Sun Tanning's Effect on Your Skin
Submitted by
staff on Thu, 08/20/2009 at 4:20pm.
Your skin tans when it comes in contact with ultraviolet light. In response to its exposure to UV light, the skin reacts by secreting melanin. Melanin is your body’s way of protecting you from sunburn.
Getting a sunburn in NOT good for you. It is a misconception that one must burn before they get a tan or that a burn is part of the normal process of tanning.
The rate at which your skin produces melanin is determined by your genetics and the intensity and length of time you are in contact with UV. If your exposure to the sun exceeds the amount of melanin your skin has produced, you will burn.
|
289 reads | 0 comments |
0 votes: