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Does melanin help with the heat, though? I thought it just protected from skin cancer.
by TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
Does melanin help with the heat, though? I thought it just protected from skin cancer.
- uwuhn 7y agoIt does if you spend time in the sun.
- ASalazarMX 7y agoIt doesn't. Fairer skin would reflect more radiation, than darker skin, but it gets burned in the process. I don't think skin color has much of an impact when withstand heat, as sweat is a much stronger temperature regulator. If it's humid heat, it becomes a matter of circulatory efficiency, body mass and plain endurance, as sweat can't evaporate and actually makes it worse. Source: grew up in tropical coastal region.