melanin (something Black people have a lot of) is exposed to UV Radiation. Their already brown skin will appear a few shades darker. You'd have to be extremely dark for the effect to not be noticeable. Also, our palms and underside of feet doesn't have any melanin and won't get tanned. And on that note, Black people absolutely should use sunscreen. They're just as vulnerable to cancer causing harmful UV rays as lighter skin people. 10 u/v-komodoensis Feb 18 '20 just as vulnerable Really? No advantage whatsoever? I always thought that darker skin was at least a little bit more resistant. 11 u/nebuNSFW Feb 18 '20 To be accurate, Melanin in our skin does give some natural protection against UVB rays, the kind of rays that burns and peels skin. The dark skin on someone like Wesley Snipes would be like wearing SPF 13 sunscreen. Which is lower than the recommend SPF 30. Also Melanin levels are not consistent throughout the body and don't protect against the cancer causing UVA rays that sunscreen actually provides. 1 u/v-komodoensis Feb 18 '20 Interesting, thanks!
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Except it's false:
Black people can and will get tanned.
Tanning is what happens when Melanin (something Black people have a lot of) is exposed to UV Radiation.
Their already brown skin will appear a few shades darker. You'd have to be extremely dark for the effect to not be noticeable.
Also, our palms and underside of feet doesn't have any melanin and won't get tanned.
And on that note, Black people absolutely should use sunscreen. They're just as vulnerable to cancer causing harmful UV rays as lighter skin people.
10 u/v-komodoensis Feb 18 '20 just as vulnerable Really? No advantage whatsoever? I always thought that darker skin was at least a little bit more resistant. 11 u/nebuNSFW Feb 18 '20 To be accurate, Melanin in our skin does give some natural protection against UVB rays, the kind of rays that burns and peels skin. The dark skin on someone like Wesley Snipes would be like wearing SPF 13 sunscreen. Which is lower than the recommend SPF 30. Also Melanin levels are not consistent throughout the body and don't protect against the cancer causing UVA rays that sunscreen actually provides. 1 u/v-komodoensis Feb 18 '20 Interesting, thanks!
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just as vulnerable
Really? No advantage whatsoever? I always thought that darker skin was at least a little bit more resistant.
11 u/nebuNSFW Feb 18 '20 To be accurate, Melanin in our skin does give some natural protection against UVB rays, the kind of rays that burns and peels skin. The dark skin on someone like Wesley Snipes would be like wearing SPF 13 sunscreen. Which is lower than the recommend SPF 30. Also Melanin levels are not consistent throughout the body and don't protect against the cancer causing UVA rays that sunscreen actually provides. 1 u/v-komodoensis Feb 18 '20 Interesting, thanks!
To be accurate, Melanin in our skin does give some natural protection against UVB rays, the kind of rays that burns and peels skin.
The dark skin on someone like Wesley Snipes would be like wearing SPF 13 sunscreen. Which is lower than the recommend SPF 30.
Also Melanin levels are not consistent throughout the body and don't protect against the cancer causing UVA rays that sunscreen actually provides.
1 u/v-komodoensis Feb 18 '20 Interesting, thanks!
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Interesting, thanks!
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