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Because light skin just reflexs the light and the dark skin due to its colour absorbs the heat and don`t burn the skin.
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What is the pigment in your skin that makes it go brown?
The pigment is called melanin. It makes your skin go brown as a protection to the sun. If your skin has more melanin in it, it will go brown much more easily than if you have fair skin. The amount of pigment (melanin) in your skin comes from your parents - if your parents go brown easily then you are likely to too but if your parents are fair, or burn easily then you are likely to do the same. If you burn then you do not to have much melanin in your skin and if you go brown then you have more melanin in your skin. Hope this helps!
How does the skin react to sunlight?
When you go into the sun, your body produces heat to your skin. When in the sun too long, your body will start to burn into a red color, causing your body to hurt when moving afterwards. This is known as a sun burn. Sunblock 15 is the best way of curing this because if you do not take care of your skin properly with this certain sunblock, there are ways of creating skin cancer.
What is sensitive skin?
Sensitive skin is skin can have reactions to a lot of products and can scar or burn easily and get rashes. Products for sensitive skin usually have no flavors, minimal chemicals, etc.
Do all Irish people have fair skin?
ye
What are the physical characteristics of an ethnic English perso?
pale skin, fair or ginger hair, sunburn easily
What type of people are in Nayarit?
Mostly fair skin mexicans(:
How do redheads tan?
I am a redhead, and with my fair skin, I burn very easily, but I do not tan until I have been burned repeatedly many times (such as after a trip too the beach). Even then, it is not a drastic difference. Redheads do get freckles on their face and shoulders from the sun exposure, though.
Why do Celtic people like me have dark brown hair fair skin and blue eyes?
Celtic people tend to have dark brown hair, fair skin, and blue eyes because of genetics.
What is fair skin?
i think that fair skin can be defiened as The skin that is loking smiling
Can anybody get sun burn?
Yes, although people with darker skin take much longer to burn.
Does every person get sunburn at the same amount of time in the sun?
No. I get sunburnt quite quickly. My friend doesn't. Another gets is even faster. How quickly you tan or burn depends on the amount of melanin in your skin. People with fair skin have very little melanin, so they burn more quickly. Beige or darker skinned people have more melanin, so they develop more of a tan before they burn.
How long do salon tanning burns last?
Depending on your skin type will determine how long the burn will last for. I have pretty fair skin and my burns last for about 2-3 days at most
