Red Hair, Blue Eyes, Fair Skin: Getting a Tan Impossible, Skin Cancer More Likely
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
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We have long known that sun exposure is especially dangerous for women like me, who have the genetic trifecta of red hair, blue eyes and fair skin from an Irish/Scottish genetic background. Redheads also make up 16 percent of the world’s melanoma patients. In fact, Redheads have a 102 percent higher risk of skin cancer than brunettes.