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The UV rays in the Sun do many things. They can give your skin a tan, but can also change the color of your hair. For most people, the Sun seems to lighten their hair. This is because the Sun has a natural bleaching process. This turns blond hair whiter, and brings out blond or lighter chestnut highlights in brown hair.

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Why does then sun lighten your hair but darken skin?

UV rays transfer energy into the dead particles into your hair, lightening it, and since your skin isn't dead, it will darken it.


Does the sun brighten your hair?

yes


Does skin darken in salt water?

no, skin only darkens when exposed to UV rays, so when it is dark outside, and you are not exposed to the sun, your skin will thus not darken.


Why do weget tanned in sun?

When our skin get exposure to sun our skin darken. And skin darkening due to sun rays is known as tanning. Tanning is cause due acceleration in melanin.


What products does Sun In sell?

Sun In sells hair lighteners. The hair lighteners are liquid sprays that one can put in their hair and it can lighten and brighten blond to medium brown hair.


What does tans do to you?

Tans darken your skin and give you vitamin e, if you are suggesting to the sun. But if you are talking about artificial tans, then they wrinkle your skin, when you grow older.


Does Applying of Turmeric makes Skin Darker?

If one wants to apply turmeric, he/she must not face the sun for next one hour as it would darken the skin, however, otherwise turmeric is a great antiseptic and does not darken the skin if applied before one hour of outing.


Why does the sun make your skin dark but your hair light?

The sun tans your skin makeing it darker but more time in the sun means lighter hair. The sun kinda bleaches your hair so it gets lighter.


Why is it that the sun lightens your hair but darkens your skin?

Hair can be bleached of color by the heat and radiation from the sun, melanin in the skin darkens to help prevent damage to it by the sun.


Why does exposure to the sun cause skin to darken?

It is melanin, produced by melanocytes, that causes the skin to darken which is found on the skin's epidermis. Overproduction or underproduction of melanin results to skin discoloration.That is the reason why too much sun exposure results to skin darkening - when melanocytes produce more melanin (hyperpigmentation) than they should, they turn into freckles or moles.For additional information about skin care, please check the Sources and related links section.


If you dont tan in the sun can you get a tan from tanning bed?

it is a direct light that makes your skin darken (a.k.a a UV light)


Does sun cause burns to darken?

yes