Note: This is a serious question, don't give me any political correctness bullcrap.
I wonder this because, I once heard that it is possible, you just can't see it.
2007-04-09 09:08:48 · 29 answers · asked by Wolfpack 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It is possible and I have been sun burned before. I was at a Jazz Festival in 98 degree plus weather with no shade and needless to say I got sun burnt. I turn a copper color or dark red. Within hours the pain is unbearable and within days... I begin to peel. I treat it with Shea Butter or Aloe Vera lotion. I heard Noxema is good too! I have fair skin and there ain't no political correctness about that son....
2007-04-09 10:34:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is possible for black people to get sun burned and to get skin cancer. I have not had a sunburn but have felt like I was getting one so I got out of the sun. It seemed to work. Black people don't have to wear as high a SP sunscreen as white people or others with a fair complexion because of our skin tone. It is almost like an automatic sunscreen.
2007-04-09 09:15:17 · answer #2 · answered by Solomon Grundy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes! And it hurts like crap! I You could see it on me too. It looked a little reddish. It didn't look as harsh as it would on a caucasian person, but it didn't feel good at all. From then on, I made sure I kept sunscreen when I stayed in the sun over a long period of time. All people should wear it, regardless of how dark their skin is.
2007-04-09 09:14:35 · answer #3 · answered by Snowflake 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My boyfriends mother who is very light skinned gets burned very easily. She has to wear strong sunscreen even if only in the sun for a short period of time.
2007-04-09 09:12:53 · answer #4 · answered by WiCk CiTy SHaWdi 727 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe it is possible, It just takes longer in the sun then a white person.
2007-04-09 09:11:24 · answer #5 · answered by Marygoroun(d) 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well actually some guy above said that they have skin like anyone else, but they actually dont...
they have more of a substance called melanin
if u have more of this your skin has more resistance againsts the sun, like the more darker u are the more resistance you have againts the sun
like more people that are black live in sunny places, since they are more adapt to live there
google: melanin
2007-04-09 09:15:00 · answer #6 · answered by ♪N♀.♫ReF∟eCt↨♀n§!▲!!☼™ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, I do before I tan... I am a red haired freckled gal with fair skin eveytime I leave the beach, i am bright red. in the summer of 2001, i had to end my summer early(didnt leave the house from july to august) because i was so burnedm and it does not take long for me... darker shades burn too.
2007-04-09 09:13:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think so. They do have skin that could burn in the sun just like any other person.
2007-04-09 09:11:18 · answer #8 · answered by jtimpson 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Darker skin people are more at risk than lighter skin people. Because of the dark skin, they more likely get burnt. All people need to wear sunblock.
2007-04-09 09:29:56 · answer #9 · answered by Words of Wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hav gotten sun burn before. you could see it because im light skinned. so yes a lot of black people get sun burn.
2007-04-09 09:16:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋