Why does the sun,lighten hair but darken skin?!
Question: Skin protects itself from further burning by bringing melanin, a pigment, closer to the surface and by producing more melanin. That's a tan.
The skin, like the hair, also suffers drying cell damage, but in the hair it produces both a bleaching effect and splitting, which appears lighter. The hair does not need to get darker to protect itself. In fact, darker hair makes the person in the sun feel hotter, so maybe that's why nature has the sun bleach out our hair, eh?
Answers: Skin protects itself from further burning by bringing melanin, a pigment, closer to the surface and by producing more melanin. That's a tan.
The skin, like the hair, also suffers drying cell damage, but in the hair it produces both a bleaching effect and splitting, which appears lighter. The hair does not need to get darker to protect itself. In fact, darker hair makes the person in the sun feel hotter, so maybe that's why nature has the sun bleach out our hair, eh?
The sun bleaches the hair and burns the skin.
the skin has a chemical in it called melanin. When skin is exposed to the sun, it releases this chemical. This is the reason that some people are more tan then others. being exposed to the sun.
the answer to your question really pertains to the fact that skin is alive, while hair is dead. further information and facts are on this site, where someone asked the same question. Very Elaborate--->
http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?...
skin can burn, hair just bleaches