Tanning Hypothesis

[Deleted member 2846]

If you were born in a sunny place and lived in for most of your childhood and adolescence, would you get less over sun damage from someone who was born and lived in a cold/not sunny place for most their life and then moved to a sunny place?

If your environment was sun during your childhood and adolescence, would you less prone to sun damage because your skin had to adapt to it from a young age?

@Alarico8 @Seth Walsh @benignice

 

[Casadonis]

doubt it, extensive sun exposure in children/adolescent increases risk for skin cancer more so than if you start later

 

[ChaddeusPeuterschmit]

Depends on your genetics bro. I'm white but tan very easily and don't really burn. Some white people burn and don't tan. Just genes

 

[benignice]

Unless you've got darker skin too, no.

 

[Deleted member 4209]

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[OCDMaxxing]

No. It all depends on your natural melanin levels in skin.