if our skin cells are constantly dying and being replaced by new ones, how can a bad sunburn turn into cancer YEARS down the line?

Question

if our skin cells are constantly dying and being replaced by new ones, how can a bad sunburn turn into cancer YEARS down the line?

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Answer 1

Ya know how the photocopied school handouts get worse every year? Its because every time a copy is made it gets a little messier. Now imagine if teacher spills coffee on the handout and copies that. Now its much worse and every copy down the line will be too.

Cells work the same way. So if the sun spills too much “coffee” on them, the copies become tough to read.