Melanin

The notion of a globalized beauty standard will never(by any means) be a prevalent way to pick one common core characteristic of what beauty is or how it is defined due to its grand diversity. What is defined as attractiveness is dependent on the country in which those questions are being asked. The influence of color is greatly variable and shaped(molded) by our cultures, color has the power to either alert us or be a psychological reminder to well-known brands and when we compare color to…

Even though the phases of human development are biological defined, it also would be defined as culturally way. human development process be analyze in different aspect. if we stand in bio angel: which include three stages in the growth cycle: first is prenatal stage, which also includes the three periods, or trimesters, of pregnancy and ends with birth. The second stage is postnatal stage, " which includes the neonatal period, infancy, the juvenile period, puberty and adolescence. " (Clark )The…

helps people to produce vitamin D. However, excess of UV light without protections can lead to sunburn, skin irritates and even skin cancer, melanoma. Human’s skin naturally blocks the UV light by producing melanin, a type of chemical and pigment, in the body when exposed to UV light. Melanin is produced by melanocytes which…

Teens and young adults all over the world suffer from the condition of acne vulgaris. Up to ninety-five percent of adolescents are affected, and as many as fifty-four percent of adults as well (Cordain, 2002). Acne is characterized by the inflammation of skin glands and hair follicles (Williams, 2011). This condition is “the most common skin disorder in the United States [and it] affects 40 to 50 million Americans” (McGurgan, 2012). The given statistic is according to the American Academy of…

Skin cancers are a major health issue in the United States, and so far the risk is only increasing. The article “Sunscreen and Melanoma: Is Our Counseling Message Correct?” by Margaret B Planta, submitted in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November- December 2011 vol. 24 explores issues with counseling on sunscreen usage by practitioners and how the approach may be insufficient and possibly even increase the risk of patients developing malignant skin cancers. In this…

If my ancestors were to have written their thoughts on paper as I am doing right now, they would have faced violent legal punishment. Therefore, they screamed silently. Today, some of my brothers and sisters still are forced to silence their screams. From a very young age, it was very much etched into my young mind that if I did not exercise my freedom of speech, I would be a slave to my own mind in a similar manner in which my ancestors were forced to be. Around the age of nine, I realized…

The integumentary system is comprised of the skin’s two layers, the dermis and epidermis, as well as hair, nails, glands, and nerves. Underlying the skin is the subcutaneous layer, or hypodermis, this layer is not a part of the integumentary system but is vital to its function. Made up of a layer of loose connective tissue the hypodermis serves to connect the skin to underlying muscle and bone (142). The hypodermis also assists the overlying skin by supplying it with blood vessels and nerves…

There are many types of skin cancer but the three main types of skin cancer which are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Even though there are three major types of skin cancer this essay will be focusing on Melanoma. Before I can discuss how Melanoma works we have to understand the anatomy of the Skin tissue. In the human body our skin is the protection between the external environment and internal organs. The human body skin can be different in the thickness of the…

The four forces of evolution is natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, and mutation. To start of, natural selection is when organism adapt to their environment and the animals that can't eventually die off. For instance their were other species of cheetahs but the ones that are alive now were selected from natural selection because they were the strongest and the ones that could reproduce more. Genetic drift is a change in a species that might or might not exists in the future. For…

us to be hating one another. The really is only one race as that is the human race. Researcher and Scientist has recovered all ethnic groups are 99% the same. Therefore we need to accept that we are truly not different because of the amount of melanin in the skin. Getting people to this is the problems. Interracial marriages is not wrong because we are all in the same human family. As long as we love and are willing to be loved is what life is all about. Once society as a whole come to grip…