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How does sunscreen work to protect skin?

Study how melanocytes produce skin-darkening melanin and the dangers of long exposure to sunlight

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How does sunscreen work to protect skin?

How does sunscreen work to protect skin?

Learn how sunscreen protects human skin from ultraviolet radiation.

Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Study how melanocytes produce skin-darkening melanin and the dangers of long exposure to sunlight

Study how melanocytes produce skin-darkening melanin and the dangers of long exposure to sunlight

Melanocytes produce the protective skin-darkening pigment melanin.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Basal cell carcinoma.

John Hendrix, M.D.

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