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The Infuriating Reason People With Dark Skin Are At A Greater Risk For Skin Cancer

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Perhaps the most common skin-care myth in the Black community is that, because we have more melanin than those with lighter skin, we’re somehow impervious to the sun’s harmful rays. Guess what? This couldn’t be further from the truth.