Recently read something about how a few bad sunburns when you’re young can cause a large increase in cancer later in your life. How can you develop cancer several decades after you’re burnt if your skin cells are constantly dying, falling off, and regrowing?
In: Biology
Your skin is like a layer cake. The frosting is constantly sloughing off and being replaced, and the first layer sometimes takes damage but it can grow back.
Getting a sunburn is like microwaving the cake.
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