• yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 month ago

    Fun fact: The only way to get a tan is through increasing your risk of skin cancer:

    In the second process, triggered primarily by UVB, there is an increase in production of melanin (melanogenesis),[10] which is the body’s reaction to direct DNA photodamage (formation of pyrimidine dimers) from UV radiation.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_tanning

    (The first process is generally not what people refer to by tanning)

    Remember to always use sun screen folks!

    • QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      the only tanning I do is occasionally doing something outside in a tank top instead of a T-shirt so I don’t get a farmers tan.