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Has anyone ever heard of a person getting cancer on the palms of your hand or the sole of you feet?
Asked by Pandora (32384)
May 20th, 2013
I was curious and began to wonder why our palms and soles don’t tan. Even if you are laying down facing the sun. It is because we have very little melanin there. However, we do not burn.
Melanin is suppose to protect us from the sun. The more we have, the less we tend to burn. But I’ve never seen anyone with sun burnt palms. I suppose if you really try, you can but I’ve never seen it. So it had me wonder if the soles of your feet and hands are actually better at preventing sun damage. Other than it being thicker skin, can there be something else to it?
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