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Sunburns Damages to Your Body

We all like to tan and have a great color to our skin, but what’s the risk? Tanning can be fun and cool to do if it’s done in a tanning bed but tanning outside can be an issue. If you tan outside you risk a sun burn among other things. Now a little sun burn may not seem like much but it can be a problem over a long period of time.

First off let’s go over the tanning process for the human body. When the human skin is exposed to UV radiation the body releases a compound called melanin. Melanin can protect against UV radiation in small amounts and is necessary to the body’s survival if you are out in the sun a lot. It also changes the way a person’s skin is colored and is responsible for skin pigmentation.

The colorization may go away after tanning for a bit but when you are outside long enough to actually have a change to your skin color the change can last for generations. Essentially what this boils down to is all the different colored people in the world are like this because there ancestors lived in areas with high or low levels of UV radiation.

Brings the whole race issue into a new light doesn’t it? All the bigotry in the world over a persons color is essentially an argument against them because their ancestors lived in an area with high radiation. There are other sun effects as well that are not as easy on a person. Another factor of having a high melanin count is that you won’t burn under the sun as easily. Sunburn is essentially radiation damage. You get cooked and crisped up like a potato chip. This is why people tell you to avoid exposure to the sun for a long period of time.

Although it wasn’t always this way. People use to be able to walk outside and do their work with no fear of sun burns in the old days. Of course they wore light colored clothing from head to foot and also wore hats. Many can argue that this was uncomfortable but it also protected them. Now you know the reason why the pilgrims always wore such odd clothing.

Lighter colored clothing has more protection against sun burns than other colored clothing simply because the color white reflects the most sunlight. Though not a good defense against UV radiation it will keep you from being burnt in the short term. Wearing proper clothing combined with the melanin in your body can make a good defense against sun burn, but chances are your skin will get really dark. So unless this is something you want then use some kind of sunscreen.

Another thing to note is exposure to too much UV radiation not only turns you into a crispy piece of toast it can also cause you to have skin cancer. UV radiation like any other radiation is still radiation. Any radiation in more than small amounts equals bad things for humans. We are very frail creatures when it comes to this stuff. That’s why it’s advisable not to tan so much and wear full clothing even if it’s warm out. Top.

You will learn in this "You Tube" video How Sunburn Works