eli5 why skin turns white after using hydrogen peroxide?

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I was mixing hydrogen peroxide with water for my plants, and some of the peroxide dripped on to my hand while I was pouring it into the squirt bottle. I didn’t think anything of it until the skin that the droplet was on turned bright white. I’ve tried to Google this, but I keep getting different answers (and I don’t understand them). Why does this occur?

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What percentage hydrogen peroxide was it?

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