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Vitamin D & Sunlight Write

FDA warns UV radiation is a carcinogen: Sun Avoidance- Suns rays cause
damage

Born and evolved in sunlight

Sunlight exudes energy

Tiny amounts of UVR reaches the earths surface: UVB 0.1%, Vis: 39%, UVA
4.9%, IR 56%

UVC is used as an antiseptic

The lower the wavelength the higher the energy. UVC hardly gets through skin
at all mostly absorbed by DNA and protein. UVB penetrates mainly into the

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 epidermis making vit. D. UVA penetrates deeply into skin. Visible light goes
into body cavity.

Sun changes with the zenith angle. When it is zero you have maximum UVB
exposure. In the winter has to go through more ozone absorbing more UVB.

When exposed to the sun:

initially you develop increase in stratum corneum so these are like little mirrors
that are reflecting back the UVA and UVB so that's the first response the
second response is that these melanocytes that sit between the dermis and
epidermis begin to make packets of melanosomes that begin to migrate
upward and to cover the very important nuclei of each of the epidermal cells.

Tyrosinase is the engine that makes melanin. This is a natural sunscreen.

The melanocytes sit at the epidermal-dermal junction. Body's mechanism to

reduce risk of damage to skin.

Melanocytes when they sit between the epidermis and dermis if they're
exposed to UVB they principally recognize this signal and they make
melanosomes that are going into the epidermis to protect your DNA and
proteins but if you're exposed to UVA now penetrating into your dermis the
melanocytes also recognize this and they begin to produce melanosomes that
now migrate downward by doing so if you're only exposed to UVA you could
wind up having a lot of melanosomes in your dermis but having very few in
your epidermis.

Acts like an umbrella to protect DNA from damage

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