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It depends on your skin though. If you're of European ancestry and living in a sunny place, your genes haven't had enough time to adapt.
by cameldrv 2y ago
It depends on your skin though. If you're of European ancestry and living in a sunny place, your genes haven't had enough time to adapt.
- reustle 2y agoYes, this is the nuance so many of these discussions miss. Keep a close eye on your local UV forecast, avoid peak times, and you should be pretty good.
- mint2 2y agoExactly, a Northern European adapting to sun exposure doesn’t mean getting a tan, it would mean evolutionary pressure to adapt to, say, sunnier California via natural selection over a few thousand years where less sun fit portions die off earlier, while the surviving group slowly gets darker over many many generations or better at repairing damage. If you’re fair skinned but find yourself outside the low UV region that your skin is adapted to, you are welcome to begin the new adaptation by avoiding sun protection and going outside without regard to the UV index. I, however, will not join that genetic adaptation.