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Alternative Names
Skin pigment
Information
Melanin is a natural substance that gives color (pigment) to hair, skin, and the
Melanin also helps protect the skin from the sun.
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Melanin Prevention
Review Date: 11/14/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
