Does melanin prenvent burning and?
Melanin does not prevent burning. but the more melanin you have the least likely you are to get burned and the least likely you are to get skin cancer. Melanin absorbs UV rays and prevents it from causing to much damage to the skin. So basically Darker people are least likely to get burned by the sun and also least likely to get skin cancer. whereas lighter people are more likely to get burned and get skin cancer. a common misconception is that black people don’t need to wear sun screen, that is a lie and that could be the reason why researches found that a black person that has skin cancer is more likely to die than a white person. Black people think they can’t get skin cancer so they don’t take protection and by the time they realize they have it it’s to late. so WEAR you sun screens people of every race.
