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

You have basal stem cells which are the cells that all the other cells divide from. The sun damages the basal stem cells and that damage is included in every cell that comes from them forever. Damage those cells a bunch and eventually some of the cells will be cancerous.