Celtic curse even without sunburn
Ah man this whole thing sucks big time, only now are details readily becoming availible, our understanding is shifting daily. A typical headline on this day on this topic : “Even redheads who avoid sun may be vulnerable to skin cancer”. Not only is is hard enough being hit by it, but it’s twice as hard when imagined it might not have been avoidable and obvious. I was one of the sensible ones, fully rejecting any blame aportioned to myself, a life smothered in sunscreen, fate all along.
Let’s hope it doesn’t become stereotyped eh? From the start that has been a fear that darker-haired people get a sense of complacency, it’s a cancer of skin, not hair.
“Both UVA and UVB light caused a photochemical reaction with the redheads’ pigment, called pheo-melanin … People with red hair may get cancer from over-exposure to the sun even if they do not burn, according to new research in the United States” Source