Why don't Black women get wrinkles?

Question

A see a lot of Black women in their 40's and 50's who have no wrinkles! Do you know something the rest of us don't?

Answer 1

NO she isnt racist she has a good point. they have fantastic skin maybe dry skin but i know they look great for there ages and there age hardly shows. .

Answer 2

we have more melanin in our skin which means more protection from the sun, the #1 cause of wrinkles. but we do get wrinkles. it just takes more time for the damage to show.
i still use sunblock ,a wrinkle reducing cream,and vitamin e oil everynight even though i am 30 with decent skin and little to no wrinkles. i'm using everything i have to keep the wrinkles at bay!

Answer 3

I have read some of the ridiculous answers you got for this question. The truth is that African Americans have more melanin in their skin. It's not because they have oilier skin or thicker skin or any of the other stupid answers you got. It also has nothing to do with race, any person that is darker (any race) have melanin in their skin and that is what helps them age gracefully. Don't go and try to get a tan and think that this will help you, you must have naturally darker skin. Latina's and Asian woman age just as good as African Americans, because of the melanin. !

Answer 4

it's nature just like other races have colored eyes, tight eyes, get wrinkles at a early age. it's the oils in our skin the same oils that don't allow us to get skin cancer from the sun. Also known as Melanin.

Answer 5

Dark skin protects against those skin cancers that are caused by mutations in skin cells induced by ultraviolet light. Light-skinned persons have about a tenfold greater risk of dying from skin cancer under equal sun conditions. Furthermore, dark skin prevents UV-A radiation from destroying the essential B vitamin folate. Folate is needed for the synthesis of DNA in dividing cells and too low levels of folate in pregnant women are associated with birth defects.

While dark skin protects vitamin B, it can lead to a vitamin D deficiency. The advantage of light skin is that it does not block sunlight as effectively, leading to increased production of vitamin D3, necessary for calcium absorption and bone growth. The lighter skin of women may result from the higher calcium needs of women during pregnancy and lactation.

The evolution of the different skin colors is thought to have occurred as follows: the haired ancestors of humans, like modern great apes, had light skin under their hair. Once the hair was lost, they evolved dark skin, needed to prevent low folate levels since they lived in sun-rich Africa. (The skin cancer connection is probably of secondary importance, since skin cancer usually kills only after the reproductive age and therefore does not exert much evolutionary pressure.) When humans migrated to less sun-intensive regions in the north, low vitamin D3 levels became a problem and light skin color re-emerged.

Dark-skinned people who live in less sun-intensive regions often lack vitamin D3, one reason for the fortification of milk with vitamin D in some countries.

The Inuit and Yupik are special cases: even though they live in an extremely sun-poor environment, they have retained their relatively dark skin. This can be explained by the fact that their traditional animal-based diet provides plenty of vitamin D.

Albinism is a condition characterized by the absence of melanin, resulting in white skin and hair; it is caused by a genetic mutation.

Answer 6

who says black women dont get wrinkles have some sense everyone is gonna get it some day including u

Answer 7

My guess would be less time spent tanning, therefore less sun damage. Also, maybe a higher oil content in darker skin?

Answer 8

Maybe it has something to do with their disposition.

The black women I know seem to laugh and enjoy life more.

Other women seem to always be mad or depressed and frown and yell a lot.

Answer 9

I met a lady once at walmart(cashier) and she commented on my son's behavior. she said my great grand children are well mannered too. I was like huh? how old are you, she told me she was 67, I almost died, she didn't look a day over 40. she said she put vaseline on her face every night...I told her if us white girls did that we would wake up w/ a zit the size of new york. her skin was gorgeous

Answer 10

I see a lot of people of many different races and all age differently I don't think it has anything to do with race. Just they (meaning any race) age gracefully.