Do freckles protect the skin from actinic damage?
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 106 (1), 27-32
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1982.tb00898.x
Abstract
Epidermal sunburn (SB) cells were counted 24 h after exposure of the skin to suprathreshold doses of solar simulated radiation. The sites compared were evenly pigmented black skin and freckled white skin. SB cell numbers were dose related in all cases. There were fewer SB cells in black than white skin following equivalent erythemogenic doses of UVR. Equal doses of UVR produced fewer SB cells in freckled than non-freckled white skin. Freckles provide a significant degree of protection against acute sunburn.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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