• Question: how come sun makes your skin darker but your hair lighter

    Asked by jojorunnergirl800 to Kat, Andrew, Katie, Sadaf on 20 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Andrew Swale

      Andrew Swale answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      It does seem weird that the sun bleaches our hair and darkens our skin. This mostly has to do with hair being dead and skin being alive

      The sun bleaches and destroys the melanin in your hair giving you lighter hair. Since hair is dead, the hair will stay that color until new hair comes in

      When sun shines on your skin, it destroys the melanin as well. But since your skin is alive, it can respond to the sun’s damage. Your skin cells make more melanin and your skin becomes darker

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