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Melanin

Melanin is the natural substance that gives color (pigment) to hair, skin, and the iris (the pupil of the eye).


Review Date: 12/22/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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