Monday, March 28, 2016

By Haywood Hunter


This article shall deal with most of the details of obtaining a nice tan. Laying in the sun, sprays, lotions, anything of this matter can be considered as part of the tanning subject, as this has something to do with the change of the color of the skin. More details on exactly what happens to the skin when it is exposed to the sun and how it changes from a fair color to a golden brown color or in the unfortunate case red sun burnt color.

The first question that needs to be understood is the meaning of sun bathing. Sun bathing is when a person makes the decision to lay in the sun and allow the skin to soak up the rays of the sun. The reason for doing this is the desire of having a golden brown color on the skin. In unfortunate cases this does not always happen as some people gets sun burnt. If the person is fair skinned he or she might first go quite red, sometimes the skin will feel a little tight, but then after that the skin will go to the desired golden brown color as desired.

this will happen when the person spend too much time in the sun and they get burnt where the skin will turn red and it can even some time get burnt so bad that the skin forms water blisters. But as it was said this will only happen in extreme cases. Usually the skin will or can go red and then will gradually go to the desired golden brown color. This will happen if the said person is fair skinned.

This brown color has so many advantages. It prevents a person from getting burnt so bad that you end up with water blisters on the skin. It helps the skin to look much healthier by giving it a little bit of a glow. It can also make the person look much healthier as well.

So how does the skin produce this sometimes very radical skin color change? The skin has cells called Melanocytes. These Melanocytes produces something called Melanin. You get two different types of melanin that is produced by the melanocytes. The first one that is produced is called Pheomelanin and this melanin is responsible for the red color that the skin turns when you go into the sun. The second typed of melanin that is produced by the melanocytes is called Eumelanin. This melanin is responsible for the brown color that the skin turns when a person sun baths.

What is the function of melanin in general? The reason why the body or more specifically the melanocytes produces the melanin is to protect the body or the skin. The melanin absorbs the solar radiation and protects the body by doing this.

What are the two kinds or types of ultra violet is there. There is the violet - A, as well as the B. The A is actually the one that is known for causing all of the radiation. This in turn will cause the oxidizing effect that oxidizes the current melanin that already exists.

It is not recommended that you should stay in the sun for long periods of time. If you have a fair skin you should maybe try and be in the sun for no longer than thirty minutes at a time. This will help you do it at a gradual pace and prevent severe sun burning.




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